International Day of Persons with Disabilities is commemorated every year on 3 December 2018 Maya Angelou said, “It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength”. Until we can truly embrace, celebrate and not just tolerate what makes us different, we will always be… Read more →←
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In October, UNICEF and Comics Uniting Nations launched the global School Superhero Comic Contest unmasking the ultimate super villain — The Silence, a dark force stopping billions from speaking up and taking action against violence in schools. We called on you to create superheroes to defeat The Silence and #ENDviolence in and around… Read more →←
November 20 is World Children’s Day – a day to take action for children! It’s the day when the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, was adopted. It’s a day to celebrate, but also recognize that children continue to have their rights denied every day. Despite… Read more →←
When you get that feeling … when you can’t hold it any longer and you just have to go … where do you do it? I grew up in Australia and remember spending summers in the outback. When nature called, I would have to use an outhouse — a long drop toilet in a tiny shed in the backyard. I would go as quickly as possible, terrified that… Read more →←
The future belongs to young people with an education and the imagination to create. That is the source of power in this century. – Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States We’re all in the awesome position to be a part of the climate solution, and young people understand this more than the rest. They’re the ones who… Read more →←
I thought only men could learn robotics – now I am able to construct a robot! These were the inspiring words of one teenage Lebanese girl after she attended a training for girls interested in careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). She is just one of more than 600 million adolescent girls worldwide preparing… Read more →←
He belongs to the family of Imam Hussain who lost his leg, his wife Halima Khatum and their five children, who live in Kutapalong Rohingya refugee camp in south-eastern Bangladesh. Pets in the vast camps are a rarity – hardly any of about one million Rohingyas have them — which makes Whocef all the more loved. About 750,000… Read more →←
On 12 September, 2018, UNICEF hosted the TomorrowReady event — a discussion about how tech and innovation are going to shape the future for children and young people. I went behind-the-scenes to get some advice from the panelists: Nicholas Thompson, Editor-in-Chief of WIRED; Stephanie Sy, CEO and Lead Data-Scientist of Thinking… Read more →←
There’s no question that young people are the future. In fact, that’s the impetus behind Generation Unlimited, a UNICEF and partner initiative to help develop opportunities for young people as they head into their second decade of life. We reflect on the challenges that those under 30 face and ask ourselves what can a global… Read more →←
The work of UNICEF and its partners helps children thrive in some of the most challenging situations around the world. As they transition into adolescence, however, it can be difficult to determine where care ends and independence begins. Given the growing population of adolescents globally, and given their needs, it is becoming critical… Read more →←
