Henrietta Fore Appointed New UNICEF Executive Director
Henrietta Fore joined Monday as UNICEF’s seventh Executive Director. Ms. Fore brings to the role more than four decades of private and public sector leadership experience. “I am honored to…
Children Come Under Attack in Conflict Zones
Children in conflict zones around the world have come under attack at a shocking scale throughout the year, UNICEF has warned. It adds that the parties to conflicts are blatantly…
UNICEF Announces the Appointment of Next Executive Director
UNICEF welcomed UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ announcement that Henrietta H. Fore will succeed Anthony Lake as UNICEF Executive Director when his term ends on 31 December 2017. Ms. Fore has…
Sathviga Sridhar from India Wins UNICEF Climate Comic Contest
Sathviga ‘Sona’ Sridhar, a 21-year-old artist from Chennai, India, is the winner of the first ever UNICEF Climate Comic Contest for her character ‘Light’ – a half tree-half human who…
UNICEF Announces 20 Finalists for Climate Comic Contest
UNICEF has announced the finalists for its inaugural Climate Comic Contest for which children and youth were invited to design and submit comic characters with special powers to fight climate…
Millions of Children Face Violence at Home and School: UNICEF
Staggering numbers of children – some as young as 12 months old – are experiencing violence, often by those entrusted to take care of them, UNICEF said in a new…