Page Stories from the region Stories about children, their families and the people we work with from across the region Article Incorporating gender equality and violence prevention Incorporating gender equality and violence prevention in the education curriculum to help eliminate violence against women and girls Read the story Article Improving access to information for those with disabilities Improving access to information for children and people with disabilities in Timor-Leste Read the story Blog post Renewable energy researcher to address COVID-19 challenges UNICEF selected eight young people with new WASH-related solutions as the 2020 WASH Young Changemakers Read the story Blog post Super Typhoon Rolly/Goni in Philippines A story of one of the first humanitarian workers deployed to conduct assessment two days after Rolly destroyed Catanduanes Read the story Article Over 700,000 children among the most affected by typhoon Of the 2.3 million vulnerable people living in the most affected areas, an estimated 724,000 are children Read the story Article Caring for my visually impaired children during floods “My house was destroyed by the storm, but my most pressing concern at the moment is how to send my child with visual impairment to the specialized care Read the story All stories Press release 04/02/2021 First shipment of COVID-19 vaccine doses arrive in Vietnam Viet Nam received its first shipment of 811,200 COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped via the COVAX Facility, with support from UNICEF, WHO, GAVI and CEPI Press release 03/22/2021 COVID-19 vaccines shipped by COVAX arrive in Lao PDR Lao PDR receives its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX facility, a partnership between CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO Statement 03/19/2021 Occupation of schools by security forces in Myanmar Joint Statement of Save the Children, UNESCO and UNICEF Press release 03/19/2021 Solomon Islands receive 24,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines Today, Solomon Islands became the second country in the Pacific islands to receive COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped via the COVAX Facility Press release 03/09/2021 Indonesia receives first shipment of 1.1 million vaccines Indonesia receives first shipment of 1.1 million COVID-19 vaccines doses through COVAX Press release 03/08/2021 COVID-19 Vaccines shipped by COVAX arrive in Fiji COVID-19 Vaccines shipped by COVAX arrive in Fiji Press release 03/05/2021 At least 1 in 7 children lived under stay-at-home policies As we approach the one-year anniversary of the pandemic, UNICEF urges greater investment in mental health services Press release 03/05/2021 BTS and Big Hit renew commitment to “LOVE MYSELF” campaign Grammy-nominated group recommit with $1 million donation and message of love and togetherness as pandemic-related social distancing enters second year Press release 03/03/2021 Schools for many children globally have been closed COVID-19: Schools for more than 168 million children globally have been completely closed for almost Press release 03/03/2021 Cambodia among first countries to receive COVID-19 vaccines Cambodia among first countries to receive COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX Facility News note 02/26/2021 UNICEF signs COVID-19 vaccine supply agreement with AstraZen UNICEF signs COVID-19 vaccine supply agreement with AstraZeneca Article 02/22/2021 Incorporating gender equality and violence prevention Incorporating gender equality and violence prevention in the education curriculum to help eliminate violence against women and girls Prev 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Next Visit our blog for more stories Read stories from the field across the region Read more
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