Read the evaluation reports for consideration at the UNICEF Executive Board, 29 June - 2 July 2020

KINSHASA, 6 June 2020 – UNICEF denounces the attack that killed 16 people, including five girls under the age of 15, on 3 June in Ituri Province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this attack on innocent children,” said Edouard Beigbeder, UNICEF Representative in the DRC. "We call on all…

In 2019, the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF and partners worked side by side with children and young people to overcome the obstacles that keep far too many children from reaching their full potential. By the end of 2019, the mid-term mark of UNICEF’s 2018–2021 Strategic Plan, 74 per cent of the targets set…, For every child, reimagine UNICEF Annual Report, 2019 Data in this report are drawn from the most recent available statistics from UNICEF and other United Nations agencies, annual reports prepared by UNICEF country offices and the Annual Report of the Executive Director of UNICEF to be presented to the Executive Board, in June 2020. For any…

DHAKA, Bangladesh – Oishi knows she shouldn’t be wandering the streets right now. She’s heard of COVID-19 and knows she might get sick if she doesn’t stay inside. But her family is struggling to make ends meet during the lockdown, so she’s outside trying to sell the discarded goods she has been able to scavenge on the streets of Dhaka. “I don’t…

Despite the pandemic, workers are supporting families to ensure that children still receive routine immunizations

With schools closed, young people are learning remotely. But they miss in-person teaching

Tajik adolescents and youth have been joining forces to protect their families and communities

PANAMA CITY, 5 June 2020 - A recent UNICEF poll among youth in Latin America and the Caribbean shows that only a third of the respondents chose all correct answers when asked how COVID-19 is transmitted.  More worryingly, about a third of the 10,500 young people surveyed in the region believe they are not at risk of contracting the disease. As…

Young people share how they would like the world to look after the COVID-19 pandemic

NEW YORK, 5 June 2020 – As nearly 1.2 billion [1] schoolchildren remain affected by school closures and as they grapple with the realities of remote learning in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, UNICEF warns inherent inequalities in access to tools and technology threaten to deepen the global learning crisis. “Access to the technology and…