Surge in poverty-stricken children in Eastern Europe, Central Asia © UNICEF/Alexsey Filippov A mother and her child live in a refugee centre in Lviv after they were forced to flee violence in Zaporizhska, Ukraine. Rising inflation and the Ukraine war have triggered a 19 per cent increase in child poverty across Eastern Europe and Central […]
Our time is now—our rights, our future In 2022, we commemorate the 10th anniversary of the International Day of the Girl (IDG). In these last 10 years, there has been increased attention on issues that matter to girls amongst governments, policymakers and the general public, and more opportunities for girls to have their voices heard […]
© UNICEF/UNI340770 A nine-year-old studies at her shelter in a Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh. She is supported by her mother and teacher, as the education centre at the camp is closed due to COVID. While children in every country have struggled with the impact of COVID-19 on their education, refugee children have been […]
© UNICEF/Helene Sandbu RyengOn 26 May 2020 in Juba, South Sudan, children released from armed forces are seated on the ground while negotiations for their reintegration take place. Boys and girls used and abused in armed conflict have had their childhoods replaced by “pain, brutality and fear while the world watches”, the UN Special Representative of the […]
©UNFPA-UNICEF Nepal/KPanday Millions of girls have been able to avoid “an unwanted marriage and an unwelcome end to their childhood”, since the launch four years ago, of a joint UN agency programme, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday. The UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage, a multi-country initiative to help […]
© UNICEF/Sebastian Rich Five-year-old Kiara makes a sale in a commuter train car in Buenos Aires, the capital. She has been working in the Subte, the city’s mass transit system, selling hairpins and other cheap goods, since she was three years old. The world’s survival depends on children being able to flourish, but no country is doing enough to give them a sustainable future, dozens of highly respected […]