Press releases
“Nothing can justify terrible acts of abuse against women and children in Kasai”: UNICEF
7 August 2017 - The world must not turn a blind eye to the dire situation of children and families in the Grand Kasai region. Over the past 12 months, more than 1.4 million people – including 850,000 children – have been forced from their homes, and their lives turned upside down by widespread acts of extreme violence.
Babies and mothers worldwide failed by lack of investment in breastfeeding
1 August 2017 – No country in the world fully meets recommended standards for breastfeeding, according to a new report by UNICEF and the World Health Organization
Clooney Foundation for Justice partners with Unicef to open seven public schools to Syrian refugee children
31 July 2017 – The Clooney Foundation for Justice today announced a $2.25 million partnership to support formal education for Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
850,000 children displaced by violence in Democratic Republic of the Congo’s volatile Kasai region
28 July 2017 – More than 1 million people have been forced from their homes by waves of violent conflict in the Greater Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Children on the move from Africa do not first aim to go to Europe
25 July 2017 - Children on the move into Europe from Africa take the decision to leave home on their own and do not initially intend to go to Europe.
Abused, exploited and abandoned children caught up in violence in Mosul need immediate care and protection
22 July 2017 – The worst of the violence in Mosul may be over but for too many children in Mosul and in the region, extreme suffering continues.
Malala visits Nigeria to draw attention to education crisis
18 July 2017 – During her visit to Nigeria, education activist Malala Yousafzai met today with girls displaced by the Boko Haram crisis.
Children increasingly targeted in Central African Republic violence
18 July 2017 – Months of renewed fighting in the Central African Republic (CAR) have led to an increasing number of violent acts committed against children, including murders, abductions, rape and recruitment into armed groups.
Lilly Singh appointed UNICEF’s newest Goodwill Ambassador
15 July 2017 – Actress, comedian, and author Lilly Singh was appointed Unicef’s newest Goodwill Ambassador at a special event today in New Delhi.
Mosul’s children, sick, alone, wounded and scarred, are in urgent need of assistance and protection
13 July 2017 - UNICEF’s Deputy Representative in Iraq, Hamida Ramadhani, said: “Although the battle for Mosul is coming to an end, children’s deep physical and mental scars will take time to heal. Some 650,000 boys and girls, who have lived through the nightmare of violence in Mosul, have paid a terrible price and endured many horrors over the past three years.
Funding shortfalls threaten education for children living in conflict and disaster zones
7 July 2017 – Funding shortfalls are threatening education for millions of children caught up in conflicts or disasters, UNICEF said today ahead of the G20 summit in Hamburg.
Voting Opens For Top 100 DJs In Aid Of Unicef
05 July 2017 - Voting opens today for DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs Poll is the world's biggest publicly voted music poll. Unicef, the global children’s organization, is the official charity beneficiary of Top 100 DJs 2017.
Over 7 million children are on the move in West and Central Africa each year
5 July 2017 – Children account for over half of the 12 million West and Central African people on the move each year, with some 75 per cent of them remaining in sub-Saharan Africa, and less than one in five heading to Europe.
Beyoncé partners with UNICEF to bring safe water to children in remote areas of Burundi
30 June 2017 – Global entertainer and humanitarian Beyoncé has teamed up with UNICEF through her BeyGOOD philanthropic arm to announce the launch of BEYGOOD4BURUNDI
UNICEF calls for the protection of children trapped in west Mosul’s violence
29th June 2016 - Peter Hawkins, UNICEF’s Representative in Iraq, said: “Thousands of children continue to be trapped in relentless violence in West Mosul’s Old City neighborhoods as the fighting heavily intensified over the past hours.
Africa’s first humanitarian drone testing corridor launched in Malawi by Government and UNICEF
29 June 2017 - The Government of Malawi and UNICEF today launched an air corridor to test potential humanitarian use of unmanned aerial drones.
UNICEF AIRLIFTS LIFESAVING SUPPLIES TO YEMEN TO COMBAT CHOLERA AS CASES SURPASS 200,000
28 June 2017 –Three UNICEF charter planes have delivered 36 tons of lifesaving medical and water purification supplies to Yemen to scale up efforts to combat the world’s worst cholera outbreak.
Children continue to bear the brunt of multiple emergencies in Sudan
28 June 2017: Over the last few months, Sudan has faced multiple emergencies with the rapid spread of suspected cases of acute watery diarrhea across 12 of its 18 states, a significant influx of South Sudanese refugees, and high rates of malnutrition, especially in the Jebel Marra Area of Central Darfur.
Investments in poor children saves more lives per dollar spent, new UNICEF study says
28 June 2017 - Investing in the health and survival of the most deprived children and communities saves almost twice as many lives per US$1 million spent.
Unicef and WHO statement on the cholera outbreak in Yemen as suspected cases exceed 200,000
24 June 2017 – “The rapidly spreading cholera outbreak in Yemen has exceeded 200,000 suspected cases, increasing at an average of 5,000 a day."