COVID-19 and related containment measures have triggered a shadow pandemic of Gender-Based Violence (GBV). This global scourge threatens the safety and well-being of millions of girls and women. Domestic violence reports have increased three-fold in many countries, and since most domestic violence goes unreported, the scope of the… Read more →←
Author: UNICEF EAPRO
Every child has the right to climate and environmental justice. Children and young people deserve the right to a healthy environment without the environmental threats of pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change. The East Asia and Pacific region is among the most impacted by climate change and environmental degradation in the… Read more →←
When considering online risks and harms, it is important to account for the experiences and requirements of excluded populations of kids, rather than make assumptions around lack of access that could exclude them from targeted policies and systemic interventions to keep children safe online. Monica Bulger and Patrick Burton talk… Read more →←
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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 →←
