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A woman in PPE carries two buckets
Article
Water makes COVID-19 treatment sites safe

Providing good sanitation and hygiene in Malawi health centres

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An infant holds food to his mouth
News note
12 February 2021

Children in Tigray in acute need of protection and assistance

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Two girls embrace
Statement
2 million additional cases of FGM likely in next decade

As COVID-19 shutters schools and disrupts programmes that help protect girls from this harmful practice

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Wait to Wed video teaser
Video
Wait to Wed

Ending child marriage: How can the law help? In this comic series, young advocate work to end child marriage in their community.

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News note
02 February 2021
The European Union, UNICEF and UNHCR join efforts to protect children on the move in Central America, Mexico and Southern Africa
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A girl looks backwards over a bench
Article
Communities in Mozambique devastated by Cyclone Eloise

Tens of thousands of children expected to need humanitarian assistance in wake of powerful storm

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A young girl gazes intently at the camera at a refugee camp in eastern Sudan
Statement
27 January 2021

12 weeks into the conflict, ‘deeply troubling’ situation for children in Tigray

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An adolescent girls writes on a chalkboard
Photo Essay
Shaping young minds

Good teachers are key to reaching education goals in Somalia

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Three young people stand together
Report
An unsettled past, an uncertain future

Pilot Study: Children on the Move using the Southern Route in Eastern and Southern Africa

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Report
Financing the recovery from COVID-19

Building education back better

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Hans Hasan, a participant of the SWASH club; poses for a photograph while washing her hands at Kingugi School in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The SWASH club teaches children the importance of hand washing before eating and after visiting the toilet and encourages children to educate their families and peers of the imporance of having clean hands.
Report
Ebola Virus Disease

Preparedness and Response in Priority Eastern and Southern Africa Countries 2018–2020

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Satellite view of a cyclone
Report
Cyclone Idai: Integration of multisectoral C4D interventions

Into the humanitarian response in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe

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