21 June 2020

UNICEF annual report 2019

In 2019, the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF and partners worked side by side with children and young people to overcome the obstacles that keep far too many children from reaching their full potential. By the end of 2019, the mid-term mark of UNICEF’s 2018–2021 Strategic Plan...
22 March 2019

The State of the World's Children 2016

As we look around the world today, we're confronted with an uncomfortable but undeniable truth: Millions of children's lives are blighted, for no other reason than the country, the community, the gender or the circumstances into which they are born. And, as the data in this report show, unless we accelerate the pa...
27 November 2018

Research and reports

Our latest reports, UNICEF combines its experience and well-collected evidence and analysis to create programmes, campaigns and initiatives wherever they are needed most., Key Research
31 May 2018

The State of the World’s Children 2017 Summary

The State of the World's Children 2017 examines the ways in which digital technology has already changed children's lives and life chances – and explores what the future may hold. If leveraged in the right way and universally accessible, digital technology can be a game changer for children being left behind – whe...
31 May 2018

The State of the World’s Children 2017

The State of the World's Children 2017 examines the ways in which digital technology has already changed children's lives and life chances – and explores what the future may hold. If leveraged in the right way and universally accessible, digital technology can be a game changer for children being left behind – whe...
28 June 2016

Poverty, illiteracy and early deaths await world's most disadvantaged children - UNICEF

NEW YORK, 28 June 2016 , –, , Based on current trends, 69 million children under five will die from mostly preventable causes, 167 million children will live in poverty, and 750 million women will have been married as children by 2030, the target date for the Sustainable Development Goals – unless the world focuses more on the plight of its most disadvantaged children,…, Download a PDF of the report at: , http://www.unicef.org/sowc2016/...
21 May 2009

UNICEF continues support for China earthquake recovery

BEIJING, 11 May 2009 –, One year after a devastating 8.0 Richter scale earthquake hit China's Sichuan province, extensive assistance from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is reaching some of the most vulnerable children and women in Sichuan, Gansu and Shaanxi provinces. A new report, launched today at a Beijing press conference, outlines how UNICEF has…, DOWNLOAD REPORT, UNICEF has provided US$20 million dollars for earthquake relief a...