The purpose of this brief is to provide practical tips for UNICEF country offices, partners and young people themselves on engaging adolescents and youth as part of the COVID-19 preparedness and response.  Download file (PDF, 278,00 KB)

Tourism can lead to economic growth and thus to opportunities for communities worldwide. But if tourism development is not carried out in a responsible way, and planned carefully, it can endanger livelihoods and increase the vulnerability of communities and families, including its children and adolescents. Tourism as a development process, and an…

This briefing is a summary of an independent review of evidence commissioned by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to inform guidance for professionals, policy makers and field workers on effective strategies to prevent and respond to child sexual abuse and exploitation. The review involved desk-based research into a wide and varied range…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has estimated that 120 million girls globally under the age of 20 (about 1 in 10) have experienced forced sexual intercourse or other forced sexual acts. Girls typically report rates of sexual abuse at least three times higher than rates reported by boys, although boys are also at risk. Child sexual…

Words matter because they affect how we conceptualise problems, prioritise issues, and forge responses. Inconsistent use of language and terms can lead to inconsistent laws and policy responses on the same issue. Despite the existence of legal definitions for a number of sexual crimes against children, there is still considerable confusion…

NEW YORK, 1 April 2020 – “COVID-19 will almost certainly gain a foothold in refugee camps, crowded reception centers or detention facilities holding migrant families. Given how quickly the virus is spreading, such a scenario is looking imminent. “Even absent a pandemic, uprooted children and families – those living as refugees, migrants or…

NEW YORK, 1 April 2020 -  This is a summary of what was said by Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director - to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's Special emergency session of the Broadband Commission "Schools across the world are closed, and their students are being taught online. Sometimes.  In places where parents can afford it, and…

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh – Around the world, communities have been taking precautions to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and keep their families safe, including by practicing physical distancing. But for the more than 850,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in cramped conditions in what is effectively the world’s…

UNICEF, WHO and the World Bank Group inter-agency team updates the joint global and regional estimates of child malnutrition among children under 5 years of age each year. These estimates of prevalence and numbers for child stunting, overweight, wasting and severe wasting are derived from the global population as well as from regional groupings of…, LEVELS AND TRENDS IN CHILD MALNUTRITION UNICEF / WHO / World Bank Group Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Key findings of the 2020 edition These new estimates supersede former analyses and results published by UNICEF, WHO and the World Bank Group. STUNTING 144 million Stunting affected an estimated 21.3 per cent or 144.0 million children under 5…

The Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to face an acute and complex humanitarian crisis. Like the rest of the world, the country is now grappling with the mounting threat from the coronavirus, COVID-19. This report highlights the pressures put on the country’s already battered health-care system as it struggles with measles and cholera…, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO On Life Support A battered health system leaves DRC children at the mercy of killer diseases Published by UNICEF DRC www.unicef.org/drcongo © United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) March 2020 Cover photo: 10 year-old Raissa cradles her baby brother, Dieu Merci, at their home in N’Sélé district, near Kinshasa. Two of…