State was invited to join UN Women, Unicef programme in recognition of its efforts, says Anfaal

YANGON, April 2 — United Nations (UN) officials have voiced concerns about a potential health crisis in Myanmar after Friday's (March 28) powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake, which resulted in thousands of deaths, injuries, and missing persons, the Emirates News Agency reported.

NEW YORK, March 28 — The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has warned that at least 14 million children worldwide are suffering from malnutrition and facing further disruption to vital food aid, as key international donors, including the United States, reduce their aid budgets, the Palestine News and Info Agency reported.

WASHINGTON, Jan 25 — At least 242 million students in 85 countries had their schooling disrupted by extreme climate events in 2024, Unicef said on Friday.

NEW YORK, Nov 2 — A third phase of the polio vaccination campaign in the northern Gaza Strip is set to resume on Saturday after being postponed over escalating violence, reported Xinhua.

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 10 — More than 370 million girls and women alive today, or one in every eight worldwide, experienced rape or sexual assault before the age of 18, the United Nations children’s agency said yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 — Typhoon Yagi has unleashed devastating floods and landslides across Southeast Asia, leaving nearly six million children vulnerable and cutting off access to vital resources such as clean water, education, healthcare, food, and shelter, said the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 12 — Unicef has commended the Royal Malaysia Police and other authorities for rescuing 402 children from welfare homes in Selangor and Negeri Sembilan.

PUTRAJAYA, May 15 — The proposal of the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) that the minimum wage rate be set at RM2,102 per month compared to the current RM1,500 will be carefully studied, said Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli.

PUTRAJAYA, April 22 — The Malaysian Youth Mental Health Index 2023 (MyMHI’23), which assesses the mental health of youth aged between 15 and 30, was launched today.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 — Online safety aspects, especially for children under the age of 13, need to be emphasised by parents, said Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil.

GAZA CITY, March 9 — The Health Ministry in Gaza said three more children have died in Gaza City from malnutrition and dehydration.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 — The community farming programme needs to be expanded in local communities in urban areas to address malnutrition among children living in these areas, said the Prime Minister's wife, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

By Zareef Muzammil PETALING, Oct 14 — The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has recognised the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) as the country’s first child-friendly city. Petaling Jaya (PJ) Mayor Datuk Mohammad Azhan Md Amir said MBPJ’s commitment to engaging children in all of PJ’s...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 3 — The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) and Malaysian Association of Social Workers (MASW) called on lawmakers today to hasten the tabling of the Social Work Profession (PKS) Bill, as the Parliament sits for its third meeting next week.

By Suhaila Shahrul Annuar PETALING JAYA, Sept 12 — Petaling Jaya has been declared a child-friendly city by the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), deputy mayor Aznan Hassan revealed today. He said the success is something that the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) takes pride in, after...

GENEVA, April 22 — The World Health Organisation said Friday that 413 people have died in the current Sudan conflict, while the UN children's agency said children are paying a high price, with at least nine reportedly killed in the fighting and more than 50 badly injured.

ANKARA, Jan 31 — Over 1.5 million people have been displaced in the past two years, with more than five million children in dire need of humanitarian aid in Myanmar, the UN said on Tuesday, a day before the competition of the second year of the military coup in the country.

BRUSSELS, Jan 14 — Poorer nations last month rejected more than 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines distributed by the global programme Covax, mainly because of a rapidly approaching expiry date, a Unicef official said on Thursday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 — Malaysia ranks second in Asia in 2020 for cyberbullying among youths, according to a United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) report – indicating that cyberbullying is becoming an increasingly prominent problem in the country.