South Asia

Afghanistan. A former police officer holds a gun.

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“I was so scared I would hold my breath”

A young Afghan discusses his time as a police officer – and why he wishes he could be back in school

03/09/2019

Rozina Akta (foreground), 22, teaches level 4 students at the UNICEF-supported Learning Centre in Camp 4 of the Kutupalong-Balukhali mega-camp, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

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Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh want to learn

August 2019 update

15/08/2019

Bangladesh. A child stands under the plastic roof of a shelter in a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar.

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Rohingya children: Beyond survival

Rohingya children and young people want more than survival – they want a hopeful future, too

02/08/2019

On 3 July 2019 in Bangladesh, a young boy navigates a river swollen from days of monsoon rain. He’s collecting plastic bottles washed into the river by floods. He sells the plastic to recyclers and uses the money to help his family to purchase vegetables and fish, to complement their diet of rice and dahl.

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Monsoon rains bring severe flooding and landslides across South Asia, affecting more than five million children

UNICEF scaling up emergency response to support children and families affected

18/07/2019

A boy stands in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh

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Rohingya refugee children in Cox’s Bazar at risk from flooding and landslides as monsoon rains continue

Education for over 60,000 children in camps and host community is disrupted because of damage to learning centres

09/07/2019

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Scores of children among casualties in Kabul attack today – UNICEF

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

01/07/2019

Adolescents in Nepal perform a sketch on child marriage as part of a global programme to help end child marriage

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115 million boys and men around the world married as children - UNICEF

First ever analysis on child grooms brings global child marriage figures to 765 million

06/06/2019

A health worker looks on as a new mother holds her baby to her chest, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

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World not delivering quality maternal health care to poorest mothers - UNICEF

Millions of mothers at risk due to prohibitive health care costs, lack of access to services and skilled professionals, and child marriage

03/06/2019

Women work on building a toilet in India

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Female toilet builders take on menstrual hygiene management

How a cohort of women masons are transforming gender roles in India

28/05/2019

Bangladesh. Rohingya girls sit outside a UNICFE-supported learning centre.

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16/04/2019

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