First prize was won by Elise Blanchard, who documented the lives of girls and young women in Afghanistan. Second prize was won by Natalya Saprunova, who captured the how children in Mongolia are ...

Dec. 3 was the official International Day of Persons with Disabilities. But unofficially for UNICEF, every day is dedicated to helping children across the world. The need is greater than ever. Funding ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica—UNICEF has stepped up efforts to restore education and support the emotional wellbeing of thousands of children across the island affected by Hurricane Melissa. According to UNICEF ...

Cholera has killed nearly 2,000 people in Democratic Republic of Congo since January, the UN children's agency says. It said more funding was needed for sanitation, hygiene and health services to ...

Gorman has worked with the children's rights' organization since 2021 Mads Joakim Rimer Rasmussen for UNICEF Poet and activist Amanda Gorman has been announced as UNICEF's new ambassador The ...

New Delhi, India is on course to meet its Sustainable Development Goal target of halving multidimensional poverty ahead of the 2030 deadline, even as millions of children continue to face critical ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund has strongly condemned the reported attack on a Government Girls’ School in the Maga community of Kebbi State, North-West Nigeria, which resulted in the death of the ...

In a moment of pride, actor Keerthy Suresh has been appointed as the Celebrity Advocate for UNICEF India. Known for working across Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Hindi cinema, the National ...

UNICEF has said essential items including syringes to vaccinate children and bottles for baby formula are being denied entry into Gaza by Israel, preventing aid agencies from reaching those in need in ...

Lucknow: Unicef and Dove have partnered to boost self-confidence and life skills among adolescent girls in India. Representatives from both organisations recently visited Composite School in Tikariya, ...

More children worldwide are now obese than underweight for the first time, due partly to rampant junk food access, the United Nations said in a new report. While the share of school-aged children and ...

Obesity has outpaced undernourishment to become the leading form of malnutrition worldwide for the first time among children and teenagers, according to UNICEF. The United Nations children’s agency ...