In any humanitarian crisis, children suffer first and suffer most. The war in Ukraine has rapidly become a child protection crisis, with the shocking number of at least 112 child casualties that continues to grow, attacks...Read more
The ongoing violence across Ukraine has created a child rights crisis that could last for generations, says children’s charity UNICEF.
A month of war has led to the displacement of 4.3 million children – more than...Read more
“Since February 24, scores of children have been killed in Ukraine. Many more have been injured, and more than 1.5 million children have fled the country.”Read more
Around two thirds of households with children have seen their incomes cut since the global pandemic hit two years ago, according to a new report.Read more
Manchester’s bid to gain child-friendly city status is gaining momentum after the city was formally accepted onto UNICEF’s Child Friendly Cities and Communities programme.Read more
A report by the World Bank, UNICEF and UNESCO says the current generation of students could lose as much as $17 trillion US dollars in lifetime earnings in present value because of COVID-19 pandemic-related school...Read more
As the world struggles to cope with the onset of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant, the head of children’s charity UNICEF has warned that another wave of school closures would be ‘disastrous for children’.Read more
A series of important ‘child-friendly living spaces’ resources aimed at professionals, produced by UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein, are now available in English.Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic is drastically hindering progress on key childhood challenges like poverty, health and access to education, says the UN Children’s Fund UNICEF, spelling the biggest global crisis for children since it was founded...Read more
United Nations agencies are behind an international coalition aimed at rapidly improving the nutrition, health and education of school-age children around the world following pandemic-driven school closures.Read more
Nine cities and municipalities in Belgium’s Flanders region can now officially call themselves ‘child-friendly’.
Benjamin Dalle, the Flemish Minister of Youth, visited towns in the successful provinces of Limburg and Antwerp, which are in the Dutch-speaking...Read more
Three more of Beirut’s public parks have been revitalised and made child-friendly as part of an ongoing programme led by the non-profit CatalyticAction.
After the successful rehabilitation of the Karantina public park, CatalyticAction, which works for...Read more
‘Bold and effective commitment to children’s rights are more important than ever before in the EU, and with the EU for the world’, says UNICEF’s deputy executive director, Charlotte Petri Gornitza.Read more
The effects of the global pandemic on the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents may take years to be fully appreciated, says children’s charity UNICEF in a major new report.Read more
Children under the age of two are not getting the food or nutrients they need to thrive and grow well, leading to irreversible developmental harm, says UNICEF.Read more
