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Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on International Women’s Day NEW YORK, 8 March 2022 – “On International Women’s Day, we acknowledge the international community’s hard-fought gains for the world’s women and girls. We celebrate the remarkable achievements of women and girls in...

🚨 13 million more girls may be forced to say “I DO” and become child brides as a result of the #COVID19 pandemic. Girls must be allowed to say #IDONT! This #ValentinesDay, get all the facts from UNFPA and join the movement to #EndChildMarriage. UNITED NATIONS, New York – Around the world, Valentine...

KAYAH and RAKHINE STATES, Myanmar – As a woman living in an internally displaced persons camp in Kayah State in eastern Myanmar, Ei Ei* has limited access to menstrual hygiene products. “Without income, I could not afford to buy these things unless someone gives them to me for free,” she said....

UNICEF reaffirms our commitment to support the Philippine government by contextualizing the Six Point Plan to existing and emerging issues that Filipino children face. By Oyunsaikhan Dendevnorov, UNICEF Philippines Representative As 2020 draws to a close and communities are facing a bleak and...

SEATTLE, Washington — In 2012, The New Humanitarian reported that disability caused 200,000 children in Madagascar to have no access to education. Since then, Madagascar has worked with many different organizations to improve access to education for children with disabilities. Disability and...

UN Women and UNDP’s newly launched COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker shows the social protection and jobs response to the pandemic has largely overlooked women’s needs. New York, 28 September - Most of the world’s nations are not doing enough to protect women and girls from the economic and...

Voices from the ground: Impact of COVID-19 on violence against women ‘Women have to stay at home with their violent perpetrators and violence happens’ – Centre for Women’s Rights, Bosnia Herzegovina As part of its initial response to the COVID-19 crisis, the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against...