Tagged: social protection

No one left behind: Linking families to essential social services

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For the last three years, I’ve been working to make Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net (PSNP) both more nutrition sensitive and better connected to health services. PSNP is the main tool to help forward Ethiopia’s Social Protection Policy and Strategy, which provides regular cash or food transfers to over 8 million people in need.… Read more →←
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Making social protection fit for children in Europe and Central Asia

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As a child, I never had to go to bed hungry because my family could not afford to buy dinner. A few times, I felt ashamed comparing myself to my class-mates, or lonely and isolated because of hurtful comments friends made about me, or that I made about them. Has any of this ever happened to you as a child? Do you remember how you felt?… 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 →←
Children play outside their home that has been turned into a large dumpsite by waste from leather industries in Bangladesh.

7 facts about child poverty you should know

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As we start to celebrate the lasting progress in tackling poverty around the world for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (17 October), we are bringing attention to children, who have been so often missed from poverty debates. Here are 7 facts that galvanize UNICEF and partners to take action to end child poverty:… Read more →←
The conflict in Ukraine has had a devastating impact on the children and caregivers of Krasnodonskiy orphanage.

Children with disabilities at risk in eastern Ukraine

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The Krasnodonskiy orphanage is located in Krasnodon, in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine, in what is now a non-government-controlled area. It is home to 126 children, aged 3 to 18, who have a range of disabilities. A staff of 106 women look after them around the clock. Before the conflict began, the institution would receive weekly… Read more →←
Widow Sopio Gvenetadze lives with her three children: Ilarion (4) Anastasia (3) and Teona (2) and her elderly mother in a rundown house which she rents with the help of various organizations.

Advocacy and policy work brings change for children in Georgia

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The work of UNICEF in lower- or upper-middle-income countries is often underestimated. It is believed that such states are more likely to have a genuine understanding of the importance of investing in children, and therefore, have adequate systems for providing public services and benefits to them. Unfortunately, even such states fail… Read more →←
Children attend French class at a school in Ghana.

Evidence from Africa shows cash transfers increase school enrollment

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An estimated 63 million adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15 are currently out of school, according to a recent report by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and UNICEF. This is a staggering number, and the barriers to school enrolment–poverty, conflict, gender discrimination, and child labour–are not easy to overcome.… Read more →←
A mother and child from Madhya Pradesh, India. Despite being rich in natural resources Madhya Pradesh is more infamous for its poverty.

Child poverty: 5 things we learned in 2014

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2014 has been an important year in the fight against child poverty, and one that may make a difference for years to come. Here are 5 things we learned during the year: 1. It has become clear that children are heavily over-represented among the world’s extreme poor. Over 569 million children aged 18 or less are living on less than $1.25… Read more →←
A child formerly associated with armed forces or groups in Central African Republic holds her mother's hand.

#BringBackOurGirls: time to get serious about drivers of violence

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The abduction of more than 200 high school girls in northern Nigeria has touched a global nerve. The twitter hashtag #BringBackOurGirls has generated millions of posts. UNICEF and other agencies have issued special statements. Superpowers are offering to send in military aid. It’s not the first time a horrendous act of violence… Read more →←

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