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Haiti: UNICEF reports nine-fold increase in violence targeting schools
Acts of armed violence targeting schools in Haiti have spiked nine-fold in one year amid rising insecurity and widespread unrest, UNICEF warned on Thursday. More
Education: More investment in school health, nutrition, will realize childhood potential
Although investing in school health and nutrition has a positive effect on children’s academic outcomes, one-third of schools worldwide still do not have access to drinking water... More
Partnerships key to boosting online safety
On Safer Internet Day, observed on Tuesday, UN agencies and partners including innovators in the private sector, are forging a digital path towards boosting safety online for... More
Around 4.2 million girls at risk for Female Genital Mutilation
Female Genital Mutilation, or FGM, is an “abhorrent violation of fundamental human rights” said the UN Secretary-General on Monday, marking the International Day of Zero Tolerance ... More
China: Tibetan children forced to assimilate, independent rights experts fear
Roughly one million Tibetan minority children in China have been separated from their families and placed into Government-run boarding schools, forcing their assimilation into the... More
African leaders commit to end AIDS among children by 2030
UN agencies have welcomed a pledge by 12 African countries to end AIDS in children by 2030, announced on Wednesday at a meeting in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. More
Eight trends that will impact children in 2023
A series of interconnected crises are expected to have a huge impact on children in 2023. More
UN chief calls for worldwide commitment to transforming education
Commitments made last year at a landmark UN conference to transform education globally must be translated into action, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday in his... More
WHO urges action after cough syrups linked to more than 300 child deaths
The World Health Organization has called for “immediate and concerted action” to protect children from contaminated medicines after a spate of child deaths linked to cough syrups... More
Education is Vital to Children’s Healthy Psychosocial Development
Today, more than 48.5 million children are out of school as a result of armed conflict. Denied their right to an education, these children also come up against a range of social and... More
Ukraine war disrupts education for more than five million children: UNICEF
Eleven months of war in Ukraine have disrupted education for more than five million boys and girls, the UN agency for children, UNICEF, said on Tuesday, calling for increased... More
Afghan girls and women made focus of International Education Day: UNESCO
Barring girls and young women from classrooms in Afghanistan could wipe out huge gains made in education and create “a lost generation”, the UN’s educational and cultural... More
Child nutrition drops in Sri Lanka amid economic crisis
The number of children grappling with various forms of undernutrition in Sri Lanka increased for the first time in at least six years in 2022, a government report and data from the... More
Pakistan still an ‘ongoing nightmare’ for millions of children, following major flooding
Four million children are fighting for survival near contaminated and stagnant flood waters in Pakistan, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday. More
