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Young school girls conducting a science experiment.
Helping girls aspire for more

Helping girls aspire for more

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By Jipara Turmamatova

About two years ago, I was meeting a group of adolescent girls and boys in Aravan, a rural area in the southern part of Kyrgyzstan, to talk about their lives, their plans and visions for the future. Something that struck me was that girls were very keen on continuing education, learning new skills and building a professional career. They… Read more →←
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Cookbooks and sanitary pads have something in common

Cookbooks and sanitary pads have something in common

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By Alexandra Escobar García

Cookbooks and sanitary pads are not the first things that come to mind when thinking about ways to support women and girls who have survived violence. But for a group of female innovators in Ecuador, these low-tech, yet innovative, “secret women’s codes” could combat the COVID-19 pandemic’s hidden crisis – increasing rates of… Read more →←
A group of men sitting on benches
Collecting behavioural insights into COVID-19 in Pakistan

Collecting behavioural insights into COVID-19 in Pakistan

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By Ginger Johnson

When Pakistan’s polio vaccination campaigns were suspended in late March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, my work researching vaccine acceptance in the country was also suspended. Lockdowns made it difficult to continue working with local communities about their vaccine beliefs, misconceptions and concerns. Soon after, Deepa Pokharel,… Read more →←
A family counselling session in progress, Bulgaria.
In Bulgaria, “one stop” child advocacy centres do not stop for pandemics

In Bulgaria, “one stop” child advocacy centres do not stop for pandemics

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By Kimberly Chriscaden

The COVID-19 lockdown spelled disaster for Emiliya*, a refugee and married mother of two living in Bulgaria. She was already struggling to assimilate to a new life with lower paying jobs, fewer social opportunities, and a language she still hadn’t mastered. Then the pandemic hit. Schools closed and her son and daughter were learning… Read more →←
Malaysia: A woman looks on at a construction site
COVID-19 transforms gender-based violence response in Malaysia

COVID-19 transforms gender-based violence response in Malaysia

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By Zoë Gan

I never expected Malaysia or the world to be thrown into such a unique and stressful situation as the COVID-19 pandemic. What a shock for us all both professionally and personally. The standard programming for UNICEF Malaysia is mostly: upstream work with the government, advocacy with civil society and research with academic institutes.… Read more →←
The author attending a life-skills session at a centre for adolescents in Bamyan province, Afghanistan.
Women’s organizations — key to reaching girls and women affected by COVID-19 in Afghanistan

Women’s organizations — key to reaching girls and women affected by COVID-19 in Afghanistan

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By Veronica Kamanga-Njikho

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Afghan women and girls were hard to reach. With no or limited access to telephones, radio, television and the internet, the most common way to spread information was through women going door-to-door or attending women’s groups. When lockdowns started, traditional forms of communication were further… Read more →←
Three young children read a school text book together
Reimagining education in Timor-Leste: Learning Passport

Reimagining education in Timor-Leste: Learning Passport

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By Maria Lujan Tubio

COVID-19 has upended everything in Timor-Leste, but it has also been a catalyst for experimentation and rethinking how the education system works. It’s been the most exciting time of my career, to seize the opportunity to do so much to transform how the education system works in just a few short months. I feel like the country has… Read more →←
A girl using laptop at home in South Africa.
South Africa: COVID-19, schools reopening and digital learning

South Africa: COVID-19, schools reopening and digital learning

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By Wycliffe Otieno

COVID-19 has jolted a South African education sector that has not seen a mass disruption of learning on this scale. An immediate, coordinated response was required. The strategic relationships we had built with key influencers in government and quasi-government bodies came in handy. Through a phone call with the CEO of the National… Read more →←
A girl in traditional headgear in an orphanage
The time for a child mental health revolution is now

The time for a child mental health revolution is now

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By Benjamin Perks, Zeinab Hijazi

“Tell my wife I love her.” The last words spoken by an Italian pensioner isolated in the ICU early in the COVID-19 pandemic echo the anguish and loss of families and children the world over. With global fatalities surpassing the one million mark and total cases nearing 36 million, we are living through the biggest shared… Read more →←
Man in a hat and blue clothse stares out at the river from a boat he shares with others in UNICEF gear,
Coming home to climate change

Coming home to climate change

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By Sam Mort

“I remember clearly one day when I was small, two men drilled a well near my brother’s house. They installed a hand water pump with the word UNICEF on it. I remember this vividly; it made a deep impression on my mind. I was so impressed because I could now use water from the pump and didn’t have to go to the river bank to take a… Read more →←
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