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New EU Policy to Protect Migrant and Refugee Children

New EU Policy to Protect Migrant and Refugee Children

UNICEF and UNHCR welcomed Wednesday a new policy guidance from the European Commission as an important milestone for the protection of migrant and refugee children. “It is the first EU policy to address the situation and rights of all children in migration – refugee and migrant children, children alone and…
Polio Immunization Campaign Reaches 5 Million Children in Yemen

Polio Immunization Campaign Reaches 5 Million Children in Yemen

Amid escalating violence, UNICEF and partners have completed the first round of a nationwide door-to-door vaccination campaign reaching 5 million children under the age of five with oral polio vaccine and vitamin A supplementation. In the first campaign of its kind this year, 40,000 vaccinators spread across Yemen to provide…
Poor Countries Join Hands to Achieve Education Goals

Poor Countries Join Hands to Achieve Education Goals

The E-9 countries - Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, and Pakistan – are home to over half of the world’s population, two-thirds of the world’s illiterate adults and nearly one-half of the world’s out-of-school children and youth. In most E9 countries, girls are still more likely to…
Schools Closed as Ukraine Violence Intensifies

Schools Closed as Ukraine Violence Intensifies

Following intense fighting over the last couple of days around the town of Avdiivka, Donetsk region, more than 17,000 people – including 2,500 children – are facing freezing weather without any heating, electricity or water. UNICEF reports that six schools and four kindergartens have also closed in the area due…
Resource Book on Child Rights and Child Protection Issues Released

Resource Book on Child Rights and Child Protection Issues Released

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in India has partnered with UNICEF India to publish a Resource Book that will serve as a ready reference for all the stakeholders dealing with child rights and child protection issues. The book defines the roles of the Commissions with their…
Syrian Refugee Children in Turkey Missing Out on Education

Syrian Refugee Children in Turkey Missing Out on Education

Nearly half a million Syrian refugee children are currently enrolled in schools across Turkey. But despite a more than 50 per cent increase in enrolment since last June, over 40 per cent of children of school-going age – or 380,000 child refugees – are still missing out on an education,…
UNESCO Releases Report on School Violence and Bullying

UNESCO Releases Report on School Violence and Bullying

Millions of girls and boys suffer school-related violence every year, according to a new report by UNESCO and the Institute of School Violence Prevention at Ewha Womans University (Seoul, Republic of Korea). Thirty-four per cent of students aged 11–13 reported being bullied in the previous month, with eight per cent…