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08 October 2025

Child alert: Haiti’s children confront a polycrisis

Compounding shocks and instability threaten the future of an entire generation
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12 August 2025

Thematic Spotlight on Mental Health 2024

For every child, mental health & psychosocial wellbeing
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12 August 2025

Global Annual Results Report 2024: Gender equality

Delivering on a bold vision of transformative change for adolescent girls and women everywhere
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12 August 2025

Global Annual Results Report 2024: Goal Area 5

Every child, including adolescents, has access to inclusive social protection and lives free from poverty
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12 August 2025

Global Annual Results Report 2024: Goal Area 2

Every child, including adolescents, learns and acquires skills for the future
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06 August 2025

Funding compendium 2024

Analyses of contributions from public and private sector resource partners to UNICEF
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