DAVOS/GENEVA/NEW YORK, 20 January 2020 – Nearly 1 in 3 adolescent girls from the poorest households around the world has never been to school, according to a new UNICEF paper launched today as education ministers gather at the Education World Forum and as leaders prepare to convene at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. Poverty,…

Although more children than ever are enrolled in school, far too many are not learning. A key factor that affects quality of education is the availability of public funding. Underinvestment in education can result in several conditions that negatively impact how and what children learn. This advocacy brief presents data and analysis on education…, 1 Addressing the learning crisis: An urgent need to better finance education for the poorest children Addressing the learning crisis: An urgent need to better finance education for the poorest children 2 Addressing the learning crisis: An urgent need to better finance education for the poorest children2 Introduction Although more children than…

Progress has been made to provide access to education for children around the world, but millions of children, even those who are in school, are not learning. The breadth and depth of this learning crisis is the greatest global challenge to preparing children and adolescents for life, work and active citizenship. Download file (PDF, 3,53 MB)

NEW YORK, 17 January 2020 – “Children in Libya, including refugee and migrant children, continue to suffer grievously amidst the violence and chaos unleashed by the country’s longstanding civil war. “Since April last year when hostilities broke out in Tripoli and western Libya, conditions for thousands of children and the civilians have…

NEW YORK/ LILONGWE, 13 January 2020 – The first African Drone and Data Academy (ADDA) opened today in Lilongwe, Malawi, UNICEF announced. The move is part of efforts to promote the use of drones in programmes and services that will impact the lives of children and young people.   “Humanitarian and development programme delivery in Africa and…

WHY:  Pneumonia claimed the lives of 800,000 children under the age of five in 2018, or one child every 39 seconds. That was more than any other disease. Yet pneumonia remains largely forgotten. WHAT: On January 29-31, nine leading health and children’s organisations – ISGlobal, Save the Children, UNICEF, Every Breath Counts, the Bill &…

Beirut, 10 January 2020 – “As the new year begins, it is time for all of us to put children first and ensure their safeguarding in these times of crisis in Lebanon. All of us – national and international institutions, civil society, private sector, communities, families — must act now to protect girls and boys from the impact of the deepening…

Download photos, video and b-roll here: https://uni.cf/2QZljlO   BOA VISTA/PANAMA/NEW YORK, 10 January 2019 – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Liam Neeson joined UNICEF in urging the international community to increase its support to refugee and migrant children from Venezuela in need of assistance across Latin America and the Caribbean. Neeson echoed…

When Haitians started their day on 12 January ten years ago, they could not have imagined the devastation that was about to befall their country. Later that day, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck, claiming the lives of more than 220,000 people. The quake – one of the deadliest natural disasters on record – destroyed much of the country’s fragile…

The first regular session of the Executive Board runs from 11 to 13 February