Publications
Key recent publications
The violence, exploitation and abuse experienced by children all over the world takes many forms, including corporal punishment, harmful traditional practices, hazardous labour, sexual exploitation, trafficking, association with armed groups and forces, and needless placement in prisons and institutions. This edition of Progress for Children reports some improvements but many remaining challenges to protecting children from such abuses. It calls on society to build a ‘protective environment’ for children.
Through dynamic partnerships and tireless advocacy, UNICEF produced results for children and their families in 2008. The Annual Report 2008 highlights significant accomplishments as well as the challenges of UNICEF’s work in 155 countries, areas and territories during a year marked by global financial, food and fuel crises.
All Children, Everywhere is the advocacy version of UNICEF's education strategy through 2015. This overview of UNICEF's work in basic education and gender equality outlines the organization's goals, guiding principles, main partners and key actions to deliver a quality education for all children.
The 1996 Machel Study challenged the world to recognize that "war affects every right of the child." This follow-up report analyses the progress – and challenges – of the subsequent decade. More than 40 UN agencies, non-governmental organizations and academic institutions – along with children from nearly 100 countries – contributed to this review, which was co-convened by the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and UNICEF. The Strategic Review is part of ongoing advocacy efforts to bring the issues of children in conflict to the forefront.
This learning guide is a companion resource to It’s About Ability: An explanation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, developed by UNICEF and the Victor Pineda Foundation. Designed to empower children and young people aged 12–18 to speak out on the convention and become advocates for inclusion in their communities, the learning guide offers lesson plans and suggested activities to be used by young leaders, peer educators, teachers and other educators at the community level.
In the course of UNICEF’s work during the past decade, the child-friendly school (CFS) model has emerged as the organization’s signature means to advocate for and promote quality education for every girl and boy. The model can be viewed as a package solution and a holistic instrument for pulling together a comprehensive range of interventions in quality education. As the main proponent of this model, UNICEF has developed the manual as a reference document and practical guidebook to help countries implement CFS.
The phrase ‘know your epidemic and response’ has become extremely important in the fight against HIV and AIDS. But to better serve children, knowing your epidemic and response must be paired with 'know your children'. This Third Stocktaking Report examines data on progress, emerging evidence, and current knowledge and practice for children as they relate to four programme areas, and it calls for several focused, concrete, achievable actions that can significantly improve prospects for children and women and help nations move towards their goals.
The summary version of Children and AIDS: Third Stocktaking Report, 2008.
A companion volume to Children and AIDS: Third Stocktaking Report, 2008, with statistical data for 157 countries and territories.
The UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre
The Innocenti Research Centre undertakes original research to improve international understanding of issues relating to children's rights.
Just released!
The State of the World’s Children Special Edition: Celebrating 20 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on 20 November 2009, UNICEF is dedicating a special edition of its flagship publication The State of the World’s Children to child rights. The report broadly assesses the Convention’s impact on children’s well-being and human development during the past two decades, addresses the critical challenges for the next 20 years and outlines an agenda for action to ensure the Convention’s promise becomes a reality for every child.
The State of the World’s Children Special Edition: Celebrating 20 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Executive Summary
In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on 20 November 2009, UNICEF is dedicating a special edition of its flagship publication, The State of the World’s Children, to children’s rights. This Executive Summary provides an overview of the full report, examines the Convention’s evolution, progress achieved on child rights, challenges remaining, and actions to be taken to ensure that the Convention’s promise becomes a reality for all children.
The State of the World’s Children Special Edition: Celebrating 20 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Statistical Tables
This reference guide, published in November 2009, presents the most recent key statistics on child survival, development and protection for the world’s countries, territories and regions.
Tracking Progress on Child and Maternal Nutrition: A survival and development priority
There is an urgent need to accelerate efforts throughout the world to reduce undernutrition, which contributes to more than one third of all deaths in children under age 5. Tracking Progress on Child and Maternal Nutrition provides information on nutrition strategies, progress made by programmes and current challenges, based on the most recent data available. The report profiles 24 countries where 80 per cent of the world’s stunted children live.
