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At least 170,000 children displaced amid escalating violence in Haiti

In less than two weeks, nearly 2,500 people, most of them women and children, have been newly displaced in capital Port-au-Prince.

Students washing hands in the handwashing device built by UNICEF.

Creating a safe environment for young girls

Diminishing the harmful practices of FGM in Tula, the Sidama Region of Ethiopia

A man sits on a stool and his teenage daughter stands next to him. They are outdoors with many trees behind them.

One year after devastating earthquakes hit Türkiye and Syria, consequences continue to reverberate for affected children and families

Continuing crisis in Syria compounds impact on vulnerable children and families

“I don’t think it’s okay to bring your toys here. There are some children without any toys. They will feel bad, because some of them did not have a chance to take their toys from their homes before it collapsed,” says nine-year-old Shahed on 19 February 2023 at Hussien Bin Ali School, which has been turned into a shelter.

Putting survivors at the forefront of the global movement to end female genital mutilation

Joint Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell, OHCHR High Commissioner Volker Türk, UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

Five women face the camera, smiling, whilst interlocking their arms.

Two-month-old baby the ninth child reportedly killed in Ukraine this year, as attacks intensify – UNICEF

Statement by Regina De Dominicis, Regional Director for UNICEF Europe and Central Asia

October 29, 2023, Izium, Kharkivska oblast, Ukraine. A playground, damaged by the shelling.

Children and teachers killed in air strikes on schools in eastern Myanmar

Statement by Debora Comini, UNICEF Regional Director for East Asia and the Pacific

Director, Communications

UNICEF is the world’s farthest-reaching humanitarian organization for children. Across 190 countries and territories, and in the world’s toughest places, we work day in and day out to help children survive. To defend their rights. To keep them protected, healthy and educated. To give them a fair chance to fulfil their potential. Our work for every child relies entirely on voluntary support, including donations from generous Canadians.

UNICEF strengthens response to DRC's worst floods in 60 years and growing cholera outbreak

Heavy rainfall leaves more than 2 million people – nearly 60 per cent children – in need of humanitarian assistance

The image captures a Bird's eye-view of houses being flooded.

Record numbers of children seek life-saving care as Sudan war drives world’s worst displacement crisis

Without additional resources and humanitarian access, more children could die due to malnutrition and disease than conflict.

Three hundred days of atrocities against the children of Sudan

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder – to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.