Four years ago, the lives of every child in Ukraine changed forever. For many, the war has taken away their entire childhood – shaping how they learn, play, sleep and imagine the future.

Natural disasters and conflicts are devastating the lives of children. From Haiti to Syria, here are ten unfolding emergencies that need more attention now.

AMMAN – “UNICEF is deeply concerned by the reports that children arrested in connection with the recent public unrest in Iran remain in detention. “While the number of children currently detained, or ...

UNICEF warns that for children displaced inside Ukraine, the war has followed them, as attacks hit major cities across the country and devastate the services children rely on. GENEVA/KYIV – More than ...

UNICEF Australia Young Ambassador Reede explores what it would take for young Australians to have a real say in the decisions shaping their lives.

This is a summary of a briefing by the UNICEF Representative to South Sudan, Obia Achieng. GENEVA/JUBA – “Since late December 2025, a devastating escalation of violence has swept across northern and ...

Mothers, fathers and carers are flocking to clinics in the Pacific for life-saving vaccines for their children. One such young mum, is Aimata. She comes from a large family that knows the best way to ...

From 10 December 2025, anyone under 16 in Australia won’t be able to keep or make accounts on social media apps like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, X, Facebook and more. The rule doesn’t punish ...

GENEVA/NEW YORK - Global cholera vaccine supply has now increased to a level sufficient to allow the resumption of life-saving preventive campaigns for the first time in over three years, UNICEF, Gavi ...

JUBA - More than 450,000 children are at risk of acute malnutrition as hostilities cause mass displacement and halt critical health and nutrition services in South Sudan, UNICEF is warning. An upsurge ...

This is a summary of a press briefing given by UNICEF Sudan Chief of Communication Eva Hinds following a mission to Darfur GENEVA/PORT SUDAN – “In Darfur today, reaching a single child can take days ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Spokesperson, James Elder, at a press briefing on 27 January in Geneva “Today UNICEF is scaling up learning in Gaza in one of the largest emergency ...