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News note
20 November 2024

FAST FACTS: Climate Crisis impact on children expected to worsen in South Asia by 2050

NEW DELHI, 20 November 2024 — Escalating climate and environmental crises, particularly affecting children, are part of alarming projections for South Asia by 2050, according to UNICEF’s flagship report released on World Children’s Day today. The State of the World’s Children 2024: The Future of Childhood in a Cha...
Press release
06 September 2024

Rana Flowers starts work as new UNICEF Representative to Bangladesh

DHAKA, 4 September 2024 – The newly appointed UNICEF Representative to Bangladesh, Rana Flowers, presented today her credentials to Mr. Md. Touhid Hossa, Honorable Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at his office in Dhaka. Earlier on 5 August, she had assumed her duties as the Representative. During her meeting...
Press release
21 August 2024

Young People Take Centre Stage on Climate Action

Mysuru,18 August 2024: Children and young people must be at the centre of climate action taken by governments and stakeholders; their voices and opinions on building climate resilience and driving meaningful action and leadership in climate policy and practice must be considered. Building capacity of institutions ...
Article
14 June 2024

Safeguarding children's rights in a changing climate

Children and young people need a healthy and clean planet to survive and thrive. Despite efforts, extreme weather, pollution and climate change are threatening children's right to a happy and healthy life. Children and young people across South Asia, and globally, are demanding urgent action to protect their right...
Statement
10 May 2024

UNICEF Statement on National Children’s Day in Maldives

MALE, Maldives, May 10, 2024 - “On this National Children’s Day, UNICEF joins the Government and all partners to celebrate every child in the Maldives as well as the significant achievements the Maldives has made in supporting ever more children to survive, thrive, learn in school, and be better protected. “As we ...
Blog post
16 January 2024

Challenges for children hit hard, in my home Sri Lanka

Since starting as Regional Director for UNICEF South Asia in June 2023, I’ve felt a profound sense of pride and responsibility to be serving the 625 million children of the region that I call home. Sri Lanka has always been home — and the unique challenges children face here are close to my heart. So, my first fie...
Article
21 November 2023

Breathing with Care

With the onset of winter in South Asia, air quality has started to turn toxic across the region. Recently, the air quality index [1] reached 500 in Delhi and Lahore, causing governments to temporarily close schools. Other South Asian cities also consistently rank high in the list of most polluted cities globally. ...
News note
03 November 2023

UNICEF and ICC partner with 10 cricket teams during the World Cup to inspire girls and boys to avail equal opportunities in play and life

NEW DELHI, 3 November 2023: The English cricket team played cricket with 50 children today in Ahmedabad to promote equal rights and opportunities for girls and boys. The clinic with England marked the conclusion of a series of 10 cricket clinics organised with teams participating in the 2023 World Cup in India, as...
Press release
02 November 2023

UNICEF South Asia Regional Ambassador Sachin Tendulkar leads ‘One Day for Children’ to call for girls’ rights during World Cup cricket match

NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI, 2 November 2023 – UNICEF South Asia Regional Ambassador and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar led a day for children and called for gender equality with Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lankan cricket icon, during the India-Sri Lanka match in Mumbai today. The One Day for Children is a milestone event un...
Press release
28 August 2023

UN Committee on the Rights of the Child calls on states to take action in first guidance on children's rights and the environment, with a focus on climate change

GENEVA/NEW YORK, 28 August 2023 - For the first time, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has explicitly affirmed the children’s right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, issuing a comprehensive interpretation of Member States’ obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of t...
Article
28 July 2023

Breaking the cycle of child marriage

Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - Bus Bibi resides with her husband and children in the quaint village of Danduna surrounded by green hills and traditional mud houses. They live in an Afghan Refugee settlement called Gandaf, established almost 30 years ago. Bus Bibi, now around 40 years old, has eight children with her ...
Article
18 July 2023

Painting with purpose

The narrow, muddy alleyways of Korail slum in Dhaka lead to a small room packed with about 40 children. The mood inside this room with tin walls is happy and cheerful, oblivious to the otherwise gloomy surroundings. Nine-year-old Mim and her friends watch a series of images projected on the wall. Pictures from Ban...