Child rights

People wear face masks as they wait to enter a children's hospital in Phnom Penh on January 30, 2020, after the first case of novel coronavirus was reported in the country.

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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emergency response appeal

Help UNICEF protect and support children and families affected by COVID-19. Donate now.

24/03/2020

Nyajima Mut, 17, recites a poem she wrote on peace, to fellow classmates in Juba, South Sudan on 28 January 2020.

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Poems for Peace

Young people living in conflict use poetry to express their hopes for a more peaceful future.

18/03/2020

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Digital survey

We want to ensure that all of our friends have a good experience when they engage with us.

11/02/2020

Sumaiya developed a high fever on the 16th day of her birth, and she was taken to Patukhali Sadar Hospital the next day in Bangladesh. She returned home after 8 days of treatment in the hospital.

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Every child’s right to survive

A 2020 agenda to end pneumonia deaths

30/01/2020

On 16 July 2019 in New York, (right) Darrius Simmons, 18, from the USA, addresses the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations Headquarters.

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Including Children, Adolescents and Youth

Just as people’s participation was a hallmark of the SDG negotiations’ process - infusing increased ambition and legitimacy into that process.

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22/01/2020

On 17 June 2018 in Mongolia, (left-right) Nomin-Erdene, 7, her cousin, Anar, 4, and her sisters Nandin-Erdene, 5, and Namundari, 8, laugh outdoors in an area near their home, in Uvur Maanit in the Janjin bagh area, in Erdenetsogt soum in Bayankhongor Province.

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Linking Child Rights and the SDGs

Fulfilling all rights of every child.

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21/01/2020

On 27 September, 2019, a girl has her mid-upper arm circumference measured by a health worker during a checkup at a community outreach medical clinic near the village of Mecufi, in northern Mozambique.

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Monitoring the Situation of Children, Adolescents and Youth

The importance of disaggregated data collection, analysis and use.

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21/01/2020

Children laugh and play at their early childhood development centre on Nyabihu Tea Plantation.

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Investing in Children, Adolescents and Youth

Social spending and progress on results for children, adolescents and youth.

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21/01/2020

Group work helps students to learn from each other. This is one of the techniques teachers are being taught from Pedagogical Advisors to improve quality education at Phonkeo Primary School, Saravane Province Lao PDR.

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Addressing the learning crisis

How are education resources distributed across segments of society?

19/01/2020

On 16 November 2019 in Idlib governate, Syrian Arab Republic, a child peeks out of a temporary shelter in an informal settlement in Killi, near the border with Turkey.

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UNICEF's New Year appeal for Syria: Cease fighting in the northwest and end the nine-year war

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

02/01/2020

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