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Challenging future projected for children in 2050 in world transformed by extreme climate crises, population shifts, and tech disparities

NEW YORK, 20 November 2024 – The future of childhood hangs in the balance if urgent action is not taken to safeguard children’s rights in a changing world, UNICEF warned in its flagship report released on World Children’s Day today.

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UNICEF statement on Israeli legislation on UNRWA

30 October 2024 - "UNRWA is the main UN agency providing essential services and protection to Palestinians in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and is the backbone of the humanitarian response in Gaza. As the Secretary-General has said, ‘there is no alternative to UNRWA.’

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UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell briefing to the United Nations Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Haiti

22 October 2024 - Six months from her initial briefing, UNICEF Executive Director, Catherine Russell briefs the United Nations Security Council on the deteriorating situation in Haiti.

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Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on continued conflicts in the Middle East

NEW YORK, 12 October 2024 – “As every day passes, the lives of children across Israel, the State of Palestine, and Lebanon are torn apart in unimaginable ways.

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Dove and UNICEF aim to reach 16.4 million young people in India with self-esteem education materials

London and New Delhi 11 October 2024 –Dove and UNICEF announced the renewal of their partnership today, aiming to provide educational resources on self-esteem and body confidence to 16.4 million young people in India over the next two years.

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Statement by UNICEF Middle East and North Africa Regional Director Adele Khodr on the impact of displacement orders in North Gaza

Sudden displacement orders in the North Gaza and Gaza Governorates are deeply concerning and once again forcing tens of thousands of vulnerable civilians onto the roads. Families, including children, have been ordered to move south to an area that is already heavily overcrowded, polluted, unsafe and lacking basic necessities for survival.

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Over 370 million girls and women globally subjected to rape or sexual assault as children – UNICEF

NEW YORK, 10 October 2024 – More than 370 million girls and women alive today – or 1 in 8 – experienced rape or sexual assault before the age of 18, according to new UNICEF estimates released today.

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Over 100,000 displaced children in southern Haiti at risk of having their right to education compromised

LES CAYES, Haiti – 11 September 2024 – The education of over 100,000 school-aged children displaced in Haiti’s Grand South is in jeopardy as the continued surge of violence, particularly in Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas, has put immense pressure on local communities and their already fragile social services.

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Migrant children should not be separated from their families

Children now represent one in four migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean, and, just like all children, they have the right to be protected and to be with their families.

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UNICEF UK statement in response to tragic loss of life in the Channel yesterday

Anna Kettley, Deputy Executive Director of the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK), said: "We are deeply saddened to learn that children were amongst those that lost their lives in the Channel today.

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Nearly one million children and pregnant women in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to receive life-saving routine vaccines - UNICEF

BANGKOK, 3 September 2024 – More than 800,000 children and 120,000 pregnant women will be vaccinated in a nationwide campaign launched on Monday by the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) with UNICEF support.  

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UNICEF issues emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines for crisis-hit countries in collaboration with Africa CDC, Gavi and WHO

DHAKA, 30 August 2024 – Over two million children in eastern Bangladesh are at risk as floods sweep through homes, schools and villages, UNICEF has warned. In all, these floods, the worst in eastern Bangladesh in 34 years, have affected 5.6 million people.

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Two million children at risk as worst floods in three decades lash through eastern Bangladesh - UNICEF

DHAKA, 30 August 2024 – Over two million children in eastern Bangladesh are at risk as floods sweep through homes, schools and villages, UNICEF has warned. In all, these floods, the worst in eastern Bangladesh in 34 years, have affected 5.6 million people.

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Seven years after forced mass displacement of Rohingya from Myanmar, deadly attacks on children continue in Rakhine State

24 August 2024 - Seven years after hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people fled violence and persecution in Myanmar, conflict continues to intensify in Rakhine State, on the western coast of Myanmar, with a surge in casualties and displacement in Maungdaw Township and reports of increasing numbers of people seeking shelter and protection in Bangladesh.

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