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The Hidden Risk in Every Emergency

Preventing sexual exploitation and abuse in crisis response

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Press release
28 October 2025

Southern Africa ministers reaffirm commitment to regional migration cooperation at MIDSA 2025 

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Article

A New Dawn for Children on the move in Southern Africa

“When children are invisible in our data, they become invisible in our decisions,” Alison Parker warned.

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Press release
22 October 2025

UNICEF and GSMA unite with partners to launch Africa Taskforce on Child Online Protection to safeguard children in the digital age

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Press release
21 October 2025

IOM, UNICEF and Government of Zimbabwe to Host 2025 Migration Dialogue for Southern Africa (MIDSA)

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Statement
05 October 2025

UNICEF statement on the protection of children amid protests in Madagascar

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Article

One million too many: Voices of African women on ending FGM

Nearly one million girls in Eastern and Southern Africa are still subjected to female genital mutilation every year

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Media advisory
07 August 2025

Every Child Counted – Advancing Birth Registration in Africa policy paper launched

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Recent reports

Report

Commercially Produced Complementary Foods

Analysis of nutritional content, nutrition and health claims in Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe

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Digital influence

Analysing the landscape of food and beverage marketing by children’s favoured brands and influencers in Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe

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Empowering children and young people to thrive

UNICEF think piece on mental health and psychological wellbeing

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Report

Beyond the Visible

The overlooked linkages between public health emergencies and child protection in Eastern and Southern Africa

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A mother holds her child up as she queues with others to register her child's birth and receive birth certificate from a registrar in Zambia.