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Preventing a lost decade

Urgent action to reverse the devastating impact of COVID-19 on children and young people

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A one year old child, beneficiary of Maternal and Child Cash Transfer (MCCT) program, seen at UNICEF Taunggyi office, Shan state

Grave violations of children’s rights in conflict on the rise around the world, warns UNICEF

Less than half of parties to conflict globally have committed to protect children

UNICEF welcomes announcement of next Executive Director

Ica was learning from home for almost a year and a half due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She recently returned to her school for limited face-to-face learning.

Even as Omicron variant takes hold, school closures must be a measure of last resort

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

Endah puts a mask on her daughter Fatima, 3, before leaving their home in Bekasi, West Java province, Indonesia.

COVID-19 ‘biggest global crisis for children in our 75-year history’ – UNICEF

On its 75th anniversary, UNICEF warns that COVID-19 is rolling back virtually every measure of progress for children, including a staggering 100 million more children plunged into poverty

Portrait photograph of Ma Nilar Than(42) and her two son at their home, Hlaing Thar Yar Township, Myanmar

UNICEF launches US$9.4 billion emergency funding appeal for children affected by conflict, the climate crisis and COVID-19

Funds will support essential programmes for over 177 million children in need across 145 countries and territories through 2022

Mother holding her son while both are looking out of a hospital window

A child was infected with HIV every two minutes in 2020 – UNICEF

A prolonged COVID-19 pandemic is deepening the inequalities that have long driven the HIV epidemic, UNICEF warns Ahead of World AIDS Day.

Children participate in a livestream of World Children’s Day celebration hosted by UNICEF China in a studio in Beijing on 20 November 2021.

Children and young people headline global and local events on World Children’s Day, demanding urgent action on COVID-19 and climate change

Mother helps daughter study online at home during COVID-19 lockdown

Landmark intergenerational poll shows young people are 50% more likely than older generations to believe the world is becoming a better place – yet impatient for action on mounting crises

Amid COVID-19 pandemic, younger generation also more likely to trust scientists and embrace international cooperation, according to a UNICEF-Gallup international survey of more than 21,000 children and adults released for World Children’s Day

Trino (10yrs), a child living with disability, in a mainstream classroom in Freswota, Port Vila, Vanuatu

Nearly 240 million children with disabilities around the world, UNICEF’s most comprehensive statistical analysis finds

New report from UNICEF exposes the depth of deprivation experienced by the 1 in 10 children with disabilities worldwide across several indicators of well-being, including health, education and protection.