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Early Moments Matter: UNICEF supports Father's Day with Zakes Bantwini
UNICEF launched its Father’s Day campaign with celebrated musician and its Celebrity Advocate Zakes Bantwini supported by the LEGO Foundation today. The campaign highlights the importance of the first years of life as a critical period of rapid brain development and learning. Recent news and featuresGoodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra hosts inaugural UNICEF South Africa Fundraising Gala UNICEF Condemns Brutal Murders of Girls and Women, Calls for Violence-free Communities
Alarmed by recent reports of women and girls – some as young as two years-old – being brutally raped, mutilated and killed, UNICEF is calling on government, civil society and community members to accelerate ongoing actions and increase investment in prevention and early intervention programmes to promote violence-free communities. ‘These horrific crimes are yet another sign that violence is a daily reality for too many women and children living in South Africa’, said UNICEF South Africa Representative, Mr. Herve Ludovic de Lys. mHealth and Young People in South Africa
This report identifies digital resources targeted at providing adolescents and young people in South Africa with sexual and reproductive health and rights, family planning and healthy pregnancy information and advice. The report explores young people’s self-reported online behaviours and preferred sources of information on health-related issues and their experiences with using their mobile phones including the enablers and barriers to the use of mobile phones for health-related activities. Data was collected during the period from November to December 2015. |
