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High Commissioner reports sharp decline in respect for children’s rights
Children’s rights must remain a priority and their voices should be heard and listened to, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Monday in Geneva. Addressing... More
Poorest learners benefit the least from public education: UNICEF
Governments are not investing enough in those children who need education the most, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a report published on Tuesday, calling for equitable... More
Pakistan: rights experts urge action on coerced religious conversions, child marriage
Top independent human rights experts expressed alarm on Monday at a rise in abductions of girls as young as 13 in Pakistan, who are forced to marry and convert to Islam. More
Global food crisis putting millions of young lives at risk
Five UN agencies on Thursday called for urgent action to protect millions of malnourished children in the 15 countries hardest hit by the unprecedented food and nutrition crisis. More
Improve healthcare access to end ‘preventable tragedy’ of child mortality
A child or young person died every 4.4 seconds in 2021, and millions more could lose their lives by 2030 unless all women and children have access to adequate healthcare, two new... More
Kenya: Severe drought fuels malnutrition, reduces hospital-delivery births in Turkana County
Following four successive failed rainy seasons, Kenya is amid the worst drought in 40 years, the UN’s women’s health agency, UNFPA, said on Tuesday, shining a light on 134,000 ... More
Horn of Africa faces most severe drought in more than two generations – UNICEF
The number of children suffering from dire drought conditions across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia has more than doubled in five months, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on... More
Malawi: Child trafficking and forced labour push thousands to work on tobacco farms
Large numbers of children working on tobacco farms in Malawi are missing school, 13 UN-appointed independent human rights experts said on Wednesday, urging the Government and... More
WHO revises recommendations on lifesaving HPV vaccine
More girls could be getting the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, which protects against cervical cancer, following updated recommendations announced on Wednesday by the World... More
More than 11,000 children killed or injured in Yemen conflict: UNICEF
More than 11,000 boys and girls have been killed or injured in the war in Yemen - an average of four a day since fighting escalated in 2015, though the number is likely to be far... More
Philippines: Rights expert urges greater action to combat child sexual exploitation
Although the Philippines has made gains in combatting the sale and sexual exploitation of children, greater effort needs to be made to protect them, a UN-appointed human rights... More
UN health agency outlines ‘clear direction’ for reducing online violence against children
The World Health Organization (WHO) published a report on Friday aimed at helping stakeholders worldwide end the growing scourge of violence online against children. More
Africa’s advances in maternal, infant mortality face setbacks: WHO
Across Africa, efforts to reduce the number of women and infants dying in childbirth are set to slow without a substantial increase in investment, the UN health agency said on... More
Three years of flatlined progress on HIV treatment and prevention affect 2.7 million youth
Some 110,00 youth under age 19 died last year from AIDS-related causes, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday, noting that coupled with 310,000 newly infected, the total... More
