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Vaishali set to upscale integrated and decentralized village planning
With the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the District Magistrate and UNICEF, Vaishali has become the first district in Bihar to upscale the development of integrated plans for grassroots-driven socio-economic progress.

India and China hold the key to world meeting MDGs, says UNICEF flagship report
Global achievement of the health related MDGs, depends largely on India’s success and on China accelerating progress even further, according to a new UNICEF report on the latest trends in child and maternal health.

Supporting mothers to breastfeed will improve children’s chances of survival, says UNICEF
On the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week (1 to 7 August), UNICEF, along with the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) and WHO, is recommending the provision of increased professional and informal support for breastfeeding mothers.

Third International Learning Exchange in Water and Sanitation in INDIA – 14 – 24 October 2008
Applications are invited for the Third International Learning Exchange for Water and Sanitation in India to be held from 14th to 24th October 2008

ECHO and UNICEF support recovery and empowerment of the most vulnerable communities hit by the Bihar floods of 2007
The European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO) and UNICEF have joined hands to support the recovery and empowerment of some of the most vulnerable communities hit by the devastating floods in the eastern state of Bihar in 2007.

New version of DevInfo India released on National Statistics Day
A new version of DevInfo India, version 2.0, was released in New Delhi by the Indian Minister of External Affairs, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee in a function organized by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on Sunday

Working Together to Reach All of India’s Children: Government of India and UNICEF Sign Five-Year Plan of Action
The Government of India and UNICEF today reaffirmed their joint commitment to tackling the most pressing problems impacting the survival and well-being of the children of India with the signing of a new five-year action plan

2008 KCCI Internship Programme kicks off
UNICEF's summer internship programme for 2008 got off to a rousing start in New Delhi on Wednesday. Seventy-nine interns from around the world and India have been selected to undergo a two-month internship in various parts of the country.

Red Ribbon Express: Uniting India Against AIDS
Traversing 13 states and 92 railway stations across the country, the colourfully painted Red Ribbon Express arrived on schedule, at the Secunderabad Railway Station

Engaging artists of Bhopal on children’s issues
A three-day art camp was organized by Surya Gram Vikas Samiti and Rangayan Art Gallery, with support from UNICEF to engage professional artists from Bhopal on issues of concern to children and women

National Conference puts the spotlight on India’s Gender Imbalance
A national conference was held in New Delhi on Monday 28th April as part of the National Campaign to “Save the Girl Child”.

Safe Motherhood Day 2008
It is a little known fact that Mumtaz Mahal, Moghul Emperor Shah Jahan’s favorite queen died due to complications related to repeated childbirth.

Kyunki…Jeena Issi ka Naam Hai launched in New Delhi amid applause and music
UNICEF, India, television, Doordarshan, Kyunki....Jeena Isi ka Naam Hai.

PRESS RELEASE: On World Health Day 2008, UNICEF Cautions About the Impact of Climate Change on the Health of Women and Children
Press release: On World Health Day 2008, UNICEF Cautions,About the Impact of Climate Change on the Health of Women and Children

Kyunki to entertain-educate 40 million women thrice a week
An entertainment-education programme Kyunki Jeena Issi Ka Naam Hai is being launched on India’s national channel Doordarshan.

Entertainment will further the reach of communication
The Facts for Life Communication initiative was launched when social mobilisers working in the polio-endemic districts of Uttar Pradesh expressed the need to reach out to people with messages on a wide range of health issues.

Cast upbeat as Kyunki…goes on air
The programme has a mix of experienced, known names from the entertainment industry and stage artistes and some who were pursuing a career in modelling.

More HIV - Positive Children and Pregnant Women Getting AIDS Treatment, New Report Says
More HIV - Positive Children and Pregnant Women Getting AIDS Treatment, New Report Says

6 in 10 Africans Remain Without Access to Proper Toilet: Poor sanitation threatens public health.
GENEVA, 20 March 2008 – Sixty-two percent of Africans do not have access to improved sanitation facility -- a proper toilet -- which separates human waste from human contact, states the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation

Experts share lessons on making learning joyful in Bihar
PATNA, March 13, 2008: Educational experts from states like Delhi, Karnataka, Rajasthan, and West Bengal have converged in Patna for a two-day seminar organised by UNICEF in collaboration with the Government of Bihar’s Department of Education...

Bringing the issue out of the closet, adolescent girls launch a guidance booklet on Menstrual Hygiene Management
New Delhi 8 March 2008 In a function marking the International Women’s Day and the International Year of Sanitation, young adolescent girls and women from villages of Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh released the guidance booklet

UNICEF Marks International Women’s Day by Stressing Importance of Investing in Maternal Health
NEW YORK, 7 March 2008 – UNICEF is marking International Women’s Day 2008 (8 March) by drawing attention to the need for improvements in maternal health care.

USD 400,000 DIPECHO contribution to UNICEF to help communities cope with floods in West Bengal
The Disaster Preparedness European Community Humanitarian Office (DIPECHO) has made a significant donation of US$ 400,000 million (280,000 Euro) to UNICEF India to support the Community-Based Disaster Preparedness project (CBDP) in West Bengal, India.

Knowledge train chugs in, helps dispel myths about HIV\AIDS
The Red Ribbon Express (RRE), a specially-designed seven coach train painted in bright yellow and red and carrying HIV/AIDS prevention messages, created a stir when it chugged into Lucknow’s Charbagh railway station Platform Number 9 on Saturday

Public Hearing gives women speedy justice in Rajasthan villages
There is an air of expectancy among the 200 odd women sitting huddled in the main town hall of the dusty town of Sawai Mahopur, situated about 200 km away from the state capital Jaipur.

Child Survival – This is How
Six women who traveled from distant and impoverished districts of Mayurbhanj in Orissa and Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh unveiled the State of the World’s Children Report 2008 here today.

Integrated strategies can save childrens' lives says UNICEF Flagship State of the World's Children 2008 report
Integrated Health Strategies Can Save Children’s Lives, says UNICEF Flagship, The State of the World’s Children Report 2008

Global Data Sheet
SOWC - Key Statistics, Global Data

Launch of the State of the World's Children 2008 Report
Media advisory on the launch of SOWC 2008

Progress for Children Report - A Statistical Review December 2007
Key data from the Progress for Children report December 2007

“No one should discriminate against HIV Affected women and children” urges Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, President of India
UNICEF and UNAIDS mark the second anniversary of Unite For Children Unite Against AIDS campaign by pledging to fight the stigma and discrimination faced by HIV/AIDS affected women and children.

Over Million Dollar ECHO Contribution to UNICEF Saves Flood-Affected Children and Communities
The European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO) has made a significant donation to UNICEF India of US$ 1.25 million (880,000 Euro) to reimburse costs incurred for life-saving interventions in the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh

International Learning Exchange 2007-Rural India turns classroom for water and sanitation professionals
New Delhi – For over a week in September, villages across India turned into classrooms for a group of water and sanitation sector professionals from countries as far off as Mozambique, Ethiopia, Sudan and Cambodia.

Pledge of Child Protection unveiled
New Delhi: On October 1, 2007 the Art of Living Foundation and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) unveiled a joint declaration to further the cause of child rights and protection.

Safeguarding the rights of children
New Delhi, 11 September 2007: “Every aspect of our lives bears evidence to a child’s exploitation, vulnerability and drudgery. Behind our smug well-being is the loss of childhood for many,” Dr Shantha Sinha

Female foeticide in India
Eligible Jat boys from Haryana travel 3,000 km across the country to find themselves a bride. With increasingly fewer girls in Haryana, they are seeking brides from as far away as Kerala as the only way to change their single status.

Gujarat launches Save the Girl Child Campaign to arrest declining sex ratio
18 September, Gujarat: Alarm bells started ringing when the Census 2001 data was released. It revealed a drastic fall in the sex ratio, especially the child sex ratio. Whereas the overall sex ratio dropped from 934 to 920 per 1000 males

International Learning Exchange 2007 – Sharing the India experience
They have come from Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Pakistan,Nepal..Eighty one delegates from twenty countries across the world are gathered in India to learn from her experiences as part of the Second International Learning Exchange Program

Gallery for social art and photography inaugurated at UNICEF Bhopal
The Bhopal office of UNICEF, Mr. Prashant Mehta, Principal Secretary, Women and Child development, Dr. Hamid El Bashir, M.P. State Representative for UNICEF, Gallery for social art and photography,UNICEF,India

Villagers script their own progress in Madhya Pradesh
Village Kolhari, Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh: Fourteen-year-old Mamta had to abandon her studies after Class 5 because her village in Madhya Pradesh did not have a higher education school. Three years later, however, the story has changed

1.8 million dollars Japanese aid to fight polio in India

Khandewat village goes live on air

“Early Marriage of Girls” - Theme for Award for Film Makers

Making every child count in the streets of Kolkata

International Learning Exchange Programme

Girl Power Drives Road Show

Child Abuse in India - A study by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India
In India , the responsibility of care and protection of children has been with the families and communities. A strong knit patriarchal family that is meant to look after its children well has seldom had the realization that children have their own rights.

Government of India study on child abuse – April 2007

March 22, 2007 : Karnataka children hold their own parliament session

March 22, 2007 : Child Friendly Legislators of Karnataka recognized by the children

Indian cricket star brings a message of hope to young people trying to rebuild their community in Port of Spain, Trinidad

March 17, 2007 : This is FM Radio Banasthali on 90.4 MHz

March 12, 2007 : Farooq Sheikh vaccinates children in Varanasi

March 7, 2007 : Government of Haryana and UNICEF ink MOU to improve the lives women and children

March 6, 2007 : Flag bearers of women’s emancipation

India adopts new child growth standards

January 31, 2007 : Ralph Fiennes & Sharmila Tagore call for an end to stigma against people affected by HIV

Farooq Sheikh boosts polio drive in Uttar Pradesh

April 10, 2006 : National Forum with parliamentarians on safe motherhood