Tag: child protection

A joint report by UNICEF and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center brings into sharper focus one of the harshest impacts of climate change: child displacement. UNICEF cited the new data as further evidence that more must be done to protect children from the risks and safeguard their futures.In Bilwi, ...

Children and families uprooted by flooding struggle to survive Pakistan’s harsh winter. UNICEF is providing critical humanitarian assistance.Ten-year-old Noorullah's family home by the banks of Panjkora River in Upper Dir District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, northwest Pakistan, was partially destroyed by super floods in 2022. © UNICEF/Pakistan/Asim Khan By ...

At Gazargah Transit Center in Herat, returning migrant children receive counseling, vocational training opportunities and other services. Ahmed, 17, in pink (name changed), greets other adolescent boys at the UNICEF-supported Gazargah Transit Center in Herat, Afghanistan. © UNICEF/UN0662963/Naftalin As Afghanistan’s economic and humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate, many children ...

Incidents of sexual abuse against children are surging in Pakistan with the child protection organisation Sahil stating that the abuse has increased by two children per day in comparison with last year's January-June report, local media said. The fresh report titled "Six Months Cruel Numbers 2021" by Sahil said ...

Mekak, 11, sits with her grandmother near a community toilet in Mumbai, India. UNICEF and partners are working to sustain urban sanitation and hygiene preparedness in schools during the COVID-19 public health crisis. © Dhiraj Singh for UNICEF “Diwali used to be celebrated with the burning of firecrackers, a ...