Despite a drop of 20M since 2020, 138M children still work — 54M in dangerous jobs. Cuts in aid threaten progress. ‘Isolated efforts are not enough,’ warns @UNICEF & @ILO. Ending child labour requires urgent political will, education access & social protection

The Venezuelan government expresses gratitude to UNICEF for its role in the safe return of Maikelys Espinoza, highlighting the importance of international cooperation to protect Venezuelan migrants. Related: ALBA-TCP Celebrates Release of Venezuelan Toddler Held Captive by the United States The Venezuelan government publicly thanked UNICEF for its key role in facilitating the safe return […]

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has issued an alarming warning about the worsening humanitarian conditions for children in Gaza, highlighting their growing risk of starvation, illness, and death due to ongoing Israeli bombardments and the prolonged blockade on essential aid. “For two months, children in the Gaza Strip have faced relentless bombardments while being […]

The United Nations children’s organization UNICEF is launching today’s World Malaria Day with the rollout of the R21/Matrix-M vaccine in Mali, the 20th country to introduce it. This was the launch of the first malaria vaccine in Malawi back in April 2019.It was a pilot study backed by UNICEF and GAVI, the vaccine alliance.They say […]

Most children attempting to cross the sea are fleeing war, conflict, violence, and poverty. On Tuesday, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) released data showing that nearly 3,500 girls, boys, and adolescents have died or gone missing while attempting to cross the central Mediterranean migration route to Italy over the past decade. RELATED: […]

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has condemned the killing of 322 children and the injury of 609 others in Gaza over the past 10 days, following the resumption of Israeli airstrikes on March 18, 2025. The agency highlighted that the daily average exceeds 100 child victims, many of whom are internally displaced and living […]

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for Eastern and Southern Africa has reported over 178,000 cases of cholera in the region over the past 15 months, according to a statement from the organization. “More than 178,000 cholera cases have been confirmed in 16 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa between January 2024 and March 2025,” […]

The United Nations has reported that sexual violence against children is being employed as a common strategy in the ongoing conflict in Sudan. A recent report highlights that millions of children are in jeopardy due to this alarming trend. In a shocking report, the UN children’s agency has revealed that children as young as one […]

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has issued an urgent warning about the critical situation faced by children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), particularly in the eastern provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu. These areas have been the epicenter of violent clashes sparked by the M23 […]

More than 3 million children under the age of five in Sudan are at risk of acute malnutrition in 2025, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned. Related:Violence in Sudan: RSF Attacks Leave 22 Dead and Displace Civilians in North Darfur “Of that figure [3.2 million], around 772,000 children are at risk of severe […]