COVID-19 upends ‘entire generation’ of 600 million South Asian children

Without urgent action, COVID-19 will continue to unravel decades of progress across South Asia, destroying the “hopes and futures of an entire generation”, warns a new report released on Tuesday by the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1066842
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UNICEF alert to save millions from desperate hunger in Yemen

24 Mar 2023

Without urgent action, millions in Yemen could face ever greater risks of hunger and malnourishment, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday.

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Millions of children in crisis hotspots ‘on the brink of famine’, warns UNICEF

30 Dec 2020

More than 10 million children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, northeast Nigeria, the Central Sahel, South Sudan and Yemen will suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday, warning that without urgent action, the numbers could rise further. 

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Children face unprecedented challenges by 2050, UNICEF report warns

Children face unprecedented challenges by 2050, UNICEF report warns

20 Nov 2024

The future of childhood ‘hangs in the balance’ as three major global forces reshape children’s lives, according to UN Children’s Fund UNICEF’s flagship report released on World Children’s Day.