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Misinformation leading cause of stress for youths on social media: UNICEF

Majority of youth poll respondents support social media rules to curb harmful behaviors, as UNICEF calls for action to protect child rights online on Safer Internet Day 2025

A view shows signage on the exterior of UNICEF's humanitarian warehouse in Copenhagen, Denmark, November 15, 2023. REUTERS/ Tom Little/File Photo
Bangladesh

'Not our blame, she needs protection': Unicef bashes rights violation, media coverage of minor going missing

A displaced kid reacts to a camera outside his makeshift shelter at a roadside, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Beirut, Lebanon November 8, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
World+Biz

242 mn children's schooling disrupted by climate shocks in 2024: UNICEF

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World+Biz

UNICEF appeals for $9.9 bln funding to support children hit by conflict, crisis 

During the signing ceremony for her new role, Gargee met with Rana Flowers, Unicef Representative in Bangladesh. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Unicef appoints Gargee Tanushree Paul as youth advocate in Bangladesh

A displaced kid reacts to a camera outside his makeshift shelter at a roadside, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Beirut, Lebanon November 8, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
Middle East

More than 200 children killed in Lebanon in past two months, UNICEF says

A boy walks on a dry area of the Igarape do Taruma stream which flows into the Rio Negro river, as the water level at a major river port in Brazil's Amazon rainforest hit its lowest point in at least 121 years on Monday, in Manaus, Brazil October 16, 2023. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly
World+Biz

Record drought in Amazon impacts 420,000 children: UNICEF

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Unicef jointly organised a national workshop today, marking the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Alarming blood lead levels among children: Unicef urges govt for strategy for a lead-free Bangladesh

Palestinians gather to receive aid, including food supplies provided by World Food Program (WFP), outside a United Nations distribution center, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, August 24, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Help ease civilian suffering, top UN officials tell Netanyahu

A view shows signage on the exterior of UNICEF's humanitarian warehouse in Copenhagen, Denmark, November 15, 2023. REUTERS/ Tom Little/File Photo
World+Biz

One in 8 girls and women raped or sexually assaulted before age 18: Unicef

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Bangladesh

Japan providing assistance worth $1 million to flood-affected areas in Bangladesh through UNHCR, Unicef

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Bangladesh

This is a crucial time for Bangladesh, says new Unicef representative

A laboratory nurse takes a sample from a child declared a suspected case of Mpox at the treatment centre in Munigi, Democratic Republic of the Congo July 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo
Health

UNICEF issues emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines