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Louis Vuitton: More than 10 million US dollars to help the world’s most vulnerable children

In the four years since the launch of its international partnership with UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, Louis Vuitton has raised more than 10 million US dollars through a global network of stores, customers and employees to support UNICEF’s programmes and help the world’s most vulnerable children.

A Louis Vuitton staff member meets with children at a school in Nepal.

15 child soldiers released in South Sudan

15 children associated with armed forces and armed groups have been released in South Sudan. The boys ranging from 16 to 18 years of age were taken as prisoners of war during clashes in the northern parts of the country in 2019.

Two boys embrace at a ceremony for former child soldiers.

UNICEF provides cash support to more than 40,000 Lebanese children

Lebanon’s deteriorating economic situation is threatening the livelihoods of the most vulnerable Lebanese households, putting children and young people’s education, protection and health at risk. UNICEF with partners have activated a cash assistance programme to support approximately 40,000 children from 15,000 Lebanese families.

Two children show off their UNICEF supplies in Lebanon.

Children and teachers killed as schools and kindergartens attacked in Idlib

Statement attributable to Ted Chaiban, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa

A classroom in Idlib is in ruins following an attack.

25 years of uneven progress: Despite gains in education, world still a violent, highly discriminatory place for girls

Two and a half decades after the historic Beijing women’s conference, violence against women and girls still not only common, but accepted

UNICEF, WFP chiefs wrap up two-day visit to Syria, see impact of conflict on children and families

UN officials call for cessation of hostilities and protection of children as conflict is about to enter its 10th year.

A girl carries a baby in northwest Syria.

Transforming Gender Roles with Toilets

A programme to end open defecation in Jharkhand ends up transforming gender roles, with female toilet builders tackling gender gaps and taking on menstrual hygiene management.

Three rani mistris work at digging a new toilet.

Lifeline for Syria’s children must continue, UNICEF chief says at end of Gaziantep trip

UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore has just concluded a two-day trip to Gaziantep, Turkey, where she visited the humanitarian logistics hub in Bab Al Hawa on the border with Syria. She also toured a Syrian refugee camp in Kahramanmaras.

ED Fore sits with children in a classroom in Turkey.

Statement by Charlotte Petri Gornitzka, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director for Partnerships, on coronavirus misinformation

Misinformation during times of a health crisis can spread paranoia, fear, and stigmatization. It can also result in people being left unprotected or more vulnerable to the virus.

A little girl looks out a hospital window where she is being cared for while her family undergoes treatment for COVID19.

One woman and six newborns die every two hours from complications during pregnancy or childbirth in Yemen - UNICEF

One woman and six newborns die every two hours in Yemen from complications during pregnancy or childbirth, UNICEF said today in the first of a series of short snapshots on maternal and newborn health in Yemen.