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It's the first day of school in Ukraine, but children won't be sharing memories from their holidays

I know children and adolescents to be incredibly resilient, as a mother of three and in my work with Unicef. But their mental health has seriously suffered from the grief, uncertainty, isolation and stress over the past years of Covid-19 and well before that. As recent tragic cases of youth…

Nearly half of all children in the crisis-hit country have had to drop out of school to earn enough to eat. For some, collecting scrap metal offers a meagre living

UNICEF calls on all parties to agree to an ‘immediate cessation of hostilities’ as the federal gov’t denies involvement.

The UN children's agency UNICEF on Saturday condemned an air strike that "hit a kindergarten" in Ethiopia's Tigray region, killing at least four people including two children. Friday's strike in the Tigray capital Mekele came days after fighting erupted on the region's southern border between government forces and rebels, ending…

One of the people instrumental in the examination of the notorious Don Dale youth prison in Darwin says Tasmania's government should "learn from the example" of how the Northern Territory went against the recommendations of a damning royal commission into its facility for young offenders.

At least eight children were killed in floods that swept away houses in central and eastern Afghanistan this week, the United Nations' children's agency said on Tuesday, adding that more children were missing.

Ukrainian president warns of the risk of ‘brutal strikes’ by Russia, says any attack would provoke a strong response.

Three UN officials have urged all parties in Syria to take all feasible measures to minimize harm to civilians. In a joint statement, the United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria, Imran Riza, Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria Muhannad Hadi and UNICEF’s Regional Director for the Middle East…

When Israeli missiles started landing in Gaza in early August, shattering glass and collapsing buildings, Jouman Abdu put on headphones, covered her eyes with a blindfold and stretched on the couch.

Sudanese protester Alaa Salah became a symbol of her country's revolution after standing atop a car, dressed in white, and singing to her fellow demonstrators. Ugandan climate-justice activist Vanessa Nakate went from protesting alone at the gates of her country's parliament to demanding action from world leaders at the United…