media releases and reports

UN affirms children’s right to clean environment, calls on New Zealand and other States to take immediate action

'14 million children need humanitarian support' - Sudan

"Let’s make breastfeeding at work, work"

Violations of children’s rights an ‘hourly occurrence’ in Sudan

New school year begins in Rohingya refugee camps

Childhood immunisation begins recovery after COVID-19 backslide

Prevention and early intervention policies to improve outcomes for children this election

122 million more people pushed into hunger

Women and girls bear brunt of water and sanitation crisis – new report

18 million doses of first-ever malaria vaccine allocated to 12 African countries for 2023–2025

How to prevent and respond to grave violations against children in armed conflict

Sudan: spike in violence against women and girls

Start of rainy season increases risk of disease for children fleeing Sudan

Number of displaced children reaches new high of 43.3 million

Over one million children newly displaced in Sudan conflict

‘Our voices must be heard’

Over 300,000 violations against children in conflict

The impact of flooding on Children in Somalia

Sudan conflict: 13.6 million children desperately need humanitarian aid

UNICEF Annual Report 2022

Creating impact together

UNICEF Aotearoa response to Budget 2023: Support for today, building for tomorrow.

100 days after Türkiye and Syria earthquakes- millions of children face desperate conditions

Millions of children at risk in the aftermath of Cyclone Mocha

Another Bitter Blow for Children in Sudan

Sudan violence forces at least 450,000 children to flee their homes

Horrifying numbers of children killed & injured in Sudan

"Situation in Sudan is teetering toward catastrophe."

Sudan: a dire humanitarian situation for children, warn UNICEF, Save the Children & World Vision

90 per cent of adolescent girls and young women in low-income countries are offline

“The Big Catch-up”

Escalating violence in Sudan puts millions of children at risk

Declining confidence in childhood vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic

UNICEF Aotearoa launches #CookForUkraineNZ

800,000 children to be vaccinated across earthquake-stricken northwest Syria

Two months on from Türkiye earthquakes-enormous challenges remain for 2.5 million children

Taliban ban Afghan women from working with UN- will cost children’s lives

UNICEF and Rotary: protecting 100,000 Pacific Island children from life-threatening illnesses.

UNICEF calls on de facto authorities to allow girls to return to secondary school in Afghanistan immediately

A Triple threat water-related crises endangering 190 million children

UNICEF warns of looming child nutrition crisis in Syria amid 12 years of conflict

Show us your voice!

Undernourished and Overlooked

Adolescent Girls Programme Strategy

UNICEF expresses concern for thousands of children in outer islands following Vanuatu twin cyclones

3.7 million children in earthquake-affected Syria face catastrophic combination of threats.

More than a billion reasons: The urgent need to build universal social protection for children.

2.5 million children in Türkiye need urgent humanitarian assistance

UNICEF Aotearoa statement on Cyclone Gabrielle

War in Ukraine pushes generation of children to the brink

One week on from devastating earthquakes, millions of children need urgent assistance

The situation of children and families affected by the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria

Thousands of children at risk after devastating earthquakes hit south-east Türkiye and Syria

Iran

World Children's Day

UNICEF calls for investment in world’s first child-focused climate risk financing solution

UNICEF Ambassador

War in Ukraine has left nearly 1,000 children killed or injured

Millions more children to benefit from malaria vaccine as UNICEF secures supply

New global alliance launched to end AIDS in children by 2030

Thousands of children at risk after devastating earthquake hits eastern Afghanistan

New appointment

Kickathon event

Innocenti Report Card 17

World a ‘virtual tinderbox’ for catastrophic levels of severe malnutrition in children - UNICEF

Rachel Petero (nee Taka) appointed UNICEF Aotearoa Heamana Tuarua Deputy Board Chair

Karl Urban appointed as new UNICEF Aotearoa New Zealand Ambassador

Two million refugee children flee war in Ukraine in search of safety across borders

Dan Carter launches the DC10 Fund in partnership with UNICEF Aotearoa New Zealand

Jefferies donation to UNICEF Aotearoa for Tonga has long-term impact

Passionate proponent of sustainable development Amanda Ellis joins UNICEF Aotearoa New Zealand’s Board

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine M. Russell on children in Ukraine

UNICEF provides support to all public school teachers in Afghanistan for 2 months

Recovering from the volcanic eruption and tsunami in the Pacific Island nation of Tonga

UNICEF ready to support families and children in the aftermath of volcanic eruption and tsunami in Tonga

Statement by Alice Akunga, UNICEF Afghanistan Representative a.i., on the death of eight children due to detonation of explosive remnant

Rising health risks for children across Afghanistan as disruption to health and nutrition services continues and winter sets in – UNICEF

COVID-19 ‘biggest global crisis for children in our 75-year history’ – UNICEF

UNICEF launches US$9.4 billion emergency funding appeal for children affected by conflict, the climate crisis and COVID-19

Pacific Island children to access three new life-saving vaccines through Rotary-UNICEF partnership

Girls increasingly at risk of child marriage in Afghanistan

Urgent action needed now to ensure sufficient COVID vaccine syringe supply to meet 2022 vaccination targets

UNICEF India welcomes one billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered in India

Shameful milestone’ in Yemen as 10,000 children killed or maimed since fighting began

House-to-house polio vaccination set to recommence across Afghanistan in November

Vietnam ravaged by Delta highlights 'global failure' of vaccine roll-out

Global Handwashing Day

The kite-flying girl from Kabul

Poor mental health in children and young people cannot be ignored – UNICEF

EU Humanitarian Airbridge helps deliver 32 tonnes of UNICEF humanitarian supplies to Afghanistan

Just how far can kindness travel?

UNICEF Executive Director remarks at the virtual Ministerial-Event on safeguarding the achievements of 20 years of international engagement in Afghanistan

Schoolchildren worldwide have lost 1.8 trillion hours and counting of in-person learning due to COVID-19 lockdowns, says UNICEF

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore at the High-level Ministerial Meeting on the Humanitarian Situation in Afghanistan

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on unaccompanied and separated children evacuated from Afghanistan

Afghanistan ‘a child protection crisis in a country already one of the worst places on earth to be a child’

We cannot abandon the children of Afghanistan in their time of need

Dan Carter appointed as UNICEF Aotearoa New Zealand Ambassador 

Remarks on the situation in Yemen

Amidst Kabul airport blockage, WHO and UNICEF call for assistance to deliver critical health supplies to AfghanistanAmidst Kabul airport blockage, WHO and UNICEF call for assistance to deliver critical health supplies to Afghanistan