Tagged: India

Boys sit on a bench in white shirts; one looks directly at the camera.

Men must talk, even if it makes us uncomfortable

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Sharing the picture below on the internet makes me uncomfortable. Very uncomfortable. Not because I am uncomfortable with the topic. As a communication officer at UNICEF India, I have been creating content around the issue for years now. But somehow, I am uncomfortable talking about it to men and women on a public platform. And to men… Read more →←
A girl child wearing an organe life jacket sits in the centre of a boat and surrounded by adults.

Kerala: Returning to loss after the floods

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After an arduous nine-hour journey, I finally reach Kozhikode (Calicut) after an arduous journey of nine hours. The journey has been heart-wrenching. About 2000 children are cramped into relief camps along with their parents and caregivers who have lost their valuables to incessant rain and floods. Tomorrow — day two — should be even… Read more →←
Lady in saree holding a microphone addresses a seated audience in India

Protection for child abuse victims in India

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Every day is different. My work with ENFOLD, an NGO that supports victims of child sexual abuse in India, ensures that I don’t have a typical day: there are no weekdays or weekends as cases get reported every day. Either our office receives the information or I get calls directly from different sources including the police, Child… Read more →←
A cartoon shows a man in a white coat holding a child as a woman, man and child look on.

WhatsApp-ening in India’s measles-rubella vaccine campaign? ☺️☺️☺️

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It’s a Saturday night  and my phone memory is full again. Another 53 messages have come through from Uttarkhand, and then 37 more from Telangana. Scrolling through them is a rainbow of colour and activity with the bright clothes of women health workers blurring as my finger scrolls with the red and white dots of the campaign… Read more →←

A clean start to life

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Imagine watching your doctor wash their hands with dirty water. Imagine giving birth to a child in a hospital with no running water. Or having no toilet to use when you are in labor. Imagine delivery a baby, without having soap or water to wash your hands. This is a reality for millions of people around the world, where health care is… Read more →←
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Behold, behold and “Be bold for change”

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Today is World Poetry Day – in the Field Office in Madhya Pradesh, India, our Chief in the office is Michael Juma. As well as working for UNICEF, he is also a poet and he wrote these lines for International #WomensDay Please read and join us in celebration of World Poetry Day.   Great people of the world, Men and Women, time… Read more →←
If we can educate more girls, provide them with employment opportunities and give them the right life skills, their worlds open up" - Priyanka Chopra.

Priyanka Chopra: how to build a strong girl

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My latest film, Mary Kom is about to hit the screens. In it, I play one of India’s strongest women, quite literally, the only woman boxer to have won a medal in each one of the six world championships. Hers is an inspiring story of a young woman who fought the odds that were heavily stacked against her to achieve her dreams. She came… Read more →←
Syrian refugee children in an informal tented settlement, in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley.

What you missed this week

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From one refugee to another: Young Somalis living in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp have transformed their own suffering into a form of encouragement for others, sending handwritten letters to Syrian refugee children.  “We are also like you. We know life is not easy,” says one letter. The Syrian children are now writing responses to… Read more →←

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