New UNICEF Child Alert warns violence, hunger, and displacement are once again defining childhood in one of Sudan’s most conflict-affected regions. PORT SUDAN/NEW YORK/GENEVA - Twenty years after ...

Nauru and Manus Island are just the beginning. This should be reason enough to change how Australia responds to people seeking asylum. But the problems run far beyond these two remote islands. The ...

As his friends start counting down from three, Liveti sizes up his approach. He's barefoot but doesn't seem to notice the crushed corals and the rough, densely packed sand he's standing on. When his ...

In countries all over the world, climate-related disasters are wreaking havoc on homes, destroying schools and playgrounds, and forcing children and young people to experience crises beyond their ...

Over 230 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), according to a newly released UNICEF report. The updated global estimates show a 15 per cent increase in ...

UNICEF Australia commends the commitment of Education Ministers today putting children first, and for the range of measures agreed to protect children in childcare settings. A national register of ...

They aren’t. Each ingredient in a vaccine serves a specific purpose to keep the vaccine safe, effective and long lasting. For example, the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine contains a weakened ...

Here in Australia and around the world, young people are raising their voices on issues they care passionately about. From the environment to gender equality and everything in between, people like you ...

The federal election is happening on Saturday 3 May, and it’s the first time Gen Z and Millennial voters will outnumber their older counterparts in an Australian election. It means that now more than ...

The chaos and confusion that follows sudden violence, natural disasters or forced displacement can tragically lead to the separation of families. In countries experiencing ongoing violence and ...

As households struggle with the cost-of-living crisis, a new UNICEF report has found one in six children in Australia have been left in a plateau of poverty for nearly a decade. Children in ...

SYDNEY, 21 NOVEMBER 2024 – As legislation is tabled in Parliament today to set a minimum age for social media use in Australia, UNICEF Australia welcomes the government's acknowledgement that this ...