Children

OCHA/Giles Clarke

Assault on key Yemeni port would endanger 300,000 children and ‘choke off’ aid for millions more: UNICEF chief

12 June 2018
Humanitarian Aid

Any attack on the key Yemeni port of Hodeida would deepen one of the world’s worst malnutrition crises and put the lives of an estimated 300,000 children at risk, said the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday.

UN News/Daniel Johnson

News In Brief 08 June 2018

8 June 2018
News in Brief
  • Libya: UN human rights office, OHCHR, warns of abuses as battle for Derna continues
  • UNICEF: Mali community teaching initiative aims to keep extremists at bay
  • 250,000 people ‘may lose everything - even their lives’ in assault on Yemen’s Hodeidah: UN’s Grande
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IRIN/Amr Emam

News In Brief 05 June 2018

5 June 2018
News in Brief
  • Concern for “tens of thousands” of rights defenders under arrest in Egypt – OHCHR
  • Mediterranean boat tragedy update – UNHCR
  • Children “as young as one” involved in U.S. separation of migrant families - OHCHR
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UNICEF/Romenzi

‘Enough is enough; stop attacks on children’ underscores UNICEF

15 May 2018
Peace and Security

With defenceless children increasingly targeted in conflicts , the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on all warring parties around the globe to comply with international law and keep them safe from harm.

MINUSCA/Nektarios Markogiannis

‘Never forget children,’ UNICEF warns of escalating violence in Central African Republic

14 May 2018
Humanitarian Aid

At least 350,000 children in the Central African Republic (CAR) are out of school and lack access to health and other basic services, including nearly 29,000 who have fled escalating violence this year, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned, urging warring parties to stop the fighting. 

UNICEF/ El Baba

Children bear the brunt as violence escalates in Gaza – UNICEF

4 May 2018
Peace and Security

Highlighting the devastating impact of the humanitarian crisis and increasing violence on Gaza's children, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on all parties with influence on the ground to prioritize their protection.

UNICEF/Tremeau

UN agencies urge global action as drought looms over Africa’s Sahel region

3 May 2018
Humanitarian Aid

United Nations agencies have urged greater international support to stave off severe food insecurity in Africa’s western Sahel; a region reeling from the effects of conflict and now threatened by drought and rising hunger.

UNICEF/Abubakar

More than 1,000 children in north-east Nigeria abducted by Boko Haram since 2013 – UNICEF

13 April 2018
Women

At least 1,000 children have been abducted by the Boko Haram insurgent group in northeastern Nigeria since 2013 amid repeated attacks on schools, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said Friday, calling for an end to such violence and the release of those who have yet to be returned.

UNICEF/UN0156352/Dubourthoumieu

Breastfeeding 'needs to become the norm, not the exception'

11 April 2018
Interviews

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organi

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UNICEF/UN0188661/Modola

UNICEF envoy David Beckham sets sights on new goal: ending bullying in Indonesia’s schools

28 March 2018
Women

To help the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) tackle bullying in Indonesia – where one in five children have been physically attacked in school – David Beckham has visited the country to meet youth who have faced peer violence.