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Aulia, 9, poses for a photograph at her home in Bone, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. Aulia was born with a physical condition that left her paralysed from the waist down.

The world’s nearly 240 million children living with disabilities are being denied basic rights – UNICEF

Spokespeople available for interview

Illustration of children from the storybook "My Hero is You"

My Hero is You

Storybooks to help children fight and hope with COVID-19

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UNICEF World Aids Day Global Press Release

A child was infected with HIV every two minutes in 2020 – UNICEF

A prolonged COVID-19 pandemic is deepening the inequalities that have long driven the HIV epidemic, UNICEF warns Ahead of World AIDS Day.

World Children's Day 2021

Landmark intergenerational poll shows young people are 50% more likely than older generations to believe the world is becoming a better place – yet impatient for action on mounting crises

Amid COVID-19 pandemic, younger generation also more likely to trust scientists and embrace international cooperation, according to a UNICEF-Gallup international survey of more than 21,000 children and adults released for World Children’s Day

Alyssa helps her younger brother Allen with his home work. Schools are closed but public school students receive weekly modules or home work assignments from their teachers. The Melecio family is lucky to have Alyssa, an aspiring teacher help tutor her siblings.

At least 200 million schoolchildren live in countries that remain unprepared to deploy remote learning in future emergency school closures – UNICEF

According to a new report, among the 31 countries unprepared for remote learning, almost half kept their schools closed for at least half of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving 102 million students without any form of education.

Belmopan, Belize. June 2021. Baby and her mother during routine check up with the pediatrician.

Impact of COVID-19 on poor mental health in children and young people ‘tip of the iceberg’ – UNICEF

New analysis indicates lost contribution to economies due to mental disorders among young people estimated at nearly $390 billion a year

Two women stand beside a poster for the #ChildrenNotSoldiers campaign

Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore and Special Representative of the Secretary General on Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba on the 25th anniversary of Graça Machel’s seminal report on the impact of war on children

UN has verified and reported 266,000 cases of grave rights violations against children in conflict zones since 2005

Two boys in a camp for internally displaced people in Afghanistan

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on children in Afghanistan

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

Empty classroom

School reopening can't wait

Joint op-ed by Takeshi Kasai, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific and Karin Hulshof, UNICEF Regional Director for East Asia and the Pacific

Immediate humanitarian access needed to stave off disaster for Gaza’s children

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore