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05/06/2020
COVID-19 Disrupting SDG 5.3: Eliminating Female Genital Mutilation
https://www.unicef.org/documents/covid-19-disrupting-eliminating-female-genital-mutilation
This technical note, developed by the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation, supports the development of preparedness and response plans for addressing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on girls and women at risk of and affected by female genital mutilation. Download file (PDF, 3,33 MB)
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05/06/2020
Safe to Learn during COVID-19: Recommendations to Prevent and Respond to Violence against Children in All Learning Environments
https://www.unicef.org/documents/safe-learn-during-covid-19-recommendations-prevent-and-respond-violence-against-children
Safe to Learn partners have released a set of recommendations for governments to help prevent and respond to violence against children in different learning environments during the COVID-19 pandemic: Governments should enable a comprehensive cross-sector response to prevent and respond to violence in and through distance-learning environments.…
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05/05/2020
Handwashing Stations and Supplies for the COVID-19 Response
https://www.unicef.org/documents/handwashing-stations-and-supplies-covid-19-response
Handwashing with soap, when done correctly, is critical in the fight against COVID-19, but 3 billion people have no ready access to a place to wash their hands with soap at home. Handwashing station designs need to be appropriate for the intended use and must consider health, design features and local procurement, as well as user experience and…
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05/05/2020
COVID-19: GBV Risks to Adolescent Girls and Interventions to Protect and Empower Them
https://www.unicef.org/documents/covid-19-gbv-risks-adolescent-girls-and-interventions-protect-and-empower-them
This paper sets out the particular vulnerabilities for adolescent girls and provides practical guidance on how to provide girls with targeted support during the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper was developed by UNICEF together with the International Rescue Committee. Download file (PDF, 222,28 KB)
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05/05/2020
COVID-19: Protecting Children from Violence, Abuse and Neglect in the Home
https://www.unicef.org/documents/covid-19-protecting-children-violence-abuse-and-neglect-home
This technical note, which is informed by reports from the field, examines issues that children may face as countries implement lockdowns and stay-at-home orders to curb the spread of COVID-19. Protective prevention and response strategies are then outlined with the goal of strengthening the protection of children in all types of homes. This note…
Photo Essay
05/05/2020
COVID-19 in Yemen: A day in the life of Muna
https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/covid-19-yemen-day-life-muna
Ten-year-old Muna Zayed is one of around 1.7 million internally displaced children in Yemen, the world’s largest humanitarian emergency . The situation in Yemen is dire, and the need to reduce the additional strain of coronavirus spreading is urgent. Muna lives with her family in Al Sha’ab camp in Aden, in the south of the country, after ongoing…
Press release
05/05/2020
UNICEF provides immediate assistance to children hit by floods in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s South Kivu, warns of increased risk of cholera outbreak
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/unicef-provides-immediate-assistance-children-hit-floods-democratic-republic-congos
KINSHASA, 5 May 2020 – UNICEF and partners are providing assistance to more than 100,000 people – including 48,000 children – affected by heavy floods in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), warning of an increased risk of a cholera outbreak, as rains continue. Torrential rains between 16 and 18 April caused the…
Press release
05/04/2020
19 million children internally displaced by conflict and violence in 2019, highest number ever
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/19-million-children-internally-displaced-conflict-and-violence-2019-highest-number
NEW YORK, 5 May 2020 – An estimated 19 million children, more than ever before, were living in displacement within their own countries due to conflict and violence in 2019 – some of them for years, UNICEF said in a new report today. The report, ‘ Lost at Home ’, looks at the risks and challenges internally displaced children face, and the urgent …
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05/04/2020
Increasing COVID-19 awareness in Cambodia
https://www.unicef.org/cambodia/stories/keep-healthy-and-keep-working-our-children
UNICEF Cambodia has produced posters and a song to ensure families have accurate information
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05/04/2020
Time to reflect on children with disabilities
https://www.unicef.org/eca/stories/letter-quarantine-children-disabilities-always-isolated-deserve-better
A teenager writes from quarantine about the feelings of isolation among many children with disabilities