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Author: UNICEF EAPRO
As the coronavirus pandemic has unfurled across the world, the public health crisis has brought with it considerable social and economic aftershocks, which may be felt disproportionately by populations which are likely to be left behind. Aside from the direct risks to physical health, the psychological impacts of COVID-19 also pose… Read more →←
The Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, the World Health Organization, UNICEF East Asia & Pacific, and Youth Voices Count partnered up for a regional dialogue on “#CopingWithCOVID: Sexual & Gender Minorities in Asia-Pacific”. Opening the dialogue Karin Hulshof, the Regional Director for UNICEF East Asia… Read more →←
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In this blog, we report on interviews with teens in East Asia, many of whom are urban poor. We asked what social media apps might know about them, exposing a broad spectrum of understandings of data privacy. This is the third in a series of field dispatch reports conducted by Monica Bulger and Patrick Burton in East Asia for… Read more →←
In this blog, Monica Bulger and Patrick Burton report on interviews carried out with marginalised teens in East Asia about what they perceive to be the benefits of social media. This is the first in a series of field dispatch reports conducted by Monica Bulger and Patrick Burton in East Asia for UNICEF’s East Asia and… Read more →←
UN Volunteer Yuqing Xiong from China’s Wuhan, Hubei Province, recounts her firsthand experience during the outbreak of COVID-19. She initially put her thoughts together to share with her fellow citizens from Wuhan, and now she is sharing her experience with the world. I am glad that at this critical period, I am in Wuhan, together with… Read more →←
Parents globally are concerned about teens staying up late and playing games with people around the world. But what do teens think? This blog reports on focus group interviews with teens in East Asia, who share why they enjoy gaming, attitudes toward ‘strangers,’ and privacy strategies. This is the second in a series of field… Read more →←
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 →←
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 →←
