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Girls acting in a classroom.

A fair chance for girls. End child marriage

Girls acting in a classroom.
Big picture

By Angélique Kidjo

Story also available in: Español

A fair chance for girls. End child marriage

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

Children play with colourful blocks at an early childhood development centre in the rural village of Ajmou in Morocco.
Impact

By Pia Britto

A historic moment for early childhood development

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

Girls carry buckets filled with water in a camp for internally displaced people, outside Yola in Nigeria.
Impact

By Danny Glover

Story also available in: العربية

Support children’s access to clean water and basic toilets

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 →←

Photo of the Week: #IMAGINE for children’s rights

Insider

By UNICEF Connect

Photo of the Week: #IMAGINE for children’s rights

  In support of children’s rights, artist Yoko Ono has endorsed #IMAGINE, UNICEF’s new interactive digital project that will allow everyday people to use an application to record their own version of ‘Imagine’, John Lennon’s iconic anthem of hope and peace. Yoko Ono shows her support for child rights during the #IMAGINE… Read more →←
Mia Farrow has just returned from her fourth visit to the Central African Republic.

Mia Farrow reflects on fourth visit to Central African Republic

Mia Farrow has just returned from her fourth visit to the Central African Republic.
Insider

By Mia Farrow

Mia Farrow reflects on fourth visit to Central African Republic

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 →←

Photo of the Week: Selena Gomez visits Nepal

Insider

By Christine Nesbitt

Photo of the Week: Selena Gomez visits Nepal

This week’s Photo of the Week taken by Josh Estey documents UNICEF Ambassador Selena Gomez visiting an early childhood education classroom at Satbariya Rapti Secondary School in Satbariya Village in Nepal in May 2014. The UNICEF-supported child-friendly school provides a safe, interactive, creative and fun learning environment for… Read more →←

Photo of the week: Orlando Bloom visits Jordan

Insider

By Christine Nesbitt

Photo of the week: Orlando Bloom visits Jordan

This week’s Photo of the Week taken by photographer Giovanni Diffidenti shows 12-year-old Esmaeil (left) and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom sharing a laugh near Esmaeil’s family’s two-room dwelling, in the northern city of Irbid, in Jordan. Esmaeil, his parents and his five siblings are refugees from the northern… Read more →←

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