Armed conflict

A girl stands holding a pillow talking to a UNICEF worker, field of tents in the background,

Programme

Emergencies and humanitarian Action

We work to provide safe spaces for children to help them recover from natural disasters or man-made crisis.

21/11/2017

A group of young boys look into the camera.

Report

Preserving hope in Afghanistan

Protecting children in the world’s most lethal conflict

17/12/2019

An adolescent boy looks starkly into the camera, standing in a classroom riddled with bullet holes in the concrete walls.

Press release

Nine Afghan children killed or maimed daily in world’s most lethal warzone – UNICEF

Parties must protect children, end targeting of schools and clinics

17/12/2019

Ahmad Parsa is recieving an oral immunization drop.

Article

Vaccinating amidst insecurity: Ahmed Parsa’s right to health

[CRC Article 24 – the right to the best health care possible] In Afghanistan, only 1 in 2 children are fully-immunised. Increasing violence on healthcare...

25/11/2019

Yathusia looks confidently at the camera in her school uniform: braids (black hair), a white button-up and black tie. On the desk in front of her a textbook and notebook are open and pen is in her hand. In the dark, blurred background another student is sitting with her back to the camera.

Article

In Sri Lanka, children are forced to abandon their dreams

[Youth Skills] Conflict took Yathusia's father, home, four years of education and her dreams. But she is still determined to make a career for herself.....

27/09/2019

Naqibullah, an adolescent boy, looks at the camera with determination. He is wearing a black pakol, light red shirt and grey-brown sports jacket. A beige wall is in the background.

Article

Naqibullah is finally looking toward the future

[Youth Skills] Conflict ruptured Naqibullah's family, forcing him out of school and into child labour. At 17, he's saved enough to attend evening classes...

27/09/2019

Yeasminara, a young girl in a burgundy hijab, sews next to a window with light streaming in.

Article

A sense of self, a sense of life – Yeasminara

[CRC Article 8 – the right to an identity] “In Bangladesh, I am registered as a refugee, but I am more than that. I have a separate.....

26/09/2019

Inbarasa in his school uniform, a white button-up and blue tie, looks up while writing in his notebook. A blurred yellow classroom wall with posters is in the background.

Article

The struggle for education amidst conflict and displacement

[Youth Skills] Not only did conflict take away Inbarasa's home, it took away his education. Now back in school, he's paving the way for his future.....

20/09/2019

Bust shot of Asem staring at the camera with an egg-white wall in the blackground.

Article

In Afghanistan, to work or to learn?

[Youth Skills] Since being deported back to Afghanistan after working in Iran to support his family, Asem has found meaning in carpentry.....

18/09/2019

A teenage boy, Mujtaba, sits in the door of a small shop and looks at the camera with shop goods in the background.

Article

A helping hand in a time of need

[CRC Article 26: The right to receive help from the government if in need] Mujtaba’s father was killed six years ago in northern Afghanistan. Mujtaba...

16/09/2019

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