Children

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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.

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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 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.

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News in Brief 20 March 2018

20 March 2018
News in Brief
  • UNICEF and UNHCR raise alarm as Syrian humanitarian crisis intensifies
  • OHCHR reports “extensive” rights violations during Turkey state of emergency
  • 16 migrants dead after boat capsizes in Mediterranean: IOM
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UNICEF Pacific/Heinrich

UNICEF tent classrooms a safe space for children affected by cyclone in Tonga

19 March 2018
Interviews

Thousands of children in Tonga are back at school one month after Cyclone Gita slammed into the Pacific Island nation, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has repor

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News in Brief 16 March 2018

16 March 2018
News in Brief
  • OHCHR & UNICEF: Fighting and food & water shortages leave thousands of Syrians at risk
  • Refugee figures approach total expected for the year: UNHCR
  • Meat product responsible for listeriosis outbreak in South Africa: WHO
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UNICEF/Sanadiki

“Only a few thousand” Syrian children have escaped east Ghouta “hell on Earth”

16 March 2018
Interviews

“Only a few thousand” malnourished children who have been living through “hell on Earth” in Syria’s besieged suburb of east Ghouta have managed to escape so far.

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UNICEF/Souliman

Syria conflict: 2017 deadliest year for children, UN aid official reports

13 March 2018
Human Rights

More than 900 children in Syria were killed last year, making 2017 the deadliest year for children in the country’s ongoing conflict, a senior United Nations official told the Geneva-based Human Rights Council on Tuesday, warning that the grim statistics may only be the tip of the iceberg.

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News In Brief 12 March 2018

12 March 2018
News in Brief
  • “Highest ever number” of Syrian children died in 2017: UNICEF report
  • “Proud feminist” Guterres praises women “calling out” abuse and discrimination
  • Iraqi government must take “active steps” to better protect minorities
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UNICEF/UNI126514/Khan

Over half a billion ‘uncounted’ children live in countries unable to measure their development progress – UNICEF

6 March 2018
SDGs

Latest data on development progress for children reveals that more than half a billion live in countries where the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are “quickly falling out of reach,” the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Wednesday.