Challenge, Social protection covers the range of policies and programmes needed to reduce the lifelong consequences of poverty and exclusion. Programmes like cash transfers – including child grants, school meals, skills development and more – help connect families with health care, nutritious food and quality education to give all children, no matter what…, Resources, Social Protection Response to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Social Protection Response to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Gender-Responsive Social Protection During COVID-19 Gender-Responsive Social Protection During COVID-19 Towards Universal Social Protection for Children: Achieving SDG 1.3 Programme Guidance: Strengthening Shock-…, UNICEF’s response, UNICEF is a leading global partner on social protection, working in more than 150 countries to deliver social assistance – from cash transfer programmes to social welfare services – that addresses child poverty in all its dimensions. Our social protection activities include: Generating evidence on child poverty and vulnerability, and the impact of…

Challenge, In recent years, the world has made remarkable strides advancing development. Yet, some 736 million people still live in extreme poverty. Children are disproportionately affected. Despite comprising one third of the global population, they represent half of those struggling to survive on less than $1.90 a day. Children who grow up impoverished…, Child poverty facts, Resources, A World Free from Child Poverty: A Guide to the Tasks to Achieve the Vision  Ending Extreme Poverty: A Focus on Children Putting Children First: A Policy Agenda to End Child Poverty End Child Poverty Global Coalition: Child Poverty Reports, UNICEF’s response, Child poverty is neither inevitable nor immune to efforts to address it. As many countries have already shown, it can be reduced and even eradicated through continued attention and action. With the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), nations agreed for the first time in history to end extreme child poverty. The SDGs call for multidimensional…

Challenge, Around the world, nearly one in three children – roughly 663 million – live in poverty. Of these, some 385 million experience extreme poverty, struggling to survive on less than $1.90 a day. Children – especially young children – are more likely to live in poverty than adults. They are also more vulnerable to its effects. Poverty robs children of…, Resources, UNICEF Global Annual Results Report 2018, Goal Area 5: Every Child Has an Equitable Chance in Life UNICEF’s Work in Public Finance for Children A World Free from Child Poverty: A Guide to the Tasks to Achieve the Vision  UNICEF’s Global Social Protection Programme Framework UNICEF’s Engagements in Influencing Domestic Public Finance for Children:…, UNICEF’s response, UNICEF aims to reduce child poverty and give all children an equitable chance in life. Together with partners, we help level the playing field for disadvantaged children, including those uprooted  by war and violence. Child poverty UNICEF calls for all Governments to recognize child poverty as a national policy priority and protect children from…, Results for children, In 2018, UNICEF worked in more than 150 countries to:

NEW YORK, 18 November 2019 – There have been historic gains overall for the world’s children since the Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted 30 years ago. However, many of the poorest children are yet to feel the impact, according to The Convention on the Rights of the Child at a Crossroads , a new report released today. Part of…

NEW YORK, 15 November 2019 – “On Thursday this week, two students were killed in a school shooting in Blagoveshchensk in eastern Russia. “A few hours later, two other students were killed in a school shooting in California, USA. “Like all of us, I am shocked and saddened at such a tragic loss of young lives. My most sincere condolences go out to…

The Global Framework on Transferable Skills has been developed to support UNICEF in delivering on the results of its Strategic Plan 2018 ̶2021 and ‘Every Child Learns’ UNICEF Education Strategy 2019–2030 , and provides a shared vision of work on skills development across UNICEF. The Framework guides UNICEF country offices, policymakers,…, Global Framework on Transferable Skills November 2019 Published by UNICEF Education Section Programme Division 3 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 www.unicef.org/education © United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) 2019 ISBN: 978-92-806-5111-9 Cover photo: © UNICEF/UN0299787/Ralaivita Design and layout by Roberto C. Rossi R.C.Rossi@pica-…

PIBOR, South Sudan – The deafening sound of whirring helicopter blades cuts through the stillness of this part of South Sudan’s Boma State. Below, thatched roofs protrude from the floodwaters that have swept across the region. Mile after mile, the scene is the same – no signs of life, in any direction. Eventually, a small patch of dirt comes into…

SANA’A, Yemen – Iftikhar won’t officially name her son until he is discharged from hospital. He was born prematurely, and is currently receiving treatment in a neonatal intensive care nursey at Al Sabeen hospital in the Yemeni capital Sana’a. But Iftikhar confides that she has already chosen a name: Hassan, after her grandfather. “Before I became…

On 20 November 1989, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child , a landmark achievement that has since become the world’s most widely ratified human rights treaty. The Convention sets strict standards for signatory governments to protect the rights of every child. Published in connection with the 30th…, for every child, every right The Convention on the Rights of the Child at a crossroads Published by UNICEF Division of Communication 3 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017, USA Contact: pubdoc@unicef.org Website: www.unicef.org Suggested citation. For Every Child, Every Right: The Convention on the Rights of the Child at a crossroads. New York…

HANAQ, Cusco, Peru – Igidio and Antonia met in their countryside village of Hanaq, surrounded by blue skies, green mountains and the smell of wet soil. They loved each other from the start. They grew even closer after becoming parents to the three daughters they had always wanted. But their story was only just getting started. One day, Antonia…