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COVID-19 putting millions of girls at risk of child marriage: UNICEF

The UN agency estimates that the pandemic may undo progress seen in recent years and put an additional 10 million girls at risk of forced child marriages before the end of the decade.

08/03/2021

United Kingdom

COVID-19: UNICEF to feed UK children for first time in 70-year history

According to UNICEF, 2.4 million British children already grow up in food-insecure households and over a fifth of these households with children have gone hungry during the lockdown due to financial difficulty.

17/12/2020

Yemen

'This virus makes it a double burden' for children in Middle East

The UN children's agency has called for an extra €85 million to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa. Euronews spoke to Juliette Touma, the Regional Chief of Communication for UNICEF, in the Middle East and North Africa.

21/04/2020

Green News

WATCH | Turning plastic waste into buildings

A new initiative to fight plastic waste can give hope to Ivorian school children.

11/11/2019

World News

Switzerland and the UK ranked among the worst countries for families

According to a new report from the UN's children charity, Switzerland and the UK are among the least family friendly places in Europe.

13/06/2019

Venezuela

Venezuela's exodus: UN agencies say four million people have now fled

Venezuela's economy has imploded and there are widespead shortages of food and medicine and there are also high levels of violent crime.

08/06/2019

World News

UN: 20m missed vaccinations each year causing global measles outbreaks

In high income countries, the US, France then Britain have had the highest numbers of unvaccinated children between 2010-2017.

25/04/2019

Kosovo

Euroviews. "My dream of a magic school faded... What I want is equality" ǀ View

Living with a disability is challenging, and no more so than for 14-year-old Rijad Mehmeti. Living with cerebal palsy in Kosovo, he dreamed of a magic school where he could enjoy his education. Now, he dreams of equality for all children to enjoy their education, regardless of disability.

07/03/2019

World News

Can the world eradicate female genital mutilation?

There are more than three million girls worldwide at risk for FGM annually, 180,000 in Europe.

06/02/2019

World News

World Children's Day: What is the global status of children?

Children have their rights denied every single day. On World Children’s Day, The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) aims to build a world where every child has the right to basic human needs such as freedom, food, water, shelter and education.

20/11/2018

Greece

Child migrant arrivals at Greek islands 'soar by one-third in 2018'

On average, more than 850 children arrived on the Greek islands each month between January and August.

21/09/2018

Syria

Turkey denies hitting Afrin hospital killing 16 people

According to Syrian Kurdish forces, Turkish troops and allied rebels struck the main town

17/03/2018

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No Comment: 'No words to describe children's suffering' in Syria

UNICEF said it had no words left for what's been happening in eastern Ghouta. The only way to understand is to see it. (The scenes are disturbing and upsetting.)

23/02/2018

World News

The world is 'failing' newborn babies — UNICEF

Infants from the best places to be born are up to 50 times more likely to die in the first month of life

19/02/2018

World News

Unicef seeks to raise funds for Syrian children using cryptocurrency

Unicef has started recruiting gamers to mine Ethereum — the second-most valuable cryptocurrency after Bitcoin — to raise money for Syrian children.

06/02/2018

World News

No safe places left for children in global conflicts, warns Unicef

The UN children's fund says attacks on children have reached a "shocking scale"

28/12/2017

Yemen

Humanitarian aid reaches Yemen as crisis worsens

The flights carrying medical supplies and aid workers are the first allowed in nearly three weeks, since a blockade imposed on the war-torn country sparked an international outcry.

25/11/2017

Bangladesh

"One of the greatest refugee crises of modern times"

UNICEF is calling for urgent help for refugee Rohingya children in southern Bangladesh

20/10/2017

Nigeria

Girl and baby blown-up in ‘appalling increase’ of human bombs in Nigeria

The number of children blown-up has quadrupled so far in 2017.

23/08/2017

Greece

Refugee children in Greece tell UNICEF about their favourite things

25/07/2017