World News

30 million women and girls 'circumcised' since 2016, new data shows

UN agency reports that the number of victims worldwide has now reached 230 million, even as efforts to curtail female genital mutilation show progress in some countries.

08/03/2024

Slovenia

Slovenia is showing Europe how to tackle child poverty

The central European country topped the charts of UNICEF's latest report, while countries such as the United Kingdom, Spain, and France dropped to the bottom.

14/12/2023

Gaza

Situation in Gaza 'beyond imaginable', warns WHO

More than 17,000 people - mostly women and children - have been killed in the besieged Palestinian enclave.

08/12/2023

World News

Europe's wealthiest countries have high child poverty rates

The United Kingdom ranked almost last in the list of wealthy countries fighting child poverty, coming in just above Columbia and Turkey. Slovenia topped the rankings.

07/12/2023

Gaza

UNICEF: Gaza Strip most dangerous place in the world for children

The UN's children's agency is calling for a lasting humanitarian ceasefire: "To accept the sacrifice of the children in Gaza is humanity giving up."

02/12/2023

Tech News

How humanitarian organisations are investing in AI to save lives

AI supporting social solidarity? UNICEF and Médecins Sans Frontières are harnessing it to save lives. Find out how technology is supporting humanitarian work.

27/10/2023

World News

Millions of children are displaced due to extreme weather events

UNICEF stresses that while the link between climate change and displacement is complex, it’s clearer than ever that there is a correlation.

06/10/2023

World News

Three times more migrants died in Mediterranean this summer

"The Mediterranean has become a graveyard for children and their future," UNICEF warned on Friday.

29/09/2023

World News

UN records jump in 'grave violations' against children in conflicts

The UN says there were 27,000 'grave violations' against children in conflicts in 2022, up from 24,000 the previous year.

06/07/2023

Earth News

Climate funding ‘ignores’ vulnerable children, advocates warn

Children’s needs are being ‘woefully neglected’ by international climate funds, according to a damning new report.

22/06/2023

World News

Euroviews. The number of children without child benefits is simply inexcusable

Today, three-quarters of the world’s children — 1.77 billion — lack access to critical social protection, Natalia Winder-Rossi and Shahra Razavi write.

30/03/2023

Conscious Travel

Trafficking, abuse, neglect: The hidden fallout from ‘voluntourism’

In orphanages around the world, well-intentioned volunteers could be unknowingly funding exploitation.

17/10/2022

Europe News

War sparks child poverty surge in eastern Europe and Russia — UNICEF

The UN children's fund says almost four million children in the region — three-quarters of them Russian — will go into poverty because of the war and the economic downturn.

17/10/2022

Pakistan

UNHCR says more aid needed in Pakistan affected by catastrophic floods

The UN refugee agency is mobilising resources and staff to scale up its assistance in Pakistan to support local communities and refugees in areas devastated by the floods.

03/09/2022

World News

Euroviews. Blinkered by Ukraine, world waits for African children to die | View

With 1.8 million children's lives in danger and only a 'tiny, shrinking window' to prevent disaster, the G7 and international community must act, says Rania Dagash of UNICEF.

24/06/2022

USA

Russian sells Nobel Peace Prize for $103.5m to help Ukraine children

The auction house handling the sale would not confirm the identity of the buyer but said the winning bid was made by proxy.

21/06/2022

Syria

Humanitarian crisis in Syria 'much worse' as prices rise, UNICEF says

"Families are really struggling to bring food to the table," UNICEF's Juliette Touma told Euronews.

10/05/2022

Ukraine

Nearly two-thirds of Ukrainian children displaced by war, says UN

Out of the displaced children, 2.8 million have stayed in Ukraine and two million more are sheltering in other countries.

12/04/2022

Ukraine

'Grim milestone': More than half of Ukraine's children displaced

Around 4.3 million children have been displaced since the start of the war, UNICEF said, while Ukrainian officials reported 128 child deaths.

24/03/2022

Food and Drink

Russian and Ukrainian chefs join forces for 'Cook for Ukraine' project

Ukrainian chef Olia Hercules and Russian chef Alissa Timoshkina, have teamed up to create 'Cook for Ukraine', a fundraiser for those affected by the war.

20/03/2022