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Marius Biyekele, UNICEF Congo Child Protection Specialist
Safeguarding indigenous children’s rights in Congo

Safeguarding indigenous children’s rights in Congo

Experts speak Insider

By Alexandra Brunais, Marius Biyekele

Story also available in: Français
The indigenous peoples of the Republic of the Congo, who constitute approximately 10 per cent of the country’s total population, lead a semi-nomadic life based on hunting and gathering deep within the nation’s dense forests. They are a widely marginalized population affected by extreme poverty, lack of access to basic social… Read more →←
Girls dance on a balcony in Lunik IX, a cluster of run-down buildings on the outskirts of Kosice, Slovakia's second largest city. Once a racially mixed neighbourhood, Lunik IX has become an urban ghetto for around 4500 impoverished Roma people.
EU youth: not in employment, education or training

EU youth: not in employment, education or training

Data and research Experts speak

By Yekaterina Chzhen

7.5 million young people aged 15-24 — roughly the total population of Switzerland — were not in employment, education or training (referred to as ‘NEET’) across the European Union in 2013. In Greece alone it was one in five, nearly a quarter of a million young people. The UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti will later… Read more →←
A teacher in Ethiopia conducts her class outside due to a lack of classrooms.
Day of the African Child: improving education with data

Day of the African Child: improving education with data

Data and research Experts speak Impact

By Jo Bourne

Numbers, facts and figures can be daunting. Discuss too much data and people’s eyes are sure to glaze over. But let me assure you, data can make all the difference. The Out-of-School Children Initiative is an example of how UNICEF and its partners use numbers, facts and figures to change children’s lives. On the Day of the African… Read more →←
Toddlers in Bangladesh are introduced to the alphabet.
How children’s brains develop – new insights

How children’s brains develop – new insights

Experts speak Impact Insider

By Pia Britto

On April 16th, a remarkable, and probably the first-of-its-kind meeting took place at UNICEF New York. Sixteen (no coincidence with the date) neuroscientists discussed and debated the influence of early experience on brain development and function. These scientists, who represent the super specialized fields of neuroscience, biology,… Read more →←
Now for the Long Term focuses on the interests of future generations - and examines how action, or lack of, will impact them.
Now for the long term – for the next generation

Now for the long term – for the next generation

Experts speak

By Eva Kaplan, Yulia Oleinik

“Reform” is a word often heard in global governance debates. And it’s hardly surprising, as negotiations stall along issues as far ranging as climate change to trade rules, it’s almost universally recognized that we need to do things differently. Through UNICEF’s Conversations with Thought Leaders, we had an opportunity to… Read more →←
Successful involvement of children in social accountability initiatives requires careful planning and design.
Child-led social accountability: ingredients for success

Child-led social accountability: ingredients for success

Experts speak

By Dondon Parafina

Children are not only at the heart of social accountability, but social accountability is also in the hearts of children. Children can be active participants, or perhaps better, players in the social accountability game, rather than just passive spectators and beneficiaries. But for this to work, certain ‘ingredients’ are important… Read more →←
A few months after Typhoon Haiyan, a young child sleeps in a parent/baby-friendly tent, in the city of Tacloban. Numerous risk factors - such as poor nutrition and exposure to violence - can impact on a child's brain development during the early years of life.
Brain development in children: the impact of adversity

Brain development in children: the impact of adversity

Experts speak Insider

By Pia Britto

In the first years of life neurons in our brains form new connections at the astounding rate of 700-1000 per second – a pace that is not repeated again. We have one chance to get it right. Yet there is so much that can threaten this process – all around the world young children are growing up in contexts of poverty, conflict,… Read more →←
Sanjana, a child participant, asks questions during the Children's Dialogue (Projonmo Sanglap) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which took place in February.
Post-2015: the power of voice, inclusion and participation

Post-2015: the power of voice, inclusion and participation

Big picture Experts speak

By Shannon O'Shea

Nearly anywhere you turn on the news lately, you will see headlines about inequality. However, perhaps inevitably, these issues are oversimplified in the headlines. The rich vs. poor, the 99% vs. the 1%, Wall Street vs. Main Street, etc. etc. If it was only about money—the ability to buy more cars, or more houses or more designer… Read more →←
There is global consensus that poverty is not just about income - it is about the wellbeing of people.
The global agenda must prioritise child poverty

The global agenda must prioritise child poverty

Experts speak

By Alexandra Yuster

Children bear the brunt of extreme poverty. This is not hyperbole; it’s statistical fact. The World Bank’s most recent poverty data show us that almost half of all the people living on less than $1.25 day, are 18 or younger. Yet, children under 18 represent only about 31% of the global population. And around 400 million children in… Read more →←

Social accountability: Buzzword or boost for child rights?

Experts speak

By Stefanie Conrad

In 2015 the world will move into the “post MDG” era, with a new development agenda. Deliberations and preparations for this are already well underway, and for those of us working for the wellbeing of children, it is crucial that this new agenda can fulfil the rights that children have – faster and more evenly. One of the potential… Read more →←
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