Participation in decision-making processes, quality education, internet access and climate change make up the chief concerns for children and young people throughout Africa and Europe.Read more
The European Union, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR, have launched a new EU-wide programme strengthen child protection systems and provide alternatives to immigration detention.Read more
The world’s most vulnerable children will bear the brunt of another year of school disruption – putting not only their education but also their health & well-being at risk.Read more
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
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
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.
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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