Latest publications
Part of UNICEF East Asia and Pacific's mandate is to initiate or support research on the fulfillment of children's rights and to distribute the analysis as well as children's viewpoints in easy-to-access formats. Here are our latest publications.
Community-Led Total Sanitation in East Asia and Pacific: Progress, Lessons and Directions (PDF)
Published: May 2013
Publsihers: UNCEF, Plan, Water Aid, WSP
Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) is a community-wide behaviour change approach to stop open defecation which has been practiced by an estimated 100 million people in this region. Various organizations (i.e. Plan International, UNICEF, WaterAid, Water and Sanitation Program (WSP), Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the CLTS Foundation, CLTS are supporting implementation across 12 countries in the East Asia and Pacific region; more then 50 UNICEF Country Offices across Asia, Africa and Latin America are now supporting implementation of Community Approaches to Total Sanitation. The publication provides an up-to-date summary of CLTS status, lessons and experiences from the region, and highlights some of the key areas that require further attention and better quality uptake of CLTS at country level, and as such guide in accelerating efforts for reaching open defecation free (ODF) status and overall sanitation and hygiene improvements at scale.
Progress on Sanitation and Drinking-Water 2013 Update (PDF)
Published: May 2013
Publishers: UNICEF, WHO
The world remains off track to meet the MDG target on sanitation. This calls for halving, by 2015, the proportion of the world's population without sustainable access to basic sanitation. This is despite the fact that between 1990 and 2011, nearly 1.9 billion people gained access to improved sanitation. This report also focuses on open defecation. 1 billion people still practise open defecation, although this number dropped slightly since the 2012 report. Finally in this report, The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme summarizes the process of the formulation of post-2015 WASH targets and indicators.
Advocacy Toolkit: Elimination of New Paediatric HIV Infections and Congenital Syphilis in Asia-Pacific (PDF)
Published: May 2013
Publisher: UNICEF
This Advocacy Toolkit is developed by the Asia Pacific UN PPTCT Task Force to galvanize in-country action to achieve elimination of new paediatric HIV infections and congenital syphilis in the Asia Pacific region. The toolkit includes key messages, action points and links to multiple resources that policy makers, programme implementers/service providers, media and the community can use in their advocacy efforts.
Improving Child Nutrition: The achievable imperative for global progress (PDF)
Published: April 2013
Stunting affects 165 million children under 5 years of age around the world, and it can trap those children in a vicious cycle of poverty and undernutrition. Yet, key interventions when delivered during a critical 1,000-day window – during the mother’s pregnancy and before a child turns 2 ‒ can lead to a reduced prevalence of stunting. This report showcases new developments in nutrition programmes and analyses progress towards reducing undernutrition. It also includes case studies from countries where nutrition has been improved at scale.
Comprehensive needs assessment of newborn care in selected countries: Cross-country report (PDF)
Published: March 2013
The report provides comprehensive, equity-focussed needs assessment for country-specific newborn care programming in three selected countries in the East Asian and Pacific region: Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic and the Philippines. The findings of the three country assessments have been compared and summarised in this report which highlights overlapping issues and opportunities.
Humanitarian Action for Children 2013 (PDF)
Published: January 2013
The report highlights the challenges children in humanitarian situations around the world. It identifies the support required to help these children survive and thrive. Most importantly, it shows the results our partners and we have achieved, and must strive to achieve, for children in need.
Asia-Pacific End of Decade Notes on Education for All: Goal 6 (PDF)
Publication year: December 2012
Publisher: UNICEF And UNESCO
The Asia-Pacific End of Decade Notes on Education for All: Goal 6 - Quality Education covers EFA goal 6: Improving all aspects of the quality of education and ensuring excellence of all so that recognized and measurable learning outcomes are achieved by all, especially in literacy, number and essential life skills.
Asia-Pacific End of Decade Notes on Education for All: Goal 5 (PDF)
Publication year: December 2012
Publisher: UNICEF And UNESCO
The Asia-Pacific End of Decade Notes on Education for All: Goal 5 - Gender Equality covers EFA goal 5: Eliminating gender disparities in primary and secondary education by 2005, and achieving gender equality in education by 2015, with a focus on ensuring girls' full and equal access to and achievement in basic education of good quality.
Preliminary Report, National Nutrition Survey 2012, DPRK (PDF)
Data collection was done from September 17th to October 17th 2012. The survey shows a picture of the acute nutritional status of children modestly improved since 2009. The situation is not critical and does not suggest emergency operations. However, attentions need to be paid to such factors as essential medicines, WASH situation and food security which affect the vulnerable children. The presence of acute malnutrition in women is also of concern. Programmes like the management of acute malnutrition at hospital and community levels need to be continued and expanded.
Why are Boys Underperforming in Education? (PDF)
Published: November 2012
All girls and boys have an equal right to education. In many countries around the world, girls traditionally have been at a disadvantage. But in East Asia and the Pacific where national, aggregated statistics are beginning to show universal access to education, in some settings enrolment, attendance and achievement are decreasing for boys. Boys’ enrolment rates have declined. Many boys are leaving school early. Fewer are continuing on to higher levels of education. Why? This study was done in Malaysia, Mongolia, the Philippines and Thailand.
Asia-Pacific End of Decade Notes on Education for All: Goal 4 (PDF)
Publication year: October 2012
Publisher: UNICEF And UNESCO
The Asia-Pacific End of Decade Notes on Education for All: Goal 4 - Youth and Adult Literacy covers EFA goal 4: Achieving a 50 per cent improvement in levels of adult literacy by 2015, especially for women, and equitable access to basic and continuing education for all adults.
Situation Analysis of Children in Myanmar 2012 (PDF)
Published: October 2012
The report was developed by various departments including Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development and UNICEF based on the results of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (2009-2010) and other international as well as national publications. The purpose of this report is to provide information and identify the country’s priority, challenges for future policy direction, programmes and actions. This Situation Analysis can contribute to work more effectively towards the achievement of both children’s rights and the Millennium Development Goals. The report analyzes socio-economic challenges for women and children.
Factsheet: International Day of the Girl Child (PDF)
Published: October 2012
The more education a girl receives, the less likely she is to marry as a child. Yet in the East sia and Pacific region, 4.9 million girls remain out of school, 90% of whom are from excluded or minority groups.
Child Protection in Educational Settings: Findings from Six Countries in East Asia and the Pacific (PDF)
Published: October 2012
This publication presents the findings from a six-country regional mapping of the capacity and activities for child protection in education settings. The mapping offers an initial assessment of what educational institutions are doing to respond to child protection concerns, including their training and learning for staff and students, and it identifies mechanisms that foster an open atmosphere for dialogue on child protection in the education context. The six countries – Indonesia, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines and Thailand – are taking forward the respective recommendations from the report.
Measuring and Monitoring Child Protection Systems: Proposed Core Indicators for the East Asia and Pacific Region (PDF)
Published: October 2012
This publication proposes a framework of core indicators for measuring and monitoring national child protection systems in the region. The indicators, used either in concert or selectively, will support monitoring and assessment of the enabling environment or ‘governance’ of national child protection systems: the relevant legal and regulatory structure, the social welfare system for children and families, and the justice system as it relates to child protection.
A Snapshot 2012 Update Water Supply in East Asia & Pacific - PDF
This publication has been developed based on the latest 2012 Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) Progress on Drinking Water and Sanitation. It shows that the East Asia and Pacific region has seen extraordinary improvements in water supply. In 2010, some 677 million more people in this region had access to improved drinking water than was the case 20 years ago. However, around 200 million people still do not have access to improved water. Even in those countries that are on target to meet the sanitation targets in the MDG’s, the gap in access to safe sanitation between urban dwellers and rural populations and between the richest and poorest quintiles is still too large.
A Snapshopt 2012 Update: Sanitation and Hygiene in East Asia & Pacific (2012) - PDF
This Snapshot shows that the East Asia and Pacific region has seen extraordinary improvements in sanitation. In 2010. Some 823 million more people now use improved sanitation facilities. However, around 671 million people in the region are still without access to improved sanitation. Even in those countries that are on target to meet the sanitation targets in the MDG’s, the gap in access to safe sanitation between urban dwellers and rural populations and between the richest and poorest quintiles is still too large.
The Child Protection in Emergencies Community of Practice Network for the Asia Pacific Region (PDF)
Publication year: 2012
People committed to helping children in emergencies meet online in the CPiE Community of Practice to discuss the most important steps to help children caught up in life threatening situations. Community members talk about their work, the challenges they face and the lessons they have learned, and share stories and experiences. They discuss what has worked and what hasn't, and ask their peers questions about best practices, tools and strategies. So the community of practice broadens the range of resources and solutions available to people who's mission is to help children in crisis situations .
