PRESS RELEASE   Global hunger continues to rise, new UN report says 821 million people now hungry and over 150 million children stunted, putting hunger eradication goal at risk 11 September 2018, Rome – New evidence continues to signal that the number of hungry people in the world is growing, reaching 821 million in 2017 … Continued

Escalation of violence in Idlib could be deadly for children, UNICEF warns Peter Power, UNICEF Ireland’s Executive Director is available for interview. DUBLIN, 7 September 2018 – A further escalation of fighting in Idlib, northwestern Syria, will put the lives of more than 1 million children at imminent risk, UNICEF said today. “Thousands of children … Continued

Nearly half of Ireland’s teens say they experience peer violence at school – UNICEF Physical fights and bullying disrupt the education of 44% of 13-15-year-olds in Ireland Report, photos and b-roll, including of UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Lilly Singh in South Africa, available for download here. DUBLIN, NEW YORK, 6 September 2018 – Nearly half of … Continued

PRESS RELEASE: Investment in education desperately needed to avert “lost generation” of Rohingya children – UNICEF One year after mass exodus from Myanmar, the futures of more than 500,000 refugee children in Bangladesh are in the balance Multimedia materials are available here NEW YORK/COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh, 23 August 2018 – More than half a million … Continued

PRESS RELEASE Children returned to Central America and Mexico at heightened risk of violence, stigma and deprivation UNICEF Child Alert report shows dangerous journeys and deportations intensify root causes of irregular migration Peter Power, UNICEF Ireland’s Executive Director is available for interview. Download the report, photos, video and broll: https://uni.cf/2vRhdS3 NEW YORK/PANAMA CITY/DUBLIN, 16 August, … Continued

STATEMENT Unconscionable attack on children should be turning point in Yemen’s brutal war – enough is enough Statement from UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore Peter Power, UNICEF Ireland’s Executive Director is also available for interview. NEW YORK, 9 August 2018 – “The horrific attack on a bus in Sa’ada, Yemen, reportedly killing and maiming scores … Continued

PRESS RELEASE  Children account for nearly one-third of identified trafficking victims globally UNICEF and the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking urge Governments to adopt solutions shown to protect uprooted children NEW YORK, 29 July, 2018 – Approximately 28 per cent of identified victims of trafficking globally are children, UNICEF and the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against … Continued

  Every three minutes a teenage girl is infected by HIV – UNICEF Teenage girls bear brunt of a far-from-over HIV/AIDS epidemic   UNICEF Ireland’s Executive Director Peter Power is available for interview Download Report and multimedia content including photos and b-roll AMSTERDAM/NEW YORK, 25 July 2018 – Around 30 teenagers aged 15 to 19 … Continued

PRESS RELEASE  STATEMENT   Access to children in need in Syria continues to be severely restricted  Ahead of the UN Security Council meeting on Syria, UNICEF renews its call for safe and unconditional humanitarian access to reach children in need wherever they are  Reports of 55,000 children cut off from humanitarian assistance in Quneitra, south … Continued

Dublin, Tuesday, 17th July, 2018: Today UNICEF and Primark announced a new three-year partnership to contribute to UNICEF’s work in both education and emergency response, improving the lives of vulnerable children. Primark has committed US$ 4.5 million to fund an education programme to enable vulnerable children attend and stay in school in Cambodia. Planned activities … Continued

Children reportedly killed and 180,000 children displaced in latest wave of violence in southern Syria Attributable to Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Visual assets on the crisis in Syria available here AMMAN, 6 July 2018 – “UNICEF received horrific reports of an entire family killed including four children, in … Continued

“Horror knows no limit in Syria”  Statement attributable to Henrietta H. Fore, UNICEF Executive Director, on the situation in southwest Syria UNICEF Ireland Executive Director Peter Power is available for interview today on this statement. Photos available here DAMASCUS/AMMAN/NEW YORK, 27 June 2018 – “Horror knows no limit in Syria, where children are yet again caught in … Continued