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UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) is a United Nations agency that is dedicated to promoting the rights and wellbeing of children around the world. Established in 1946, UNICEF works in more than 190 countries and territories to provide essential services and support to children, including healthcare, education, protection, and advocacy. UNICEF is also involved in emergency response efforts, such as providing aid to children affected by natural disasters or conflict.
Sian Norris reports how news that East Africa’s drought is entering its fifth year spells danger for women and girls International development charities are warning the ongoing drought in East Africa threatens to rollback progress on gender equality, with girls at increased risk of child marriage and other forms of gender-based violence. Byline Times revealed…
How Child Marriages Continue to Burden Egypt’s Society Image Credit: Unreserved Media When Dutch documentary filmmakers Joop Van Wijk and Hillie Molenaar visited Egypt’s rural regions in 1981, they were shocked to see the number of child marriage cases – adolescent girls forced into marriage, often by their fathers, and often lacking choice in the…
UNICEF picks holes as Nigeria still has a long way to go By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor “The picture is a mixed one. While there has been some good progress – and we should celebrate that – we still have a long way to go towards ensuring the well-being of children in Nigeria” –…
At just ten years old, Raihana Mirzai is already engaged to be married to a man double her age. Unsurmountable debt has led her family to see this arrangement as their only viable way to survive. One year on from the Taliban taking control in Afghanistan, she is one of the many Afghan girls who…
Innovative Interactive Child Safety Program Raises Funds To Support Pilot School AUSTIN, Texas – Aug. 5, 2018 – PRLog — Who teaches children about the dangers of meeting a stranger online? Recognizing an unhealthy relationship? Can they recognize or avoid sex trafficking? McCallum High School, in the Austin Independent School District, is Piloting a program to answer those questions. In Texas alone,…
Dr Miriam R. Iddrisu, a Social Development and Gender Consultant, has advised families to raise boys to appreciate and respect girls and women. She said it was important for boys to be trained to appreciate that girls and women were equal partners, had potentials, rights and entitlements to support their growth. Dr Iddrisu gave the…
PRESS RELEASE Viet Nam, 3 August 2022 BREAKING—New report reveals that only a third of internet-using children in Viet Nam received information on how to stay safe online. Country Overview A new report released today by ECPAT, INTERPOL, and UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, found that children in Viet Nam are being subjected […]
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By ASEAN, WeProtect Global Alliance, UNICEF EAPRO and ECPAT International The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has developed two documents that aim to shape a meaningful and coordinated action against all forms of child online exploitation and abuse in the ASEAN region, and beyond – the Declaration and the Regional Plan of Action on the…
UNICEF warns of a significant jump in the number of adolescent girls being forced into early marriage and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as the region’s worst drought in 40 years pushes families to the edge. Girls as young as age 12 are being forced into child marriage at “alarming rates” in the Horn of…
Obada sells fruit by the roadside in Al Rama, Jordan largely by himself these days. His 14-year-old brother used to do most of the work, but after he was hit by a car driving the wrong way Obada …
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