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Youth embody ‘spirit’ of 21st century more than parents
Even in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and other global challenges, children and youth are nearly 50 per cent more likely...
Central African children in crosshairs, UN calls for their protection
Children in the Central African Republic (CAR) have suffered a spike in grave violations since the end of 2020, according to a new UN report on the situation in the country, issued...
Afghanistan: Girls at increasing risk of child marriage
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has received credible reports of families in Afghanistan offering daughters as young as 20 days old for future marriage in return for...
Afghanistan: The Humanitarian Imperative Must Come First to Avoid Catastrophe
The international community must urgently step-up direct funding through United Nations agencies and NGOs to provide Afghan girls & boys with the life-saving support...
Helping Iraqi girls stay in school
When COVID-19 closed schools in Basra, southern Iraq, the academic prospects for many schoolgirls were put at risk. On International Day of The Girl Child,...
BTS and UNICEF celebrate 4 years of the ‘Love Myself’ campaign to promote child self-esteem
Since 2017, a campaign by South Korean superstars BTS, and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reached almost every country in the world with...
Pandemic impact ‘tip of the iceberg’ after years of neglecting child mental health
COVID-19 has taken a toll on the mental health of children and young people, and impacts could be felt for many years to come,...
Children at greatest risk of sexual violence in Kenya during the pandemic
A study of sexual violence in Kenya during the Covid-19 pandemic finds that children were more likely than adults to be attacked by somebody...
Critical gaps in refugee education, only 34 per cent attend secondary school
Two-thirds of refugee children might never get to secondary school, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday, as it called for an international...
Afghan children ‘at greater risk than ever’, top UNICEF official warns
With the needs of Afghan children greater than ever before, the world “cannot abandon them now”, a senior official with the UN Children’s Fund...