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At least 3 million children at risk as Hurricane Beryl hits the Caribbean

UNICEF and partners have pre-positioned life-saving supplies and stand ready to provide services to children and families in several countries

Global childhood immunization levels stalled in 2023 leaving many without life-saving protection

New data reveal nearly 3 in 4 infants live in countries where low vaccine coverage driving measles outbreaks

Children in Kiribati are undergoing routine vaccinations, following the introduction of life-saving vaccines in the Pacific through a partnership between Rotary International and UNICEF.

Pride Month Is a Revolution

The celebration of Pride and Pride Month is the celebration of the revolution that led us to being able to be ourselves and to love who we love. We honour and cherish those before us who have helped us get to where we are today.

A crowd cheering and dancing at a Pride Festival.

Under The Knife

A razorblade should not be a rite of passage for a child. And yet, globally, 2 million girls under age 5 each year are held down, their bodies cut, carved and stitched up in unnatural form. Around the world today, at least 230 million girls and women have survived FGM and live with its lasting physical and psychological effects.

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on deadly strikes in Ukraine

I am horrified by the news out of Ukraine today that at least 150 people have reportedly been killed or injured, and a children’s hospital severely damaged in Kyiv, during a wave of deadly missile strikes across the country

On 8 July 2024 in Kyiv, a child sits on a bench and cries as rescuers, hospital staff and volunteers clear rubble and search for people trapped under debris after an attack that hit Okhmatdyt hospital, Ukraine's largest children's medical centre.

The Gambia’s decision to uphold ban on FGM critical win for girls’ and women’s rights

Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director, Catherine Russell, UNFPA Executive Director, Natalia Kanem, WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, UN Women Executive Director, Sima Bahous, and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk

Female Genital Mutilation: Combatting the practice

The Gambia has upheld a ban on FGM, continuing to protect the rights of girls and women in the country.

5 young girls stand with arms locked, looking at the camera in Ouahigouya, in the North of Burkina Faso.

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell following her trip to Vanuatu and Fiji

It is time for decision-makers to fully commit to action and for child-sensitive climate finance to be radically increased. Governments can leave the best possible legacy by investing in the bold, child-focused climate action that children and future generations so desperately need.

Mpox outbreak raises alarm in Eastern and Southern Africa as cases increase among children – UNICEF

Concerns over new public health emergency rise as communities grapple with other ongoing crises.

Child casualties in the West Bank skyrocket in the past nine months – UNICEF

On average, one Palestinian child was killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, every two days since October 2023, a nearly two-and-a-half-fold increase from the previous nine months