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Sudan. A woman plays with her daughter at their home in Wager village in Kassala State, Sudan.
Report
07 March 2023
Undernourished and Overlooked
A global nutrition crisis in adolescent girls and women

Files available for download (4)

Full report (PDF, 9 MB)
Executive summary (English) (PDF, 1 MB)
Executive summary (French) (PDF, 1004 KB)
Executive summary (Spanish) (PDF, 1003 KB)
On 10 February 2023 in Yemen, Aml Hasan Khamees, 30, spends time with her children inside the family’s shelter.
Press release
07 March 2023
Malnutrition in mothers soars by 25 per cent in crisis-hit countries, putting women and newborn babies at risk – UNICEF
With half of stunting in children under 2 developing during pregnancy and before six months, new report raises the alarm on the need to invest in essential nutrition programmes for adolescent girls and women
نورا مع شقيقها ووالدها في مصر.
Statement
07 February 2023
World will miss target of ending FGM by 2030 without urgent action – including from men and boys
Joint Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem and UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
Six-year-old Kawsar from Syria
Press release
18 January 2023
Children from the poorest households benefit the least from national public education funding – UNICEF
According to the report, a one percentage point increase in the allocation of public education resources to the poorest 20 per cent may pull 35 million primary school-aged children out of learning poverty globally
Julien, 8 months, received his vaccines against polio and measles at a health centre in As-Sweida city, south Syria, on 17 October 2022. “I believe that vaccines shield children from diseases,” said his mother Kholoud.
Press release
10 January 2023
A child or youth died once every 4.4 seconds in 2021 – UN report
Another 1.9 million babies were tragically stillborn during the same period, according to a separate UN report.
Situation report
02 December 2022
Access to Global COVID-19 Tools Accelerator Situation Report
Humanitarian Action for Children

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Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A) Humanitarian Situation Report No. 3 (PDF, 2 MB)
EGYouth4Climate Caravan stops at Damanhour to listen to its youth
Photo essay
07 November 2022
Youth Voices from Delta on Climate Change
EGYouth4Climate Caravan stops at Damanhour to listen to its youth
A school play during UNICEF-supported summer camps encourages children to think about climate change
Photo essay
07 November 2022
Water waste: between reality and fiction
A school play during UNICEF-supported summer camps encourages children to think about climate change
As part of the UNICEF's Back to School activation, children receive school materials and supplies. This will help families to reduce the cost of going to school, will help prevent school dropout and attract out-of-school children back to school.
Report
06 November 2022
Where are we on Education Recovery?
Taking the Global Pulse of a RAPID Response

Files available for download (5)

English - Full Report (PDF, 19 MB)
Persian - Full Report (PDF, 14 MB)
Snapshot : Global - English (PDF, 13 MB)
English - Snapshot : Middle East and North Africa (PDF, 835 KB)
Arabic - Snapshot : Middle East and North Africa (PDF, 825 KB)
Heatwave report
Report
26 October 2022
The coldest year of the rest of their lives
Protecting children from the escalating impacts of heatwaves

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Full report English (PDF, 8 MB)
Executive summary English (PDF, 519 KB)
Executive summary Spanish (PDF, 519 KB)
Executive summary Chinese (PDF, 1 MB)
Executive summary French (PDF, 520 KB)
Executive summary Arabic (PDF, 1 MB)
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