When asked if Russell was referring to the agency's own estimate or was basing the figure on reporting from authorities in Hamas-governed Gaza, a UNICEF spokesperson pointed to a press statement by the U.N. children's agency that attributed the figure to Gaza's health ministr...
For every child, every right The Convention on the Rights of the Child helps to transform children's lives. Learn more UNICEF, for every childAppeal Children in Gaza need life-saving support UNICEF and partners are surging aid now View the appeal Statement 13 February 2025 Children ...
The Convention on the Rights of the Child helps to transform children's lives. Learn moreLearn more Appeal Children in Gaza need life-saving support UNICEF and partners are surging aid now View the appeal Statement 12 February 2025 Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and ...
“Children are more vulnerable to the impacts of weather-related crises, including stronger and more frequent heatwaves, storms, droughts and flooding,” UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell said in a statement. “Children’s bodies are uniquely vulnerable. They heat up faster, they sweat l...
"Conflict continues to rob millions of girls and boys of their childhood," said Geert Cappelaere, regional director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in a press statement. The UNICEF report pointed out that children have been hit hardest by years of violence, displacement and lac...
United Nations Exclusive: The Trump administration takes war on DEI and gender global 8 February 2025 The future of US aid Scoop: UN migration agency freezes US resettlement activities 28 January 2025 Global health Bombardments delay child polio vaccine campaign in Gaza 28 October 2024 Recruiter...
The UN’s agency for children, UNICEF, has deemed 2023 the deadliest year on record for young people living in the occupied West Bank, amid stepped-up Israeli police and military action stemming from the ongoing war in Gaza. In a statement published on Thursday, UNICEF described a surge in...
The 2016/2017 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) showed some decline in the incidence of female genital mutilation in the country, Mohamed Fall, UNICEF's country representative in Nigeria, said in a statement issued in Abuja, the nation's capital. ...
UNRWA facilities in #Rafah, opened fire on a UN convoy in central Gaza, and shelled the Convent of the Sisters of Mother Teresa (Missionaries of Charity) – a Church listed among Christian facilities US congressional staffers had flagged to Israeli authorities for protection.In January alone...