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On the Global Day of Parents, UNICEF is urging support for parents to give children ‘the best start in life’
Kicking off on Saturday the first-ever global Parenting Month, the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, is calling on world leaders to invest in family-friendly policies that... More
60,000 children die every year from second hand smoke
Tobacco use continues to claim around eight million lives a year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, in a call for faster action from governments to tackle... More
Millions at risk of child labor in manufacturing hubs, say researchers
Child labor is an “extreme risk” in one in 10 countries globally, found an index on Thursday, urging businesses to be more vigilant about abuses in their global supply chains. More
In Afghanistan, attacks against schools have tripled in one year
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday that much greater protection for educational facilities was needed across Afghanistan where attacks against schools have increased... More
Factbox: From marriage to murder, one in four robbed of childhood globally
The number of children who are married, pregnant, laborers, die violently or miss out on school has fallen by almost 30% to 690 million since 2000, when nations endorsed global... More
‘Huge’ stakes, ‘daunting’ job to tackle gender-based violence, UNICEF chief tells ground-breaking conference
One-in-three girls or women will experience physical or sexual violence in her lifetime, and “the risk multiplies” during a conflict or natural disaster, the Executive Director of... More
Around 600,000 Afghan children face death through malnutrition without emergency funds: UNICEF
In Afghanistan, children suffering from the most serious form of malnutrition may die, unless $7 million in funding is found within weeks, UNICEF said on Friday. Speaking in Geneva... More
End ‘shame, isolation and segregation’ of fistula sufferers, urges UN reproductive health chief
Although obstetric fistula has largely been eliminated in developed countries, more than two million women and girls still live with the painful and disfiguring condition, according... More
Children of ISIL terrorists likely held in ‘secret detention facilities’, UN human rights office warns
In Syria, it is suspected that children whose fathers fought for terrorist group ISIL are being held in unidentified “settlements” and “secret detention facilities” away from their... More
Children in crisis-torn eastern Ukraine ‘too terrified to learn’ amid spike in attacks on schools
Schoolchildren are bearing long-lasting mental and physical scars of eastern Ukraine’s conflict, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday, as the agency warned of... More
Yemen war ‘a test of our humanity’, and we’re ‘badly failing’ warns UN Children’s Fund chief
“Fifteen million children in Yemen are asking you to save their lives” the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) told the 15 members of the Security Council on Wednesday, in an... More
Countries must up their game to reduce low birth weights, warns UN-backed report
Many countries need to invest more and take greater action to reduce the number of babies born with low birth weights which put their health at risk, urges a United Nations-backed... More
Nearly 900 children released by north-east Nigeria armed group
The decision by a large armed group based in north-east Nigeria to release nearly 900 youngsters has been welcomed by UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, which has warned that those freed... More
Millions of ‘slaves’ around the world still making stuff we buy today
There were 40.3 million people living in conditions of slavery in 2018, mostly women, a recent report by the Walk Free Initiative shows. Researchers say slavery did not end with... More
