As we walked through classrooms in Bangladesh, we were struck by the hope and aspirations of the children. Already, children in grades three or four, said they wanted to be teachers, scientists, and prime ministers. They knew they must get an education in order achieve these dreams, but like so many children around the world, without… Read more →←
Topic: Data and Research
Can data be transformed into policy so that children everywhere, even the most disadvantaged, can realize their right to learn? A project, known as MICS-EAGLE for its use of Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) data to advance Education Analysis and Global Learning for Equity (EAGLE), has helped countries do just that in… Read more →←
Play is key for child development and the mental health of children and caregivers. Play is an essential part of development in the early years. Play is the way young children from birth to three learn, as they explore and begin to make sense of the world around them. Research shows that play supports many interrelated facets of… Read more →←
The Data and Analytics Section of UNICEF generates, analyzes and publishes hundreds of globally comparable indicators on children and women. They are now explicitly licensed as open data using the popular Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO license.This is the final step in a two-year long initiative aided by a grant from the Bill and… Read more →←
Recently, news outlets across the world announced: Finland ranked happiest country in the world – again. This information is based on the World Happiness Report 2021 which uses data from the Gallup World Survey. But is it true? Similar to the 1950s household surveys that questioned only the male breadwinner and projected his feelings… Read more →←
The socio-economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are already having devastating effects on children’s ability to access health, education, nutrition, water and sanitation and housing services, with a projected additional 150 million children living in multidimensional poverty. Yet, with parents losing jobs and income, it is… Read more →←
Imagine packing for a trip. You don’t know what the weather will be, so it’s difficult to know whether you’ll need warm clothes and rainboots or light clothes and sandals. If you have a large suitcase, it’s easy to throw in both and prepare for all the possibilities. With a small suitcase though, the items you pick matter much… Read more →←
Oyele, who is from Nigeria, and her husband were eagerly anticipating the arrival of their first child. But then, tragedy struck: The baby was stillborn. In a flash, Oyele’s dreams of motherhood vanished. “I have little to say about him because I did not see him. He was taken away before I became fully conscious. My… Read more →←
As COVID-19 surged, the world has relied on dashboards to tell the story of the pandemic. Refreshing our screens with the click of a mouse, we saw the pandemic unfold on a world map and in dynamic demonstrations of data morphing into charts and graphs. Containing steady streams of timely information gauging testing rates, case… Read more →←
The first in a two-part blog series on Let Us Learn programme site visits in Bangladesh in February 2020. According to the most recent census, around half of the population in Bangladesh’s Sunamganj District lives below the poverty line. Monsoon flooding in the district perennially cuts villages off from one another and makes access to… Read more →←