Technology has infiltrated most aspects of our lives —the way we interact, learn, shop and conduct business. For many, this means more access to opportunities and information. Technology is also rapidly transforming the employment landscape, bringing with it a gig economy and a demand for entrepreneurship. It is projected that 65 per… Read more →←
2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the seminal document adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1989, which seeks to protect and preserve the right of every child to a safe, healthy environment in which to develop and grow. In May 2002, the final Declaration of the United Nations… Read more →←
One of the first things I learnt about Malawi, right after arriving in this beautiful country, was that it is prone to floods and drought. Floods in Malawi are a reoccurring natural disaster, made worse by climate change. They leave a lot of people without homes, affect critical infrastructure — roads, schools and health facilities —… Read more →←
Despite the fact that the right to education for all is enshrined in myriad national and international treaties, children with disabilities still face challenges in accessing education, being socially included in education and experiencing quality education. In addition to these gaps, there is also a lack of evidence into what works in… Read more →←
Amidst a chaotic cluster and makeshift tarpaulin houses, traumatized faces still loom over the world’s largest refugee camp. Beginning in August 2017, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya men, women and children fleeing violence, the destruction of their homes and persecution in Myanmar, arrived on the beaches and paddy fields of Cox’s… Read more →←
Youssouf was born in a clean and safe environment in Koumantou, Mali — one of the top 10 countries with the highest neonatal mortality rates in the world. Access to clean water at the community health centre helped to protect him and his mother Hawa from infection and disease. When UNICEF constructed a well in 2017, the health… Read more →←
Being responsible for UNICEF’s water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programme in the Middle East and North Africa region, I’ve served in many countries affected by conflict. These include Syria, Pakistan and Iraq and prolonged stints in countries like Yemen. I will never forget my time in beautiful Syria – a country very close… Read more →←
What a three days they were! Our hope for the conference on Universal Child Grants (UCGs) was to bring together perspectives on social protection and universality. To move towards achieving universal coverage for children frank conversations about the evidence and options are needed. I find myself thinking about the conference in two… Read more →←
For several years, much of my time has been devoted to dissecting and analyzing the alarming statistics regarding new HIV infections among adolescent girls and young women. How is it that an adolescent girl is newly infected with HIV every three minutes in 2017? And why is it that among the quarter of a million new HIV infections that… Read more →←
Sex is an important part of people’s lives, but it is somehow shrouded in secrecy, mystery and shame – which lead not only to misconceptions and myths, but also diseases and unintended pregnancies. Growing up as a child, I was luckily raised to talk openly about what changes I would experience during adolescence. I was ready when I… Read more →←
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