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This World Breastfeeding Week, UNICEF and WHO call for equal access to breastfeeding support

On 8 December 2023 at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) at Expo City Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, Kitty van der Heijden, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director for Partnerships, speaks during a roundtable meeting on the topic ‘From most vulnerable to most valuable: Placing child rights at the heart of climate action’.

14 December 2023

Statement by UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Kitty van der Heijden at the conclusion of COP28

20 November 2023

“Children live in a world that is increasingly hostile to their rights”

On 14 September in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Galiya, 38, breastfeeds her daughter Alima, 5 months.

Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week

22-year-old mother, Elizabeth, with her baby, Samira, who is being treated for malnutrition at the Sabba Hospital in South Sudan.

Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week

In a school located in a vulnerable community in Caracas, Venezuela, children return to their classroom after almost 20 months away.

Less than half of countries are implementing learning recovery strategies at scale to help children catch up

These girls are all smiles on their first day of classes in the North of Niger after receiving new school kits.

We must prioritize girls in our COVID-19 recovery

A child jumps over a puddle of water.

Today, 1 billion of the world’s most vulnerable children are at extreme risk. If the world fails to act, tomorrow it will be all children. It is past time to put children at the center of climate action.

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This World Breastfeeding Week, UNICEF and WHO call for equal access to breastfeeding support

NEW YORK/GENEVA, 1 August 2024 – “In the last 12 years, the number of infants under six months of age globally who are exclusively breastfed has increased by more than 10 per cent. This means 48 per cent of infants worldwide now benefit from this healthy start in life. It translates to hundreds of thousands o...

Hunger numbers stubbornly high for three consecutive years as global crises deepen: UN report

Rio de Janeiro – Around 733 million people faced hunger in 2023, equivalent to one in eleven people globally and one in five in Africa, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report published today by five United Nations specialized agencies. The annual report, launch...

In the shoes of a parent

What would happen if parents and children switch roles? Let’s ask your children to imitate you and share in the comments what they did.

14 December 2023

Statement by UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Kitty van der Heijden at the conclusion of COP28

NEW YORK, 13 December 2023 – “The COP28 climate negotiations generated welcome breakthroughs on both the urgent need to address the root causes of climate change – fossil fuels – and some glimmers of hope for climate justice for children. Now to have any hope of turning these words into action, we must see a ...

20 November 2023

“Children live in a world that is increasingly hostile to their rights”

NEW YORK, 20 November 2023 – “Each year on November 20, we mark World Children’s Day to commemorate the 1989 adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history. By ratifying this international legal framework, world leaders acknowledged that all children have…

31 October 2023

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell briefs UN Security Council on humanitarian situation in Gaza (as delivered)

Excellencies, Thank you to Ambassador Nusseibeh and Ambassador França Danese for convening this meeting, and to Members of the Security Council, for this opportunity to speak with you about the humanitarian situation in the State of Palestine and Israel. At UNICEF, we firmly believe that the true cost of this late...

17 October 2023

Joining Hands with UNICEF: Chery Focuses on Global Children's Education

BEIJING / GENEVA, 17 October 2023 — Chery Automobile and UNICEF announced a new two-year, $6 million partnership, in support of education programmes around the world. 17 October 2023, Mr. Zhang Guibin (first from the left), President of Chery International and Ms. Amakobe Sande, UNICEF Representative to China (First from the right) UNICEF…

18 September 2023

Two-thirds of global goals for children’s rights and well-being off-pace to meet 2030 target - UNICEF

NEW YORK, 18 September 2023 – At the halfway mark towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), two-thirds of child-related indicators are off-pace to meet their targets, according to a new UNICEF report released today. Progress on Children's Well-Being: Centring child rights in the 2030 Agenda &nbsp...

UN Committee on the Rights of the Child calls on states to take action in first guidance on children's rights and the environment, with a focus on climate change

GENEVA/NEW YORK, 28 August 2023 - For the first time, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has explicitly affirmed the children’s right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, issuing comprehensive interpretation of Member States’ obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the...

Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week

NEW YORK/GENEVA, 1 August 2023 - In the last 10 years, many countries have made significant progress to increase exclusive breastfeeding rates. Yet even greater progress is possible when breastfeeding is protected and supported, particularly in the workplace. This World Breastfeeding Week, under its theme, “ Let’s...

Childhood immunization begins recovery after COVID-19 backslide

GENEVA/NEW YORK, 18 July 2023 – Global immunization services reached 4 million more children in 2022 compared to the previous year, as countries stepped up efforts to address the historic backsliding in immunization caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to data published today by the World Health Organization...

Comprehensive School Safety Framework 2022-2030

The Comprehensive School Safety Framework (CSSF) 2022-2030 supports the education sector policy-makers, planners, school administrators, and their partners to promote child rights, sustainability, and resilience in the education sector. The framework provides a comprehensive approach to resilience and safety from ...