Timely intervention from a UNICEF-supported social worker stopped Farima, 12, from being forced into child marriage in ...

UNICEF warned that restrictions on girls’ education in Afghanistan are fueling rising mental health problems and early marriages ...

UNICEF warns of rising mental health issues, child marriage, and early pregnancies among Afghan girls due to Taliban`s ...

UNICEF described the school ban as “one of the defining injustices of our time” — a decision with catastrophic consequences ...

The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) yesterday, Wednesday, September 17, urged the Taliban government in Afghanistan to allow gir ...

The earthquake in Afghanistan revealed more than physical destruction; it exposed the peril women face when denied medical ...

As a ruthless magnitude 6.0 earthquake ripped through eastern Afghanistan this week, it flattened entire mountain villages and shattered the fragile lives of thousands, particularly children, who were ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, December 5 (UNHCR) - When her abusive, drug addict father told Zakia* that she must marry a man twice her age, the then 15-year-old was despondent. But after the Afghan refugee ...

A 45-year old man in Afghanistan got married to a six-year old, but when the Taliban administration found out, they instructed him to wait till the girl turns nine before bringing her home, according ...

Executive director Catherine Russell said the policy continues to have devastating consequences for millions of girls — and ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, December 5 (UNHCR) – When her abusive, drug addict father told Zakia* that she must marry a man twice her age, the then 15-year-old was despondent. But after the Afghan refugee ...