Publications

Research and reports from the United Nations agency for children

A little girl with a red band in her hair and red pencil in hand smiles happily.
UNICEF/UNI592923/Rebecca Hearfield

UNICEF is a leading source of information on the situation of children around the world. We publish our full body of work across multiple digital libraries and make it available to all through the use of our copyright. Explore the data and analysis that ground what we do.

Most searched for and cited

References for policymakers, academics and journalists

For researchers

Technical resources

Knowledge from UNICEF experts, for UNICEF partners and practitioners

Go to site

For donors and partners

Other collections

Can't find what you're looking for? Explore our digital libraries for data, strategy and evidence, surveys (MICS) and technical resources. Or search select publications from our programme experts below.

Select publications

01 May 2026

Advancing the Rights of Children in Migration

Priorities for the 2026 International Migration Forum
Read now

Files available for download (1)

27 April 2026

Child Alert: 20 years on, children under threat in Darfur

Two decades after global alarm over Sudan’s Darfur region, children are again facing violence, displacement, hunger and loss of protection
Read now
24 April 2026

Playbook on Digital Innovation for Supporting Families

A framework for transformative digital support to parents
Read now

Files available for download (1)

13 March 2026

Radiation and Children's Health

Executive Summary
Read now

Files available for download (1)

11 March 2026

Noise and Children's Health

Executive Summary
Read now

Files available for download (1)

09 February 2026

Safe Schools Declaration 2015-2025

A decade of progress, a call for renewed action
Read now
06 February 2026

New frontiers in child labour

Why digital risks demand urgent attention
Read now

Files available for download (1)

03 February 2026

Artificial Intelligence and Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitat

Issue brief - February 2026
Read now

Files available for download (1)

26 January 2026

Working towards cleaner air for children in Mongolia

A case study on the cooking, heating and insulation products (CHIP) - the progress and lessons learned between 2012 and 2025
Read now

Files available for download (1)

08 October 2025

Child Alert: Haiti’s children confront a polycrisis

Compounding shocks and instability threaten the future of an entire generation
Read now