Fifty-nine per cent of children in Indonesia are not growing up well, they are either stunted (too short for their age), wasted (too thin for their height) or overweight (too heavy for their height). Among women, 44 per cent of women of reproductive age are overweight. Improving the quality and quantity of the foods mothers and young… Read more →←
Author: UNICEF EAPRO
Through life skills education, Cambodian adolescents are building confidence. Life skills are the skills needed to deal with the challenges of everyday life, whether at school, at work or in our personal lives. They include self-reflection, critical thinking, problem solving and interpersonal skills. Such skills help students develop… Read more →←
It is an ordinary day at the UNICEF office in Phnom Penh and Sorita is waiting for 11 trainees to arrive. Sorita is 21 years old and currently working as a blogging trainer for the Voices of Youth programme of UNICEF Cambodia. She is providing ongoing training to 11 young Cambodians on blogging, writing and research, among other skills.… Read more →←
Before World AIDS Day and right after the launch of China’s first ever National HIV Testing Month, youth leaders from across China are pouring their time and creative efforts to mobilizing their peers to learn facts, share their ideas and encourage each other to seek counseling and testing services. Here we have a few young leaders… Read more →←
I was still trying to recognize Ibu Teresia when, from across the street, a stocky woman with her hair neatly tied waved her hands toward me. We went to her house which was barely five minutes away from the corners of Jalan Alak in Kupang District. She asked me to keep my shoes on, as she was worried my socks would pick up the dust from… Read more →←
“Why I left finance and moved to tech” Having spent almost a decade at a global bank, working my way up the ladder to become Head of Economics for Emerging Asia, my family and friends had always assumed I would stay in finance forever. So when they found I was leaving the familiar realm of corporate finance to jump into the unknown… Read more →←
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia, – “Last year when we were senior students, we decided to use the money for our tuition fees to start our company”, says Dulguunbayar M, aka Dulgoon, aged 21. He and his close friend Munkhtulga, aka Tulgaa, another 21-year-old student from the state university, founded a design and software agency before… Read more →←
This article is part of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN Young people can drive our economies and societies to be more vibrant and productive. At the same time, their potential can only be realized if they benefit from quality education from early childhood to adolescence and beyond. Providing creative and effective learning… Read more →←
Participation is vital for students’ thriving at school. But in Timor-Leste, traditional teaching theories have seen rote learning, corporal punishment and lecturing the norm, leaving children disengaged and excluded. Learn more how UNICEF Timor-Leste is supporting teachers guide a new generation of leaders with positive, inclusive and… Read more →←
On 26 February, Papua New Guinea was struck by a 7.5 magnitude earthquake – the first of several major quakes and more than 100 tremors to shake the country within weeks. The earthquakes caused devastating landslides and widespread destruction across the four provinces of Hela, Southern Highlands, Western Province and Enga. Families… Read more →←
