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Ica was learning from home for almost a year and a half due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She recently returned to her school for limited face-to-face learning.

10 January 2022

Education and COVID-19 Response

The countries in the East Asia and Pacific region were the first to be impacted by COVID-19 and the ensuing major public health emergency

Makereta Nasiki, 13, sitting in what used to be her room, after the devastating path Cyclone Winston took trough the town of Ba on Viti Levu Island of Fiji.

13 September 2023

Children bearing brunt of stalled progress on extreme poverty reduction worldwide

333 million children globally survive on less than US$2.15 a day as new analysis reveals three lost years due to COVID-19

A group of women and child sitting makeshift truck

The role of the workplace in supporting positive and gender-

By adopting family-friendly policies, business can help parents to raise healthier, happier and better-educated children, and promote mental health and well

in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, students at Techo Hun Sen Chraing Chamres Primary School read their workbooks in the classroom.

Where is the fiscal space for children?

Review of social sector budgets in selected countries in South Asia, East Asia and the Pacific Islands.

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UNICEF EAPRO Fiscal Space for Children (PDF, 9 MB)

Mother and her child are hugging

New data indicates declining confidence in childhood vaccines of up to 44 percentage points in some countries during the COVID-19 pandemic

Mother and her child are playing storybook

Protecting the Future for our children

Early childhood development: a climate-smart investment

Three girls posing for a photo at their home in Indonesia

RapidPro helps ensure COVID-19 orphans receive care in Indon

7-year-old Afiqa misses her mother terribly since COVID-19 claimed her life a few months ago

A mother with a mask on during the COVID-19 pandemic holding her child

How Big Data and AI saved lives in Indonesia

In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, with no medicine or vaccine available, governments around the world were pursuing non-medical interventions.

14-year-old studying at home

70% of 10-Year-Olds now in Learning Poverty, Unable to Read and Understand a Simple Text

COVID-19 worsens global learning crisis, risking $21 trillion in lifetime earnings

Eight-month-old eats ready-to-use therapeutic food at home

Global hunger crisis pushing one child into severe malnutrition every minute in 15 crisis-hit countries

Ahead of G7 summit, UNICEF appeals for US$1.2 billion to meet urgent needs of 8 million children at risk of death from severe wasting