UNICEF: Teachers should be prioritized for vaccination against COVID
Vaccinating teachers is a ‘critical step’ towards putting children’s education across the globe ‘back on track’, says Henrietta Fore, executive director of UNICEF, the international children’s charity.Read more
Two thirds of the world’s school-age children have no internet access at home – report
International children’s charity UNICEF is demanding urgent global investment to bridge a digital divide stopping children and young people from accessing essential digital learning and opportunities online. A report by UNICEF reveals that two thirds of...Read more
Youngsters joined online by celebrities to mark World Children’s Day
Children and young people from around the world are joining some of UNICEF’s most recognisable Goodwill Ambassadors – David Beckham and Orlando Bloom for starters – in virtual conversations in celebration of World Children’s Day. In...Read more
Millions of children with pneumonia desperate for oxygen
Severe pneumonia leaves an estimated 4.2 million children under the age of five in 124 low- and middle-income countries with critically low oxygen levels each year, new analysis shows.Read more
Trinidad & Tobago aims to train 60 Child Rights Ambassadors
The government of the West Indian island of Trinidad and Tobago is asking children to apply to become Child Rights Ambassadors (CRA) to help shape policies affecting their lives.Read more
COVID – Poorest countries’ children have lost nearly four months of schooling
Schoolchildren in low-and lower-middle-income countries have already lost nearly four months of education since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, compared to six weeks of loss in high-income countries, according to a new report. Read more
UNICEF: 350 million children worldwide in poverty – and COVID has made things worse
An estimated 1 in 6 children – or 356 million globally – lived in extreme poverty before the pandemic, and this is set to worsen significantly, according to a new report.Read more
Child in the City COVID-19 webinar: “Let’s stay connected”
“Give children and the young people an outlet to talk about their feelings, their concerns, their hopes. For now, this is the new world.”Read more
UNICEF: Netherlands heads list of top ‘wealthy’ countries for children – but problems still persist worldwide
The Netherlands, Denmark, Norway rank as the top three ‘wealthy’ children based on their health, well-being and education, according to childrens’ charity UNICEF.Read more
UNICEF USA launches first Child Friendly Cities scheme
Houston, San Francisco and Minneapolis are part of the first cohort of cities to officially work towards the USA’s first-ever UNICEF Child Friendly Cities status.Read more
The struggles of children left behind by migration at the time of COVID-19
We can only imagine what it must be like, as teenage sisters, to have your family ripped apart and be left to rely on each other to make ends meet, while facing an ever-present threat...Read more
COVID-19 may push millions more children into child labour – ILO and UNICEF
Millions more children risk being pushed into child labour as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, which could lead to the first rise in child labour after 20 years of progress.Read more
Unequal access to remote schooling threatens to deepen global learning crisis
With over a billion schoolchildren still affected by COVID-19 school closures contending with the harsh reality of remote learning, UNICEF says fundamental inequalities in accessing technology is deepening this global learning crisis.Read more
Our lives during COVID-19: kids tell their stories
Children have been shining the spotlight on what their lives are like during the COVID-19 pandemic through video diaries published by UNICEF.Read more