Link
05/19/2020
COVID-19 highlights Viet Nam's digital divide
https://www.unicef.org/vietnam/stories/ethnic-minority-education-viet-nam-challenges-and-opportunities-during-covid-19-outbreak
Lack of internet access in some areas has hampered remote learning as schools closed due to the pandemic
Press release
05/19/2020
Over quarter of a million children in Libya are at risk from vaccine-preventable diseases
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/over-quarter-million-children-libya-are-risk-vaccine-preventable-diseases
TRIPOLI, 18 May 2020 - The lives and health of over a quarter of a million children under one year of age in Libya are at risk from vaccine-preventable diseases due to critical shortages in vaccine supplies. UNICEF and WHO are raising the alarm over severe vaccine shortages in Libya that are putting more than 250,000 children at severe risk. The…
Document
05/18/2020
Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies: Operational guide
https://www.unicef.org/documents/gender-based-violence-emergencies-operational-guide
Gender-based violence (GBV) is the most pervasive yet least visible human rights violation in the world. This operational guide serves as a resource for UNICEF practitioners and partners at global and local levels. Section 2 explores why UNICEF must further invest in gender-based violence in emergency (GBViE) programming. Section 3 details UNICEF’…
Article
05/18/2020
Deafening silence and uncertainty in Afghanistan
https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/deafening-silence-and-uncertainty-afghanistan
The hidden victims. The ultravulnerable. Millions of the world’s internally displaced children have lost access to their schools, health services, their homes and communities. In Afghanistan, these young lives, already defined by enormous vulnerability, are being upended once again by the COVID-19 pandemic. Crowded living quarters, limited to no…
Link
05/15/2020
Registrar braves COVID-19 to document Nigeria’s children
https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/stories/registrar-braves-covid-19-document-nigerias-children
Birth registrars are braving the virus to ensure each newborn is registered
Link
05/15/2020
Providing psychosocial support in Turkey
https://www.unicef.org/turkey/en/stories/helping-children-psycho-social-support-needs-amid-covid-19-confinement-turkey
UNICEF and partners are delivering support kits to children during COVID-19 lockdowns
Press release
05/15/2020
Geneva Palais briefing note on UNICEF response to COVID-19 in Rohingya refugee camps as first coronavirus case confirmed
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/geneva-palais-briefing-note-unicef-response-covid-19-rohingya-refugee-camps-first
GENEVA, 15 May 2020 -  This is a summary of what was said by Marixie Mercado, UNICEF spokesperson in Geneva – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. "Here are a few points on UNICEF's response following the first confirmed case of coronavirus among the Rohingya refugee population in…
Press release
05/15/2020
Declining vaccination rates in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could lead to resurgence in deadly diseases
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/declining-vaccination-rates-democratic-republic-congo-could-lead-resurgence-deadly
KINSHASA/GENEVA/NEW YORK, 15 May 2020 –The reduction in vaccination rates currently being reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will leave children in the country at increased risk of contracting deadly diseases such as polio, measles and yellow fever, UNICEF warned today. The decline in the first two months of the year was likely…
Statement
05/13/2020
Joint statement on Libya
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/joint-statement-libya
NEW YORK / GENEVA / ROME, 13 May 2020 - Conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic present a significant threat to life in Libya. The health and safety of the country’s entire population are at risk.  Close to 400,000 Libyans have been displaced since the start of the conflict nine years ago – around half of them within the past year, since the attack on…
Link
05/13/2020
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, ‘Grandma’ knows best
https://www.unicef.org/eca/stories/how-overcome-sadness-boredom-viruses-and-other-stuff
An easy-to-read letter from a fictional grandmother offer advice and comfort during the pandemic