Tagged: Goodwill Ambassador

Girls acting in a classroom.

A fair chance for girls. End child marriage

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Story also available in: Español
Child marriage exemplifies how the world’s poorest girls bear the heaviest burden of disadvantage, especially those living in marginalized communities in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, where the practice is most common. Girls who are married have their childhoods stolen from them. I’ve seen this, and how it hurts… Read more →←
Children play with colourful blocks at an early childhood development centre in the rural village of Ajmou in Morocco.

A historic moment for early childhood development

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At the Seventieth Session of the United Nations General Assembly, currently underway, leaders from across the world have adopted a new set of global development goals that will establish the Development Agenda for United Nations Members States through 2030. To achieve the goals, access to quality early childhood development is recognized… Read more →←
Girls carry buckets filled with water in a camp for internally displaced people, outside Yola in Nigeria.

Support children’s access to clean water and basic toilets

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Story also available in: العربية
Access to water is a basic human right, however today there are 663 million people who go without. Today, there are 2.4 billion people who do not use a basic toilet, and almost 1 billion who go in the open. While significant progress has been made to improve this situation, millions of children in poor and rural communities have been… Read more →←
Mia Farrow has just returned from her fourth visit to the Central African Republic.

Mia Farrow reflects on visit to Central African Republic

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Whenever I mention the Central African Republic people tend to ask “where is that? What’s happening there?” Years ago I too asked what was happening there and I couldn’t find enough answers. Curiosity turned into fascination. Finally, in 2007, I made my way to the Central African Republic with the help of UNICEF.… Read more →←

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