UNICEF says 2017 has been a ‘very difficult year’ for children in Central African Republic
Dec 20, 2017, at 09:42 am
New York, Dec 20(Just Earth News): For children and women in the Central African Republic, 2017 has been a very difficult year and sadly, the situation is not expected to improve in the coming months, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.i
UNICEF warns of contaminated drinking water in camps for Rohingya refugees
Nov 22, 2017, at 11:06 am
New York, Nov 22(Just Earth News): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is working with authorities in Bangladesh to urgently investigate high levels E.coli contamination in water drawn from wells inside the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar.
Nov 21, 2017, at 05:05 am
New York, Nov 20(Just Earth News): Despite global progress, one in 12 children live in countries with prospects more limited than those of their parents, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported on Monday.
UNICEF warns 1,800 unaccompanied refugee children in Greece need proper shelter, care
Oct 31, 2017, at 04:23 am
New York, Oct 30(Just Earth News): Two-thirds of the nearly 3,000 unaccompanied refugee and migrant children currently in Greece are not receiving proper shelter and care, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned.
UNICEF urges child-centred budget decisions for rebuilding of quake-hit areas in Mexico
Oct 03, 2017, at 01:26 pm
New York, Oct 3(Just Earth News): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has called for putting children at the heart of public and private investment in reconstruction of the areas devastated by two major earthquakes in September.
Sep 28, 2017, at 04:13 pm
New York, Sept 28(Just Earth News): To help children and families affected by the series of natural disasters that have devastated countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday said it has scaled up its humanitarian response the region.
UNICEF: Decades of progress for children at risk across Middle East and North Africa
Sep 12, 2017, at 05:00 am
New York, Sept 11(Just Earth News): Nearly one-in-five children across the Middle East and North Africa – over 90 per cent of whom live in conflict-affected countries – need immediate humanitarian assistance, according to new analysis by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Investing in poor children saves more lives per dollar spent, UNICEF study finds
Jun 29, 2017, at 05:04 am
New York, June 28(Just Earth News): Investing in the health and survival of the most deprived children and communities provides more value for money than investing in less deprived groups, saving almost twice as many lives for every $1 million spent, according to a new study by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Iraq's children caught in cycle of violence and poverty as conflict escalates, UNICEF warns
Jun 23, 2017, at 09:20 pm
New York, Jun 23 (JEN): The past three years of intensifying conflict in Iraq have left the country's children trapped in a grinding cycle of violence and poverty, an assessment out on Thursday by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned, calling on the warring parties to immediately end hostilities.
UNICEF appoints 19-year-old education activist and Syrian refugee as Goodwill Ambassador
Jun 20, 2017, at 05:03 am
New York, June 19(Just Earth News): In a historic first, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has appointed 19-year-old Muzoon Almellehan, who has been advocating for girls' education since fleeing war-torn Syria in 2013, as its newest – and youngest – Goodwill Ambassador.
UNICEF-backed projects for millions of children in Syria on verge of being 'cut off'
Jun 17, 2017, at 04:41 am
New York, June 16(Just Earth News): Programmes supported by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to assist more than nine million children in Syria and neighbouring countries are on the verge of being cut off due to a critical funding shortage.
Act before time runs out, urges UNICEF, as Yemen grapples with ‘unprecedented’ cholera outbreak
Jun 01, 2017, at 10:33 am
New York, June 1(Just Earth News): Amid an “unprecedented†increase in suspected cholera cases in war-torn Yemen – where medical facilities are teetering on the edge of collapse – the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has stepped up its response but warned that time may be “running out.â€
UNICEF urges G7 leaders to adopt six-point action plan to keep refugee children safe
May 26, 2017, at 05:08 am
New York, May 25(Just Earth News): Ahead of the Group of Seven summit in Italy, the United Nations children’s agency has urged the leaders of G7 industrialized countries to adopt its six-point action plan for the protection of refugee and migrant children.
Europe: 24,600 refugee children 'in limbo' at risk of mental distress, UNICEF warns
May 05, 2017, at 09:29 pm
New York, May 5 (Just Earth News): Nearly 75,000 refugees and migrants, including an estimated 24,600 children, currently stranded in Greece, Bulgaria, Hungary and the Western Balkans are at risk of psychosocial distress caused by living in a protracted state of limbo, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Thursday.
Young Syrian refugees don't want pity; respect their rights and empower them – UNICEF Advocate
Apr 29, 2017, at 10:21 pm
New York, Apr 29 (Just Earth News): Concluding a visit to Syrian refugee camps in Jordan where he met with young people displaced from their homes, an advocate for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) underlined the need to respect their rights and empower them so that they can grow to their full potential.
UNICEF calls for action to prevent more deaths in Central Mediterranean as attempted crossings spike
Apr 22, 2017, at 05:37 am
New York, Apr 22(Just Earth News): Noting increases in number of migrants, including children, attempting to reach European shores using the Central Mediterranean route, and consequent rise in number of deaths, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has called for safe and legal pathways for those who are fleeing conflict, poverty and depravation.
UNICEF launches $3.3 billion appeal to assist millions of children affected by conflict, disasters
Feb 01, 2017, at 04:46 am
New York, Jan 31 (Just Earth News): Against the backdrop of ever increasing number of children driven from their homes due to conflict, disasters and climate change, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday launched a $3.3 billion appeal to provide emergency assistance in 48 countries around the globe.
As bitter winter grips Middle East, UNICEF faces funding gap for support to millions of children
Dec 21, 2016, at 02:54 pm
New York, Dec 21 (Just Earth News): Millions of children throughout the Middle East are in danger as bitter cold temperatures and winter weather bear down on the region, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said today, as it warned the agency faces a $38 million funding gap as it races to provide assistance.
UNICEF partners with the Government of Malawi to test first humanitarian drone in Africa
Dec 16, 2016, at 03:19 pm
New York, Dec 16 (Just Earth News): In cooperation with the Government of Malawi, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will establish an air corridor and use unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), known as drones, for humanitarian purposes, the agency announced on Thursday.
Number of children recruited into South Sudanese conflict passes 17,000 – UNICEF
Dec 16, 2016, at 02:54 pm
New York, Dec 16 (Just Earth News): According to new figures released by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), some 1,300 children were recruited by armed forces and armed groups in 2016, bringing the total number of children used in conflict since 2013 to more than 17,000.
Conflict threatens decades of progress for children in Middle East, North Africa – UNICEF
Dec 13, 2016, at 01:56 pm
New York, Dec 13 (Just Earth News): Although countries across the Middle East and North Africa have made major strides in protecting children’s rights and wellbeing since the inception of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) 70 years ago, conflict risks reversing these gains for 157 million children in the region.
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham uses tattoos to show ‘brutal reality’ of child violence
Dec 06, 2016, at 01:22 pm
New York, Dec 6 (Just Earth News): Drawing attention to the physical and psychological abuse that leave an inedible mark on children’s lives, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) launched a powerful new video illustrating the “all too common†forms of violence as tattoos on the body of the famous footballer and advocate for protection of children, David Beckham.
UNICEF sounds alarm over safety of children in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
Nov 10, 2016, at 01:46 pm
New York, Nov 10 (Just Earth News): Expressing concern for the safety of children in the northern part of Myanmar’s Rakhine state which is in the midst of “security operations,†the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called upon the Government to protect children there from all forms of violence and to support prompt and independent investigations into reports of grave violations against them.
UNICEF gears up to vaccinate 41 million children after polio outbreak in north-eastern Nigeria
Oct 12, 2016, at 03:00 pm
New York, Oct 12 (Just Earth News): More than 41 million children are expected to get vaccinations against polio as part of a major new health campaign by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the Lake Chad basin, aimed at the recent outbreak of polio in north-east Nigeria.
Labour disparity between girls and boys perpetuates gender stereotypes, UNICEF report shows
Oct 08, 2016, at 06:56 pm
New York, Oct 8(Just Earth News): Ahead of the International Day of the Girl Child on 11 October, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) On Friday released a report warning that the worldwide disparity between unpaid household chores assumed by girls aged five through 14 as compared to their male counterparts, amounts to 40 per cent more time – or 160 million more hours a day.
Some 385 million children live in extreme poverty, World Bank-UNICEF study reveals
Oct 05, 2016, at 04:54 am
New York, Oct 4(Just Earth News): Children are more than twice as likely as adults to live in extreme poverty, with nearly 385 million children worldwide experiencing that condition, according to a new analysis from the World Bank Group and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
UNICEF more than doubles funding appeal for children in north-east Nigeria
Sep 30, 2016, at 04:33 am
New York, Sept 29 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revised its humanitarian appeal for Nigeria from $55 million to $115 million in order to be able to assist an additional 750,000 people who can now be reached across conflict-affected areas in the north-east of the country.
UNICEF deeply concerned about impact of unrest in southern Thai provinces on children
Sep 07, 2016, at 12:57 pm
New York, Sept 7 (Just Earth News): The top United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) official in Thailand has expressed deep concerns over the continuing violence in the country’s restive southernmost provinces and its impact on children, including an explosion that killed a four-year-old girl and her father on Tuesday.
Lake Chad Basin: Boko Haram-induced crisis is ‘children’s crisis,’ UNICEF warns
Aug 26, 2016, at 04:30 am
New York, Aug 25 (Just Earth News): Years of violence by Boko Haram in Africa’s Lake Chad basin, which includes Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger, have led to a worsening humanitarian crisis that has displaced 1.4 million children and left at least one million still trapped in hard-to-reach areas, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a report released on Thursday.
South Sudan: Hundreds of children recruited into armed groups, reports UNICEF
Aug 20, 2016, at 04:03 am
New York, Aug 19 (Just Earth News): Reporting that 650 children have been recruited into armed groups in South Sudan since January, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNCEF) called on Friday for an immediate end to recruitment and an unconditional release of all children by armed actors.