It has been more than 11 years since I started working for children’s right to education in western Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Even though the challenges in this part of the country are immense, nothing could disrupt my work. However, in December 2017, the Kasai region plunged into a terrible, deadly crisis of great… Read more →←
“We have not access to water through pipelines for a month. I collected rainwater yesterday,” says Gregorina, 23, while she collects water from a water truck that arrived in Caucaguita, her neighborhood in Petare on the outskirts of Caracas. Petare is one of the most populated areas in Venezuela. Millions of people live on the hilly… Read more →←
Learner-centred education (LCE) and related specific methods such as activity-based, inquiry-based and problem-based learning are widely promoted internationally as examples of ‘best practice’ pedagogy. In 2011, I synthesised the findings from every relevant article on LCE published in the International Journal of Educational… Read more →←
A transformative approach to education must have learning at its centre and go beyond traditional understandings of what is to be taught in classrooms. It must also reach all learners – whether in school or out – so that no young person is left behind. Right now, there are 1.8 billion adolescents and young people growing up in a… Read more →←
Sand, sun, wind … and plastic. Lots of plastic. The small peninsula of La Guajira looks more like a remote part of Sub-Saharan Africa than the Caribbean. This place, known as the indigenous capital of Colombia, is the land of the Wayuú. It is an inhospitable region where pastoralism and tradition mix with small-time retail and… Read more →←
Ever since I was a kid, it was my dream to work for the United Nations. I never thought it would actually happen, but it did! I grew up in a Canadian city in Northern British Columbia called Prince George: our population is just under 80,000. I used to think that this was a “big” city. Little did I know that one day I would be… Read more →←
UNICEF staffers often share stories from community visits to illustrate how we work for children where they live. But to make a difference we also must go to the halls of power where decisions are made that can have a massive impact on children’s lives. Why would UNICEF want to talk to the IMF? And why would the IMF talk to UNICEF?… Read more →←
During a discussion on meaningful child and youth participation in society, an audience member asked this simple question: “Why is the youth voice important?” One panellist jumped at this opportunity with statistics, offering numbers that paint a youthful future, which “deserves to be heard.” Another delivered an impassioned… Read more →←
How a passionate mother in Sudan is learning to give her baby girl the best start in life. For Sarah Mohammed, the journey to motherhood was not an easy one. The 34-year old from El Obeid, Sudan, spent six years desperately visiting doctors and taking test after test to unearth any potential cause delaying her pregnancy. However, nothing… Read more →←
A former member of the General Services staff, Edith Homonnai was the first from the GSSC to start an international professional career with UNICEF. She has been working in the Chad Country Office as Human Resources Officer since 15 March 2018. Now more than one year into her new assignment we wanted to check in… Read more →←
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