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02 December 2024

In Ukraine, families seek shelter from cities shattered by shelling

In the middle of the night, three-year-old Mykyta awoke with his family to pack their belongings. Now, he sits surrounded by a dozen bags on a broken bench at the bus stop in the village of Dachne, waiting for a bus marked ‘People Evacuation’. Today’s evacuation from Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine takes less than hal...
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02 December 2024

As winter looms, families in Ukraine find support amid war

Katya's youngest son, five-year-old Andriy, often asks her: "Mum, when will we go home?" Each time, she hesitates to answer. She must decide whether to spare her son’s feelings or tell him the truth, since they no longer have a home due to the ongoing war in Ukraine. Katya, a 36-year-old mother of two, thinks abou...
Statement
29 November 2024

‘We have come too far to let complacency derail progress towards ending HIV/AIDS in Europe and Central Asia’

GENEVA, 29 November 2024 – “We have come too far in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Europe and Central Asia to allow complacency in prevention and treatment to derail progress and put children’s lives at risk. “The latest data show that a quarter of children aged 0-14 who need antiretrovirals in countries in the Europe and Central Asia region are…
Statement
28 November 2024

Second deadly shipwreck in the Aegean Sea this week claims the lives of two more children

ATHENS, 28 November 2024 – “Two children and two women drowned today after their boat crashed into rocks and sank off the island of Samos in Greece. “It is the second shipwreck in the Aegean Sea that has claimed children’s lives this week, and the third such shipwreck this month. “One in five people attempting to reach Europe via deadly migration…
Statement
27 November 2024

UNICEF welcomes adoption of new strategy to realize family-based care for every child

KYIV, 26 November 2024 – Children's right to grow up in a family environment took an important step forward today with the Government of Ukraine approving a four-year strategy and related action plan to prioritize family-based care in line with global best practices. The ‘Strategy for Ensuring the Right of Every ...
Article
26 November 2024

How often should a newborn feed?

How often should you feed a newborn? The answer, lactation experts and researchers say, is surprisingly simple: a newborn should feed as often as they seem hungry – and, usually, at least every two to three hours – both day and night. This is called "feeding responsively" (or "feeding on demand"), and it isn't jus...
News note
26 November 2024

The Council of Europe and UNICEF renew partnership to strengthen the protection of children’s rights in Europe

GENEVA, 26 November 2024 – UNICEF and the Council of Europe have reaffirmed their shared commitment to protect and promote the rights of children across Europe through a renewed partnership, announced today. The partnership focuses on preventing all forms of violence against children, including online violence. To...
Statement
26 November 2024

Six children die in shipwreck in the Aegean Sea

ATHENS/GENEVA 26 November 2024 – “Six children are among eight people who lost their lives yesterday in the Aegean Sea. The children were with some 40 people travelling on a small dinghy boat across the Eastern Mediterranean migration route between Türkiye and Greece. “Our deepest sympathies go out to families of...
Statement
24 November 2024

Statement from UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell at the conclusion of COP29

NEW YORK, 24 November 2024 - "UNICEF stands ready to work with governments, partners, and the private sector to ensure that the new $300 billion climate finance target agreed today at COP29 is met, and that it is followed by concrete climate action – action which is desperately needed by the world’s 2.4 billion ch...
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22 November 2024

The country with the world’s highest rate of child pneumonia deaths

Outside, children laugh as they play in gardens. Neighbors chat, crossing paths on dusty streets. Inside, five-year-old Antonia sits alone. “She loves playing outside and, most of all, going to daycare. She asks me every day: ‘Granny, can I go tomorrow?’,” says Antonia’s grandmother and main caregiver, Maria. But...
Press release
20 November 2024

Challenging future projected for children in 2050 in world transformed by extreme climate crises, population shifts, and tech disparities

NEW YORK, 20 November 2024 – The future of childhood hangs in the balance if urgent action is not taken to safeguard children’s rights in a changing world, UNICEF warned in its flagship report released on World Children’s Day today. The State of the World’s Children 2024: The Future of Childhood in a Changing Wor...
Report
20 November 2024

The state of the world’s children 2024

The future is now. The carbon we pour into our atmosphere today will shape the climate of the future. The technologies we develop today – and the policies we develop to govern them – will help shape how we learn, work and communicate. They will affect the well-being of our children. The demographic trends of today...
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