A l’heure actuelle, il existe encore des jeunes filles que la vie laisse au bord de la route. Beaucoup d’entre elles se trouvent en l’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre. Il pourrait s’agir de Fatima, dans l’ouest du Cameroun, qui, à 12 ans, se cache derrière sa mère, car elle est sur le point d’être mariée… Read more →←
West and Central Africa today is the home of the forgotten girl. She may be Fatima in Western Cameroon, who at 12 years old can be found hiding behind her mother, about to be forcibly married to a 22-year-old man. Or 15-year-old Umu, hiding her pregnancy so she can finish high school in Sierra Leone. Or 10-year-old Sanya in Northern… Read more →←
Globally, the increase in humanitarian crises, protracted conflicts, displacement, violence, terrorism, disease outbreaks, natural disasters and climate change is putting children and adolescents at significant risk of mental and emotional ill-health. Around a quarter of the world’s 1.8 billion young people live in areas affected by… Read more →←
In some way, mental ill health has touched everyone. The statistics are alarming, and by some accounts constitute a public health emergency. Today, around 10-20 per cent of all children and adolescents suffer from some type of mental health disorder and mental health conditions account for around 16 per cent of the global burden of… Read more →←
In 2018, 116 million children like Tymur were immunized against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP), yet millions of children are still not reached by the potentially life-saving vaccine. UNICEF invests significant resources in supporting immunization programmes and monitoring vaccination coverage levels and trends. Tracking… Read more →←
Amoun Aden Ismail is a youth and women’s empowerment activist and entrepreneur based in the Horn of Africa. Having recently worked as a Research Assistant for UNICEF’s study on Children on the Move in the Horn of Africa, Amoun shares with us her biggest learning from the experience. Despite having worked with youth in Somaliland for… Read more →←
Information and communication technology (ICT) touches virtually every aspect of modern life – from everyday tasks such as sending out emails and making phone calls to using programming languages in the workplace. It is a driver of change in the global economy, creating opportunities for innovation, new products and entrepreneurship.… Read more →←
Early learning provides tremendous lifelong advantages to children both in terms of their future education and life skills. Enrolling early in age-appropriate programmes allows children to learn at the right age and to be prepared for moving forward to higher levels of education. In this context, the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)… Read more →←
Maryama* is just 17 years old, but already she has attempted to migrate from Hargeisa in the Horn of Africa to Europe twice. While most migrants face harrowing journeys, her story can help us understand some of the additional challenges facing young women and girls on the move in the Horn of Africa. She was interviewed as part of a… Read more →←
How do we know if a programme made a difference? The answer to this question is not as straightforward as it seems, because we never know what would have happened without the programme. This concept is referred to as the ‘missing counterfactual’ (or simply ‘the counterfactual’ since, by definition, a counterfactual is… Read more →←