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COVID-19: Children at heightened risk of abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence amidst intensifying containment measures – UNICEF

Newly released technical guidance aims to help authorities strengthen protection measures for children during pandemic

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UNICEF statement on COVID-19 outbreak

COVID-19: IFRC, UNICEF and WHO issue guidance to protect children and support safe school operations

Guidance includes practical actions and checklists for administrators, teachers, parents and children

Statement by Charlotte Petri Gornitzka, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director for Partnerships, on coronavirus misinformation

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UNICEF to further expand access to education for Rohingya...

“Education takes people from the darkness and brings them into the light. “What drives me is the students’ ambition to learn,” said Rozina Aktar, a teacher

A young Rohingya boy in a t-shirt holds an umbrella while rain falls. In the background is Cox's Bazaar, flooded with brown water.

FACT SHEET: ‘The climate crisis is a child rights crisis’

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Education for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees

After the humanitarian situation in Cox's Bazaar stabilized, the challenge to provide education to thousands of children was clear...

A young girl in a white hijab sits behind a desk and holds up a bright-blue UNICEF backpack, smiling

UNICEF issues largest-ever emergency funding appeal to reach historic numbers of children in need

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Reinforcing resilience

In Dolakha District, a young boy has been actively helping build his community's resilience

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Beyond Survival Rohingya Refugee Children in Bangladesh...

As the refugee crisis drags on, children and young people are clamouring for more than survival; they want quality education...