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Smiling parents with their children outside their home.
Blog post
11 May 2022
Caregiver mental health and well-being
Supporting children means supporting caregivers too
On 7 March 2022, in Lviv, UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder is filmed reporting on the escalating conflict in Ukraine.
Blog post
06 May 2022
Trying to make sense of a senseless war
UNICEF is supporting families devastated by war in Ukraine. Spokesperson James Elder reflects on what he has seen so far
Iraq. A boy walks past a damaged building.
Blog post
08 April 2022
As conflict changes, so do the dangers for children
Many of the frontiers opening up in warfare have found new ways to harm children
Five-year-old Rokiatou learns mathematics with her teacher Josiane Ake in the West of Côte d’Ivoire.
Blog post
24 March 2022
Why I champion gender equity
Rotary International President Shekhar Mehta reflects on the importance of empowering girls
Kristina Petrovic, a single mother of two young children in Serbia, struggles to provide for her family, especially without health insurance.
Blog post
21 December 2021
Ending child poverty is a policy choice
Netflix’s hit show "Maid" is the reality for hundreds of millions of children and their families around the world
Afghanistan. Children sit on the floor in a classroom.
Blog post
09 December 2021
Stakes couldn’t be higher for Afghanistan’s children
UNICEF’s Global Director for Education writes about why this is a critical moment for Afghanistan’s education system
Mother hold's hand of newborn
Blog post
30 November 2021
Parenting vaccine
The need for urgent universal access to parenting programmes
As part of the Spotlight Initiative, UNICEF – together with our partners across UNFPA, UNDP, UN Women and the European Union – is focused not only on responding to forms of violence, but uprooting them.
Blog post
23 November 2021
Preventing violence starts with changing gender norms
A child protection specialist discusses what can be done on the ground to root out harmful gender norms that perpetuate violence against women and girls
Mother Surya Jadav 36 helps her children Anish (11) and Bharti (6) as schools are shut during covid 19. Location : Village Dharewada, Banaskantha, Gujarat, India
Blog post
02 November 2021
Global education calls for effective leadership
There are at least five immediate and devastating consequences of COVID-19 on education that require collective action.
Ecuador. A migrant girl looks out of a window.
Blog post
27 August 2021
Helping migrant and displaced children thrive
Migrants and displaced families face perilous, gender-specific challenges on their journeys