At the Women Deliver Conference in Copenhagen, the Government of Canada announced a $5 million commitment to saving the lives of women and children in partnership with UNICEF Canada’s The 25th Team. This initiative allows philanthropic Canadian women to leverage their $6 million investment, together with Canada’s commitment, to save lives in five countries. Seventeen … Read more
UNICEF released a new report highlighting the inequalities in child well-being in the world’s most affluent nations, including Canada. Report Card 13: Fairness for Children reveals that Canada ranks 26th of 35 nations when compared across income, education, health and life satisfaction. The report measures bottom-end inequality of children compared to their peers in the middle. David Morley, … Read more
UNICEF Canada welcomed the Canadian government’s commitment of $1.11 billion over three years to address the increasing humanitarian needs of those affected by the ongoing crises and conflict in Syria and Iraq, as well as support longer-term development programming. The full release is available online.
UNICEF Canada has responded to the ruling of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal that involved a complaint against the federal government alleging that Canada’s failure to provide equitable and culturally based child welfare services to First Nations children on-reserve amounts to discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act. UNICEF Canada’s President and CEO, David Morley, … Read more
More than 16 million babies were born in conflict zones in 2015 – one in eight of all births worldwide this year – UNICEF said, a figure that underscores the vulnerability faced by an increasing number of children. “In conflict-affected countries such as Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Iraq, South Sudan, Syria and Yemen, or on … Read more
David Morley, UNICEF Canada’s president and CEO, will be attending United Nations climate change conference next week in Paris and had the following response to the Canadian government’s announcement: “We’re very pleased to see Canada stepping up to support the world’s most vulnerable children with this funding commitment,” said Morley. “Today’s announcement of $2.65 billion is an important commitment … Read more
UNICEF, together with humanitarian and retired Canadian senator Lt-Gen. Roméo Dallaire and The Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative, called for all sides in the South Sudan conflict to live up to their commitments and demobilize thousands of children who have been used by armed forces and groups since the outbreak of civil conflict nearly two years ago. “There … Read more
UNICEF released a report, Education Under Fire, showing that surging conflicts and political upheaval across the Middle East and North Africa are preventing more than 13 million children from going to school. The full release is available online. Call 416-482-6552 x 8892.
From July 13 to 16, heads of state, donors, non-governmental organizations, corporate leaders, and ministers of finance, foreign affairs and development from governments around the world are gathering in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the Third International Conference on Financing for Development. David Morley, UNICEF Canada president and CEO, is part of the official Canadian delegation … Read more
The conflict and humanitarian crisis in Syria are pushing an ever increasing number of children into exploitation in the labour market, and much more needs to be done to reverse the trend, according to a new report released by Save the Children and UNICEF. The report shows that inside Syria, children are now contributing to … Read more
