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Child rights

Young girls in Nepal

Evaluation

We work to ensure that UNICEF continually improves its performance and results for children in South Asia, by supporting organizational learning and account

A girl from Bangladesh sits in her make-shift classroom

Child protection

ALL children have a right to grow up in a family environment, protected from violence, abuse and exploitation.

Religious Leaders meeting at Bhutan

Religious leaders in South Asia commit to work with UNICEF to protect and promote children’s rights

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Engagement with Religious Leaders in South Asia

“…every religion preaches that every single person is God's child and that we all are one big family."

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100,000 newborn lives saved since 2018

South Asia is making progress in saving the lives of newborn babies. Since 2018, an additional 100,000 newborn lives have been saved in South Asia.

Youth perspectives on child rights

Stories and insights from adolescents around South Asia

Young boys hold a banner and signs related to climate change in a demonstration.

Waves of protests around the world are reminder that voices of children and adolescents must be heard and their rights protected

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

A group of young boys look into the camera.

Preserving hope in Afghanistan

Protecting children in the world’s most lethal conflict

An adolescent boy looks starkly into the camera, standing in a classroom riddled with bullet holes in the concrete walls.

Nine Afghan children killed or maimed daily in world’s most lethal warzone – UNICEF

Parties must protect children, end targeting of schools and clinics

A young mother in a sari holds her child and their birth registration report.

What is birth registration and why does it matter?

Without legal proof of identity, children are left uncounted and invisible.