In a message to the World Water Forum in Dakar, Senegal, Pope Francis reiterates the right to drinking water and sanitation, and links access to safe water with the inalienable right to life. The 9th World Water Forum kicked off in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, on Monday. The 21-26 March...
New and expecting mothers are in desperate need of health services and safety. UNICEF is delivering supplies to help facilities provide the support they need. KYIV, Ukraine – Yuliya gently rocks her newborn baby in the dank basement of a medical centre in Kyiv. Vera is only days old, but her life is...
ABSTRACT Climate change poses a threat to children, who are increasingly vulnerable, depending on adults to protect them from the impacts of these changes including extreme weather events, poor air and water quality and risk to mental health. Children living in poverty carry additional burdens and...
Nearly all the of world's 2.2 billion children are vulnerable to climate risks, according to a new UNICEF report. UNICEF released a first-of-its-kind report analyzing youth exposure and vulnerability to climate and environmental risks. It found that almost all of the world’s children are facing at...
Highlights UNICEF continues to scale up its response to children affected by Super Typhoon Rai (Odette). The typhoon left hundreds dead, hundreds of thousands of families homeless, and disrupted basic services, especially in the Visayas and Mindanao islands. To date, UNICEF has reached over 67,000...
Child obesity rates are soaring. Here are three factors driving this alarming trend. As the COVID-19 pandemic makes it harder for children and young people to access nutritious food and remain physically active, governments must take action against harmful marketing of unhealthy food and beverages....
Child obesity rates are soaring. Here are three factors driving this alarming trend. As the COVID-19 pandemic makes it harder for children and young people to access nutritious food and remain physically active, governments must take action against harmful marketing of unhealthy food and beverages....
The climate crisis is here. 99% of children worldwide have been exposed to more frequent, intense and destructive climate hazards. And 1 billion children are at high risk of catastrophic climate events. If the world fails to act, tomorrow it will be all children. ...
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. Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the Intergovernmental Panel on...