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mother painting with her little daughter

Happy Mother's Day with Zain

Here is to mothers, children’s first best friend, supporter, cheerleader and source of love and happiness

Lubana and her son, Jaber, 8 months, while receiving individual counselling on infant and young child feeding practices at Al-Marabani UNICEF-supported health centre in Damascus, Syria.

Helping mothers follow optimal infant feeding

UNICEF-supported health centres offer individual counselling and group awareness-raising sessions

A mother helping a child with his shoes

The incredible strength and resilience of a Syrian mother

Overcoming injury, displacement and financial hardship with strength and support from UNICEF

a displacement camp

On International Women’s day, we celebrate this Syrian mothe

#InternationalWomensDay

A health worker delivers an awareness session

UNICEF helps improve infant and young child feeding practice

#worldbreastfeedingweek

One woman and six newborns die every two hours from complications during pregnancy or childbirth in Yemen

A mother and a child in hospital

Yemen: Parenting in a War Zone

The conflict in Yemen has a mounting cost to the lives of mothers and newborns

Files available for download (2)

Pamphlet 1: Crossroads at childbirth (PDF, 2 MB)

Pamphlet 2: Children dying in their first days (PDF, 1 MB)

A child

A Syrian mother’s journey to support her children

“I worked until the day I gave birth, and immediately after delivery. It was exhausting,”

teacher with students

One woman’s quest to support children’s education in Aleppo

Nisreen, 35, is a mother of three girls. Like many women across Syria, she has lived through years of violence, displacement and loss.

a mother with her child

UNICEF Iran joins private sector to improve nutrition

“During years of drought, we lost our livestock and those left are not producing enough milk,”