June 19, 2026
A report launched by the National Commission for Human Rights and UNICEF — the country's first nationally representative child-labour dataset in nearly 30 years — maps the scale and drivers, with Punjab bearing the heaviest burden and poverty the strongest cause.
January 13, 2026
A storm hit Gaza on Tuesday, flooding tents, collapsing homes of displaced people and killing six here Mourners gather next to bodies as they attend the funeral of Palestinians who doctors say were killed after a wall collapsed in a war-damaged building on a winter’s day at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City January 13, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS The United Nations children’s agency said on Tuesday that more than 100 children have been killed in Gaza since a ceasefire began in early October, including victims of drone and quadcopter attacks. “More than 100 children have been killed in Gaza since the
April 15, 2025
David Beckham asks UNICEF support in front of the 50th birthday of the milestone David Beckham launched a new campaign with UNICEF to raise funds for children in need, a way he chose to celebrate his upcoming birthday. The former footballer, who will return on May 50 on May 2, works as a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF for the last 20 years. His new resort to concentration of funds revolves around women and adolescent girls around the world facing violence and abuse, amputation of female genitals and early marriages. In the context of collaboration, girls’ awareness videos around the world
March 15, 2025
Listen to the article UNICEF, UNICEF, the UNICEF has warned that acute malnutrition among children in northern Gaza doubled within a month, reaching what it describes as “destructive and unprecedented levels”. In a statement on Saturday, the organization said that 31 % of children under two in northern Gaza suffered acute malnutrition in February, compared to 15.6 % in January. Among children under five years, cases increased from 13 % to 25 % over the same period. “The speed at which this catastrophic childish crisis in Gaza has been unfolded is shocking, especially when desperately needed help was just a
March 14, 2025
Listen to the article The ongoing crisis in Sudan has exposed more than 12 million people to extensive sexual violence, according to the UNICEF Children’s Fund (UNICEF). As the war is approaching its two -year sign, taxes to women, girls and more and more men and boys have intensified, with sexual violence used as a weapon to terrorize the population. Increasing cases of sexual violence and rape UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell told the UN Security Council on Thursday that the number of sexual attacks was increased by 80 % in the past year. UNICEF data reveal that 221 cases
December 28, 2024
The United Nations has issued a warning that nearly one in five children worldwide live in war-torn areas. UNICEF, the world agency’s children’s agency, said 473 million children are facing the worst violence witnessed since World War II, a number that has almost doubled since 1990. The UN has documented a record 32,990 serious violations against 22,557 children, marking the highest number on record. Shockingly, some 44 percent of the nearly 45,000 victims of the Gaza conflict were children. In addition, there were more child casualties in the war in Ukraine in the first nine months of 2024 than in
A logo is pictured outside a United Nations AIDS (UNAIDS) building in Geneva, Switzerland on April 6, 2021. — Reuters Women, girls lack access to prevention, treatment, warns report. Children under 14 account for 12% of AIDS-related deaths in 2023. The report says about 1.3 million people contracted the disease last year. The United Nations children’s fund sounded the alarm on Friday about the high rate of new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections among young women and girls, warning that they lack access to prevention and treatment. In a report ahead of World Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Day, the
November 20, 2024
An undated image shows a group of children laughing while clapping their hands. — UNICEF/File Demographic shifts, worsening climate change and rapid technological transformation risk creating a bleak future for youth in the mid-21st century, the United Nations children’s agency warned in an annual report on Tuesday. “Children are experiencing a myriad of crises, from climate shocks to cyber risks, and these are set to intensify in the coming years,” Kathryn Russell, executive director of the International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), wrote in a statement. publication of the organization’s annual report. “Decades of progress, especially for girls, are at risk.”
A man wears a mask to avoid smog while cycling along a road in Multan, November 9, 2024. — Reuters Unicef says smog affects children, pregnant women more. Young children are more affected as they have smaller lungs: Unicef. We can’t afford to let our babies breathe toxic air, says Fadil. More than 11 million children under the age of five are exposed to toxic air as Punjab, especially Lahore, has been engulfed in heavy smog in recent weeks. Unicef’s representative in Pakistan Abdullah Fadil expressed concern about health issues, saying the worse air quality will affect young children and
October 11, 2024
A protester holds a sign in front of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in Sandton, Johannesburg, on September 13, 2019 during a protest following the rape and murder of a 19-year-old student in Cape Town. — AFP Sexual violence against children is a stigma, says Unicef chief. Sexual violence has “affected” 370 million girls, women worldwide. “It’s scary,” says Maksud, a regional specialist on child abuse. NAIROBI: More than 79 million women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa have been raped and sexually assaulted as children, according to figures presented by Unicef on Thursday. The UN children’s agency said newly compiled data
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