Press releases
UNICEF issues emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines for crisis-hit countries in collaboration with Africa CDC, Gavi and WHO
DHAKA, 30 August 2024 – Over two million children in eastern Bangladesh are at risk as floods sweep through homes, schools and villages, UNICEF has warned. In all, these floods, the worst in eastern Bangladesh in 34 years, have affected 5.6 million people.
Two million children at risk as worst floods in three decades lash through eastern Bangladesh - UNICEF
DHAKA, 30 August 2024 – Over two million children in eastern Bangladesh are at risk as floods sweep through homes, schools and villages, UNICEF has warned. In all, these floods, the worst in eastern Bangladesh in 34 years, have affected 5.6 million people.
Seven years after forced mass displacement of Rohingya from Myanmar, deadly attacks on children continue in Rakhine State
24 August 2024 - Seven years after hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people fled violence and persecution in Myanmar, conflict continues to intensify in Rakhine State, on the western coast of Myanmar, with a surge in casualties and displacement in Maungdaw Township and reports of increasing numbers of people seeking shelter and protection in Bangladesh.
UNICEF’s Generation Unlimited announces new phase of global partnership with Accenture, connecting 580,000 youth to skilling and earning opportunities
12 August 2024- On International Youth Day 2024, Accenture and UNICEF’s Generation Unlimited (GenU) announced a four-year global partnership, building on the success of the partnership’s first phase, launched in 2021.
George Harrison & Friends' The Concert for Bangladesh Album Now Available For Streaming Across Major Digital Music Providers Worldwide
For the first time, The Concert for Bangladesh, the GRAMMY® Award-winning album from George Harrison, Ravi Shankar & friends, is now available for streaming across all major digital music providers worldwide. All net proceeds (after taxes), will be donated to the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF.
On World Breastfeeding Week, UNICEF and WHO call for equal access to breastfeeding support
NEW YORK/GENEVA, 1 August 2024 – “In the last 12 years, the number of infants under six months of age globally who are exclusively breastfed has increased by more than 10 per cent. This means 48 per cent of infants worldwide now benefit from this healthy start in life.
Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club and UNICEF announce their partnership to help give children the best start in life
18th July 2024 – Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club today proudly announced a three-year partnership with UNICEF, the world’s leading child rights organisation.
UNICEF UK STATEMENT ON CHILD POVERTY TASKFORCE
Joanna Rea, Director of Advocacy for the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) said: “Today’s announcement of a child poverty taskforce could not come soon enough for the millions of children living in poverty across the UK.
New Survey: Nearly 90% of GB parents are worried for their children's future life chances – UNICEF UK calls for urgent reset from new Government
London, 16 July 2024 – In its annual survey, The UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) warns that mounting debt, poor mental health, and expensive and unavailable childcare is placing children’s futures at risk, with 87% of parents of babies, toddlers, and children under 5 years saying that they are worried about their children's future life chances.
The Gambia’s decision to uphold ban on FGM critical win for girls’ and women’s rights
BANJUL/GENEVA/NEW YORK, 15 July 2024 – “Following the vote today by the National Assembly of The Gambia, we commend the country’s decision to uphold the ban on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), reaffirming its commitments to human rights, gender equality, and protecting the health and well-being of girls and women.
Global childhood immunization levels stalled in 2023 leaving many without life-saving protection
15 July 2024 | Geneva/New York – Global childhood immunization coverage stalled in 2023, leaving 2.7 million additional children un- and under-vaccinated compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019, according to data published today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF.
UNICEF UK Statement to new UK Government
London, Friday 5 July 2024 – The appointment of the new UK Government and Prime Minister, Kier Starmer, provides a crucial opportunity to put children and their rights front and centre of all government decision-making. The UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) is committed and looks forward to working with them on this.
At least 3 million children at risk as Hurricane Beryl hits the Caribbean
PANAMA CITY, 3 July 2024 – The first major hurricane of the year, Hurricane Beryl, made landfall in the southeast Caribbean on Monday, 1 July, causing widespread damage. The winds, torrential rains and flash flooding could put at least 3 million children in the Caribbean at risk, according to UNICEF estimates.
10 years of crises: The forgotten children of the Central African Republic
GENEVA, 2 July 2024 — “Today, the three million girls and boys of the Central Africa Republic face the highest registered level of overlapping and interconnected crises and deprivation in the world.
Arlo Parks appointed a UNICEF UK Ambassador
London, 27 June 2024: Arlo Parks has been appointed as the youngest Ambassador to the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK), following three years of support to the charity.
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell warns of a deepening crisis for children following a visit to Sudan
PORT SUDAN, Sudan, 26 June 2024 – Children across Sudan are continuing to pay a devastating price for the conflict that has ravaged the country, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell warned, following a visit to Port Sudan. More than half of the country’s 24 million children – some 14 million - are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance and almost all of Sudan’s children are not in school.