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Increases In Vaccine-Preventable Disease Outbreaks Threaten Years Of Progress, Warn WHO, UNICEF, Gavi
Thursday, 24 April 2025, 4:04 pm | UNICEF Aotearoa NZ
UNICEF, WHO, & Gavi urgently call for parents, the public, & politicians to strengthen support for immunization. The agencies emphasize the need for sustained investment in vaccines and immunization programmes and urge countries to honour their commitments ... More >>
Child And Youth Strategy Report Shows Worsening Outcomes For Children In Aotearoa
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 7:16 pm | UNICEF Aotearoa NZ
The report shows the lives of tamariki Māori, Pasifika children and disabled children are consistently harder than others. More >>
Joint Statement: World Must Act With Urgency To Save Palestinians In Gaza
Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 12:37 pm | UNICEF Aotearoa NZ
More than 2.1 million people are trapped, bombed and starved again, while, at crossing points, food, medicine, fuel and shelter supplies are piling up, and vital equipment is stuck. We are witnessing acts of war in Gaza that show an utter disregard for ... More >>
Aid Cuts Threaten Fragile Progress In Ending Maternal Deaths, UN Agencies Warn
Monday, 7 April 2025, 5:15 pm | UNICEF Aotearoa NZ
Countries must recommit to ending deaths in childbirth amid major headwinds More >>
Myanmar Earthquake A Further Blow For Millions Of Children
Saturday, 29 March 2025, 4:56 pm | UNICEF Aotearoa NZ
The earthquake is the latest blow to a country already struggling with escalating conflict and climate shocks. Millions of children were already living in fear and conflict, facing displacement and deepening poverty. More >>
Global Aid Funding Cuts - 14 Million Children At Increased Risk Of Severe Malnutrition And Death
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 5:06 pm | UNICEF Aotearoa NZ
At least 14 million children are expected to face disruptions to nutrition support and services because of recent and expected global funding cuts, leaving them at heightened risk of severe malnutrition and death - according to initial analyses ... More >>
Gaza Airstrikes: Largest Single-day Child Death Toll In Last Year
Wednesday, 19 March 2025, 2:36 pm | UNICEF Aotearoa NZ
"Today, Gaza’s one million children - who have endured more than 15 months of war - have been plunged back into a world of fear and death. The attacks and the violence must stop - now." More >>
Three Years On: One In Five Children In Ukraine Has Lost A Relative Or Friend Since The Escalation Of War
Monday, 24 February 2025, 11:16 am | UNICEF Aotearoa NZ
Ukraine’s third year of full-scale war was even deadlier for children than the preceding year. The number of child casualties in 2024 rose by more than 50 per cent compared to 2023. More than 2,520 children have been killed or injured since February More >>
Vanuatu Quake: UNICEF Aotearoa Launches Urgent Fundraising Appeal For 40,000 Children In Need
Friday, 20 December 2024, 6:59 pm | UNICEF Aotearoa NZ
UNICEF Pacific Chief of Vanuatu Field Office, Eric Durpaire, is deeply concerned about the rise in waterborne illnesses in children. More >>
Treaty Principles Bill A Threat To The Rights Of Children In Aotearoa
Thursday, 19 December 2024, 7:10 pm | UNICEF Aotearoa NZ
Teresa Tepania-Ashton, Director of Advocacy at UNICEF Aotearoa, says it is critical that New Zealanders who care about children participate in the submissions process and identify the risk to the rights of tamariki. More >>
Report Shows Challenging Future For Children In 2050: Extreme Climate Crises, Population Shifts, Technology Disparities
Friday, 22 November 2024, 8:23 pm | UNICEF Aotearoa NZ
The megatrends - climate and environmental crises, demographic change and breakthrough technologies - provide key indications of the challenges and opportunities children are set to face in the future. More >>
A Year Of Horror In Gaza, While Lebanon Conflict Becomes Deadliest In Decades
Wednesday, 2 October 2024, 9:15 pm | UNICEF Aotearoa NZ
UNICEF is committed to being on the ground before, during and after emergencies. We will remain in both Gaza and Lebanon for the long term as the needs of families and children will be both significant and long-lasting. More >>
Leading Global Businesses And Organisations Demand Increased Investment And Action On Child & Youth Mental Health
Sunday, 29 September 2024, 5:32 am | UNICEF Aotearoa NZ
UNICEF’s Global Coalition for Youth Mental Health and its members are calling for wider recognition, investment and responsibility from the business community, and private and public sectors to drive forward progress. More >>
UNICEF Aotearoa Honours The Enduring Legacy Of Kingi Tuheitia
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 11:03 pm | UNICEF Aotearoa NZ
UNICEF Aotearoa extends its most profound respects and acknowledgments to the enduring legacy left by Kingi Tuheitia. More >>
UNICEF Aotearoa Echoes Children’s Sector Deep Concerns About Removal Of Section 7AA From Oranga Tamariki Act
Monday, 12 August 2024, 5:28 pm | UNICEF Aotearoa NZ
UNICEF Aotearoa CEO Michelle Sharp says the repeal risks real harm and undermines the indigenous rights of tamariki Māori. More >>
UNICEF Aotearoa Invites Government To Include Missing Youth Engagement In Next Budget
Thursday, 6 June 2024, 4:50 pm | UNICEF Aotearoa NZ
Following the release of the coalition Government’s 2024 Budget last week, UNICEF Aotearoa is inviting decision-makers to start meaningful engagement with children and young people to inform the next Budget. More >>
UNICEF Aotearoa Launches First Parliamentary Forum For Children’s Rights
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 4:05 pm | UNICEF Aotearoa NZ
The inaugural session of a new Parliamentary Forum for Children’s Rights, held at the Beehive last week, drew an engaged audience of MPs, advocacy experts and youth representatives to the capital. More >>
One Year Of War In Sudan - Forgotten Crisis Now World's Largest Child Displacement
Monday, 15 April 2024, 2:26 pm | UNICEF Aotearoa NZ
Despite the magnitude of the situation and extreme suffering of millions of families and children, the situation there risks becoming a forgotten crisis in eyes of the rest of the world. More >>
Ukraine: Two Years Of War Causes Major Mental Health Crisis In Children
Saturday, 24 February 2024, 11:00 pm | UNICEF Aotearoa NZ
As the second anniversary of war in Ukraine approaches on February 24th, attacks continue unabated and a severe mental health crisis amongst the country’s children has emerged, says UNICEF. Two years of destruction, violence, separation from family ... More >>
At Least 5 Million Children At The Brink In Darfur As Unchecked Conflict Worsens
Tuesday, 21 November 2023, 4:27 pm | UNICEF Aotearoa NZ
In the last seven months of fighting in Sudan, reported cases of children killed and injured in Darfur spiked 550 per cent when compared to all of 2022. NEW YORK, 20 November 2023 – The escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan over the last seven ... More >>
