Tag: Unicef
Priyanka Chopra sheds light on child marriage and rapes in India
Along with ruling Bollywood and making her presence felt in Hollywood, Priyanka Chopra is also a philanthropist and is seen actively campaigning for social...
30 children killed in Syria’s E Ghouta this year says UNICEF
EAST GHOUTA: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said more than 30 children were killed in the first two weeks of 2018 in besieged...
Children vulnerable to conflict in Ethiopia, says UNICEF
ADDIS ABABA: Conflict along the borders of Ethiopia's Oromia and Somali regions may separate up to 14,000 children from their families, The United Nations Children's...
Children increasingly used as weapons of war: UNICEF
UNITED NATIONS: Children caught in war zones are increasingly being used as weapons of war – recruited to fight, forced to act as suicide...
NDMA, UNICEF sign joint working plan for 2018-19
ISLAMABAD: National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Monday signed a joint working plan for the year 2018-19 under...
Japan announces hefty grant to support anti-polio drive
Takashi Kurai hopes complete eradication of polio disease from Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Japan government on Wednesday announced a grant of 520 million Yen to support...
2016 was worst year yet for Syrian children: UNICEF
BEIRUT: At least 652 children were killed in Syria in 2016, making it the worst year yet for the country's rising generation, the United...
EU reiterates its support for ensuring child rights
Every child has a right to be given access to education, health, child friendly justice systems and protection from violence and abuse. Children must...
Around 860,000 premature births recorded annually in Pakistan
Pakistan is ranked second among the top ten countries that account for nearly two-thirds of all deaths from preterm birth complications, as an estimate...
22 children killed in air strikes on Syrian school: UNICEF
Air strikes that hit a school in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province killed 22 children and six teachers, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said Wednesday.
“This...
Gangrape in India: UN official says outrage not enough
A key adviser to the United Nations children’s agency has decried the culture of impunity surrounding sexual violence against women and girls around the...
UNICEF hopes meaningful steps of Punjab will help promote awareness on...
Head of UNICEF Punjab Douglas G Higgins has welcomed the stance of the Punjab government to ensure child protection, and hoped that these meaningful...
HIV/AIDS still top killer of African adolescents
HIV/AIDS remains the leading cause of death among Africans aged between 10 and 19, UNICEF chief Anthony Lake said Monday at the start of...
Afghan child migrants: A father’s wrenching choice
Shimmying his trousers down a little, an Afghan father on the Taliban’s hit-list exposed a torso pitted with shrapnel scars to justify an agonising...
One in nine children globally live in conflict zones: UNICEF
Some 250 million children — one in nine children worldwide — live in countries affected by violent conflicts, UNICEF lamented Tuesday, saying it needed...
Number of child brides in Africa to double by ’50: Unicef
According to a United Nations Children Fund (Unicef) report released on Thursday at the African Union Girls Summit in Lusaka, Zambia the total number...
PTI raises serious concerns over structure of Grievance Redressal Committee
The European Commission has provided €4 million (Euros) to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to work with partners for combating malnutrition among women...
