Children’s charity UNICEF says that by the end of 2022, a record 43.3 million children lived in ‘forced displacement’. Put another way, they have been abruptly removed from their homes.Read more
Children are being failed by climate funding commitments, despite bearing the brunt of the climate crisis, according to a new multi-agency report.
Members of the Children’s Environmental Rights Initiative (CERI) coalition; Plan International, Save the Children,...Read more
An overwhelming amount – around 90 per cent – of adolescent girls and young women do not use the internet in low-income countries, while their male peers are twice as likely to be online.Read more
Schools have a critical role to play in creating an equal and inclusive future, not just in what they teach but also how they enhance the health of the children in their care, according to...Read more
Children’s charity UNICEF and Interpol, the world’s largest international police organisation, have signed an agreement to support national governments in preventing and addressing online child sexual exploitation, abuse and other child protection issues.Read more
The Soccer Aid Schools Challenge is back, and The UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) is calling on all primary and secondary schools across the country to take part in the epic football challenge to...Read more
The child-focused agencies of the United Nations say that number of children worldwide without access to social protection continues to rise, putting them at risk of poverty, hunger and discrimination.Read more
“As families face the wretched, heartbreaking reality that the focus in Türkiye and Syria is moving to recovery more than rescue, UNICEF fears many thousands of children have been killed. Even without verified numbers, it...Read more
A successful decade-long partnership between UNICEF Netherlands and the University of Leiden University which promotes knowledge about children’s rights is being extended.Read more
Almost every child in Ukraine – some seven million – no longer has regular access to electricity, heating and water, because of sustained attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure.Read more
New technical guidance published by children’s charity UNICEF examines some of the key global factors around child and adolescent road safety.Read more
A host of diverse child-friendly projects have been unveiled as this year’s winners of a global competition dedicated to ‘reclaiming places to play in cities’.
The Real Play City Challenge was launched in 2020 by the...Read more
With an estimated population of 4.5 million, Abidjan is the biggest city in Côte d’Ivoire and the third-largest French-speaking city in the world, after Paris and Kinshasa. Every day, the Abidjan metropolitan area produces 288 tons of...Read more