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A girl stands in a playground in Iraq

17 December 2018

Child Protection-Iraq

Child Protection-Iraq

UNICEF Iraq/2022/Anmar

20 November 2022

Marking World Children’s Day, UNICEF calls for active youth participation and engagement on climate change and early childhood development by appointing its first two Youth Advocates in Iraq

Tuqa AlBakri and Mujtaba Alshawi have been respectively appointed as UNICEF Iraq’s Early Childhood Development and Climate Change Youth Advocates. World Children´s Day will be marked by turning blue key monuments in Iraq, along with messages of commitment

28 September 2022

UNICEF condemns attack on school in Koya and calls on all parties to respect the Safe Schools Declaration

Statement attributable to Ms. Sheema SenGupta, UNICEF Representative in Iraq

The use of explosive weapons in populated areas must STOP - UNICEF strongly condemns the killing of three children in Iraq

Statement attributable to Ms. Sheema SenGupta, UNICEF Representative in Iraq

Staggering scale of grave violations against children in conflict revealed in new UNICEF analysis

Iraq is one of the top eight countries in the world with more children in detention as a result of armed conflict, according to the latest UNICEF report

UNICEF condemns the killing of a 12-year-old child in Sinjar and calls on all parties to protect children from violence

Statement attributable to Mr. Mads Oyen, OiC UNICEF Representative in Iraq

On “Earth Day”, UN in Iraq Renews Commitment to Joint Climate Action

Joint Press Release

UNICEF, in partnership with the Ministry of Health, launched a campaign to support the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines and routine immunization services in all districts of Iraq

More than 1,300 mobile outreach teams will be supported throughout the country.

On International Women´s Day, UNICEF and GDCVAW in KRI launch the radio station “Voice for Equality”, with support from USAID, to empower women and adolescent girls'

Under the theme, “Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow!”, IWD focuses this year on the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women and adolescent girls, especially in terms of increased gender-based violence (GBV).

With support from the European Union, UNICEF, WFP, and ILO partner with the Kurdistan Regional Government to reform social protection

The project will benefit millions of vulnerable families in the Kurdistan Region