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UNICEF: Ranking high on good

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Do leaders, citizens and donors agree on the most important development challenges to solve in the countries where they work? Whose support and what conditions make progress more or less likely? Which international donors do leaders prefer as development partners? To answer these questions, the Listening to Leaders 2018 report draws… Read more →←
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Global Goals for Girls and Women at Davos Summit

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It is a pretty incredible experience to speak in front of a room full of very powerful people – and that is exactly what I did Thursday night, 21 January, at the Schatzalp Hotel in Davos. It happened at the official launch of the Global Goals Campaign for Girls and Women. I was there to represent UNICEF – in my role as a National… Read more →←
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5 facts about water

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Water. Water is the source of life for all humans and our planet. Without water, we would simply not exist. Access to water is the most basic and fundamental of human rights, and it is under threat. The World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Report was just released and it ranks water as one of the top three issues of global concern among… Read more →←
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Developing communities in Sierra Leone

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Two things immediately strike you when you arrive in the village of Thigbonor in Lokomasama chiefdom: the place is extremely tidy, and the high street is almost deserted. After a four hour drive from Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, we park under a large banana plant, and follow people’s indications to the outskirts of the village.… Read more →←
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Hunger still stalks Somali children

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With so much the world focused on war, terrorism and the plight of a seemingly endless stream of refugees, it is no surprise that the plight of Somali children has been largely forgotten. The last time the country was heavily featured in news headlines was nearly five years ago, when failed rains and failed politics led to famine. By the… Read more →←

Growing European action for children with disabilities

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Last week, to celebrate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, I travelled to Brussels to take part in the Day of Persons with Disabilities conference organized by the European Commission and the European Disability Forum. This year, it focused on children and adolescents living with disabilities, with a special emphasis on… Read more →←
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Ebola robs children of their identity in Liberia

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I am Irish. At birth, I was officially registered and therefore have a birth certificate which identifies me as an Irish citizen. That piece of paper has entitled me to a number of rights – enrolment in school, access to health and social services, and protection by the State. I joined UNICEF this year, a few months before the… Read more →←

Peru shows the way in safeguarding public investment in children

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Significant economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean helped bring tens of millions of people out of poverty over the past decade. In recent years, this economic growth has been decelerating overall, though unevenly, throughout the region. Forecasts by major financial institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund and… Read more →←
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Equity = universal access to information

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Equity is an ideal that I love to pursue everyday through the work I am doing with UNICEF. You know the feeling. When you know there are situations where solutions exist, you can see it and you know that the opportunity is there to have an impact and make the world a better and fairer place for everyone. We’re living such a historic… Read more →←
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Working with governments to reduce child poverty and enhance equity

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UNICEF’s renewed pursuit of equity for children has two central meanings for me. First, children in the worst possible circumstances should always be our very first priority – as UNICEF contemplated our responsibilities under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted 26 years ago – this was one of our very first… Read more →←

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