Nigerian States Should Protect Girls by Ending Child Marriage

5 October 2021

Over 10 million children are out of school in Nigeria and the global pandemic has only made it harder for young people to stay in […]

This is our opportunity to end the Taliban’s use of child soldiers

22 September 2021

For more than two decades, the Taliban have put children on the front lines of Afghanistan’s armed conflicts. They have used children as fighters, to plant […]

UNESCO urges all countries to prioritize teachers in national COVID-19 vaccine rollout plans to ensure education can continue safely and schools remain open

15 September 2021

UNESCO and the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 are collecting information on teacher prioritization within national COVID-19 vaccine deployment, including data from the UNESCO/UNICEF/World Bank […]

The UNICEF/WHO/WB Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) group released new data for 2021

3 September 2021

The inter-agency team releases annually estimate for child stunting, overweight, underweight, wasting and severe wasting. These new estimates supersede former analyses results published by the […]

Children Under Attack

1 September 2021

Children are coming under attack in conflicts across the world. We can’t accept this as a ‘new normal.’ Around the world, attacks on children continue […]

UNICEF’s change agenda for protecting children in armed conflict

26 August 2021

Change is possible. UNICEF calls for action to protect children in war. We have a choice. It is not inevitable that children are direct targets […]

Afghanistan: UNICEF extremely concerned about escalating violence against children

10 August 2021

“UNICEF is outraged by a report that a 12-year-old boy from Shirin Tagab district, Kohsayyad village, in the northern province of Faryab, was brutally flogged […]

General comment of the CNUDC on the rights of the child in relation to the digital environment

10 August 2021

The Convention on the Rights of the Child codifies children’s rights and forms the basis for much of the national legislation relating to children around […]

Preventing Violations and Violence against Children in the Arab Region

7 July 2021

Joint Statement by the League of Arab States and the UN SRSGs for Children and Armed Conflict and on Violence against Children*  New York/Cairo, 7 […]

2019-2020 edition of the Report to Parliament on the Government of Canada’s International Assistance (IAR)

10 June 2021

The Report was tabled in Parliament on April 16, 2021 in accordance with the requirements set out in the Official Development Assistance Accountability Act. This […]

Syria: Prolonged, High-Intensity Conflict Has Devastating Impacts on Children, Critical to Prioritize Survivors’ Rights and Needs

19 May 2021

New York, 18 May 2021 – Millions of children in Syria remain trapped in a high-intensity protracted conflict and continue to endure a shocking level […]

Lake Chad Basin: Urgent Action Needed to Ensure Protection of Humanitarian Assistance for Children

3 May 2021

New York, 30 April 2021 – Increasing insecurity in recent months in north-east Nigeria and other Lake Chad Basin border areas poses additional protection challenges for children […]

Youth Justice System Worsened During Pandemic

7 April 2021

March 29 2021 – The pandemic has made it more difficult for justice-involved youth to receive fair treatment in the justice system, according to a […]

Myanmar : Joint Statement by UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict & the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children

6 April 2021

New York, 1 April 2021 – The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, and the UN Special Representative of […]

Mozambique : UN officials alarmed at escalating violence against civilians, including women and children

31 March 2021

31 March 2021 – The three United Nations (UN) High-Level Officials express serious concerns about the rapid degradation in the humanitarian situation in the northern […]

Children as agents of positive change. A mapping of children’s initiatives across regions, towards an inclusive and healthy world free from violence

11 March 2021

11 March 2021 – Between April and November 2020, 245 case studies from 86 countries3 were reviewed,4 and in-depth dialogues were taken forward with 36 […]

Nigeria : missing schoolgirls must be immediately released, concerns at increased abduction incidents – UN Representative for Children & Armed Conflict

2 March 2021

1 March 2021 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (SRSG CAAC), Virginia Gamba, called for the immediate release of some […]

NEW IASC Guidelines – With Us and For Us: IASC Guidelines on Working with and for Young People in Humanitarian Emergencies and Protracted Crises

23 February 2021

November 2020 – The IASC Youth Guidelines aim to mobilize commitment and action with and for young people in humanitarian and protracted contexts.  It also […]

Laundering of Proceeds from Online Child Sexual Exploitation – Operational Alert

23 February 2021

December 2020 – FINTRAC-2020-OA001 The purpose of this Operational Alert is to support reporting entities in recognizing financial transactions suspected of being related to the […]

International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers : Joint statement by EU High Representative Josep Borrell and UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba

11 February 2021

11 February 2021 – Despite global commitments and efforts, children around the world continue to suffer from the consequences of conflicts and are still being […]

Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict

1 February 2021

23 décembre 2020 – In her report, which covers the period from December 2019 to December 2020, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children […]

Social workers’ efforts to protect children in lockdown have gone unnoticed

22 January 2021

11 November 2020 –The news that the numbers of babies in England that have suffered serious injury or neglect during the pandemic has increased by a […]

How to be accountable to women and girls while addressing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA)

20 January 2021

Jan 12, 2021 – UNICEF GBViE Podcast Episode 19 In the last 20 years, successive SEA scandals have made media headlines: revelations that peacekeepers in Bosnia […]

UNICEF and Microsoft scale Azure-based platform Primero to empower social workers and help more children

20 January 2021

December 2, 2020 – UNICEF works in more than 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their […]

Mali: Deteriorating Security Situation Leads to Dramatic Increase in Grave Violations Against Children

17 December 2020

New York, 10 December 2020 – Children in Mali suffered a sharp increase in grave violations, particularly linked to the worsening security situation throughout the country. This […]

New Findings About Children’s Mental Health During COVID-19

4 December 2020

COVID-19 has brought about a complex array of factors (uncertainty, social isolation, and parental angst) that have an impact on the mental health of children and adolescents. […]

Child sex trafficking: It’s probably not what you think it is

26 November 2020

“You just have to dance, we can make a little money like that.” That’s what Shandel, then 13, said her boyfriend told her at a […]

Children with autism, caregivers lack support during COVID-19 pandemic in B.C., advocates say

16 November 2020

The fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has cut off supports for children with autism and their caregivers, leaving them feeling abandoned by the British Columbia […]

The pandemic has created a second crisis in India — the rise of child trafficking

27 October 2020

In recent years, India has strengthened its laws on child labour, but in the past six months — with COVID-19 taking a toll on the economy […]

Parents of 545 migrant children separated at U.S. border still can’t be found: lawyers

22 October 2020

Court-appointed lawyers said Tuesday that they have been unable to find parents of 545 children who were separated at the U.S. border with Mexico early […]