Document
06/25/2019
UNICEF Strategic Plan Goal Area 3: Indicator Manual
https://www.unicef.org/documents/unicef-strategic-plan-goal-area-3-indicator-manual
UNICEF Strategic Plan (SP) Goal Area 3 Indicator Manual was developed with three overarching aims: Bring coherence to reporting and aggregating results by consolidating definitions and methods of calculations of the UNICEF SP outcome and output indicators. Equip and enable UNICEF Country Offices to better collect data and implement effective…
Press release
06/25/2019
Access to basic sanitation still lagging for millions in East and Southern Africa
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/access-basic-sanitation-still-lagging-millions-east-and-southern-africa
NAIROBI, 25 June 2019 – Despite progress towards ensuring basic sanitation services for all, access still eludes many. According to recent estimates, over half of the global population – or 4.2 billion people across the world – lack safe sanitation, 701 million use unimproved facilities, and 673 million people practice open defecation. As part of…
Partner site
06/24/2019
A guardian’s tale from Sicily
https://www.unicef.org/eca/stories/guardians-tale-sicily
Volunteer legal guardians protect and support refugee and migrant children navigate a new life
Statement
06/21/2019
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore following three-day visit to Mexico
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/statement-unicef-executive-director-henrietta-fore-following-three-day-visit-mexico
NEW YORK/MEXICO CITY, 21 June 2019 – “Some 15,500 migrant children and young people were registered by the Mexican migration authorities in the first four months of the year, or 130 a day, according to the latest estimates from the National Migration Institute. This figure marks an increase of over 50 per cent over the same period last year. “Most…
Press release
06/21/2019
Geneva Palais briefing note on the situation for children in the North-West and South-West regions of Cameroon
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/geneva-palais-briefing-note-situation-children-north-west-and-south-west-regions
This is a summary of what was said by Toby Fricker, UNICEF spokesperson in Geneva – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. GENEVA, 21 June 2019 –Some 1.3 million people, including around 650,000 children, are now in need of some form of humanitarian assistance in the North-West and…
Document
06/21/2019
Goal Area 3 Overview: Global Annual Results 2018
https://www.unicef.org/documents/goal-area-3-overview-global-annual-results-2018
Our overview provides a short summary of how UNICEF and its partners contributed to Goal Area 3 of the UNICEF Strategic Plan 2018-2021 in 2018. Download file (PDF, 856,90 KB)
Article
06/20/2019
Dreaming of the Ivy League in South Darfur
https://www.unicef.org/stories/dreaming-ivy-league-south-darfur
SOUTH DARFUR, Sudan – Scoring 275 out of a possible 280 in an exam is an impressive achievement whichever way you look at it. What makes Makhtoom Abdullah’s eighth grade examination score – one of the highest in Sudan’s South Darfur – even more impressive? He has spent his life in the uncertain environment of a camp for internally displaced…
Press release
06/18/2019
1 in 3 people globally do not have access to safe drinking water – UNICEF, WHO
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/1-3-people-globally-do-not-have-access-safe-drinking-water-unicef-who
NEW YORK/GENEVA, 18 JUNE 2019 – Billions of people around the world are continuing to suffer from poor access to water, sanitation and hygiene, according to a new report by UNICEF and the World Health Organization. Some 2.2 billion people around the world do not have safely managed* drinking water services, 4.2 billion people do not have safely…
Article
06/18/2019
10 things you didn't know about water
https://www.unicef.org/stories/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-water
Most people know that you can’t survive without water. But the truth is slightly more nuanced. You need more than just water – you need SAFE water. You also need safe toilets to keep the environment clean, and as well as soap and water to stop the spread of disease. Find out more about why safe water, sanitation and hygiene are so important: 1.…
Statement
06/17/2019
UNICEF condemns use of children as human bombs in north-east Nigeria
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/unicef-condemns-use-children-human-bombs-north-east-nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, 17 June 2019 – “UNICEF condemns the use of children as human bombs and in any combat or non-combat roles in the conflict in north-east Nigeria. “According to several reports, three children - two girls and a boy (ages unknown) – were used to detonate explosives that killed 30 people and injured 40 others at a community football…