Press Releases

Malnutrition rates among Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh appear to be at least double earlier estimates

Publication date: November 3, 2017

Preliminary data from a nutrition assessment conducted last week at Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, shows a 7.5 per cent prevalence of life-threatening severe acute malnutrition – a rate double that seen among Rohingya child refugees in May 2017, UNICEF said today.

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Publication date: November 2, 2017

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Violent discipline, sexual abuse and homicides stalk millions of children worldwide – UNICEF

Publication date: November 1, 2017

Violence against children – some as young as one year old – is pervasive in homes, schools and communities, new report with disturbing data reveals

Canada’s Myanmar Crisis Relief Fund comes at critical time for 720,000 Rohingya children at risk

Publication date: October 31, 2017

UNICEF Canada has responded to today’s announcement by Minister of International Development and La Francophonie Marie-Claude Bibeau of a relief fund to help scale up the humanitarian response to the Rohingya crisis near the Myanmar and Bangladesh border. UNICEF Canada President and CEO David Morley provided the following response.

An appeal to end the war on children in Syria Is anyone listening?

Publication date: October 31, 2017

In the past 48 hours, we have received shocking reports and photos of more attacks on children and education facilities in the besieged area of Eastern Ghouta in Rural Damascus.

Dividend or Disaster: UNICEF’s new report into population growth in Africa

Publication date: October 26, 2017

The projected expansion in Africa’s child population will necessitate an increase of more than 11 million skilled education and health personnel by 2030, if it is to keep pace with the continent’s unprecedented demographic transition, UNICEF said today.

1.5 million vulnerable children in the Middle East threatened as winter approaches

Publication date: October 26, 2017

The coming winter is the latest threat to children affected by crises in the Middle East. As UNICEF races to provide warm clothing, winter supplies and blankets before the cold sets in, the organisation is facing a $60 million gap that could leave up to 1.5 million children exposed to the cold.

Insecurity and conflict threaten 4.3 million children in South Sudan

Publication date: October 25, 2017

Across the world’s youngest country, high levels of insecurity and renewed clashes are forcing millions of people to leave their homes, and leaving children critically malnourished and at risk. The situation is rapidly deteriorating and exposing children and their families to violence and life-threatening hunger and diseases. In Bentiu, UNICEF Canada President and CEO David Morley made the following statement.

UNICEF Canada pleased to see government putting children first with fall economic update

Publication date: October 25, 2017

UNICEF Canada commends the Government of Canada’s commitment to tie increases in the Canadian Child Benefit (CCB) to the cost of living, announced in the fall economic update yesterday. With a forecast for a significant reduction in the budget deficit, the first priority was to reinvest in Canada’s children. “This is what putting our kids first looks like,” said David Morley, President and CEO of UNICEF Canada.

Two months since outbreak of violence in Myanmar, Rohingya refugee children still at acute risk

Publication date: October 23, 2017

Nearly two months since Rohingya families began fleeing en masse to Bangladesh, thousands of children and women are still without basic lifesaving services, UNICEF said today.