We sat down with Gabrielle Berman, our expert on research ethics, to chat about her two new discussion papers which explore the ethics of using new technologies to generate evidence about children. The papers, written collaboratively with UNICEF’s Office of Innovation, highlight the advantages and risks of using these technologies to… Read more →←
Topic: Evidence
Today, global leaders gather in Stockholm, Sweden for the first ever Agenda 2030 Solutions Summit to end violence against children. The summit brings together governments, UN, civil society, academics and children themselves to share solutions to “prevent and respond to violence against boys and girls.” Underlying this meeting is a… Read more →←
This week leading up to Father’s Day, new data shine the spotlight on how parents are involved in their children’s learning and development. One finding is that about half (55 per cent) of young children in 74 mostly low-and middle-income countries have fathers who do not engage in play and learning activities with them. What’s the… Read more →←
Extreme weather events are becoming more intense and more frequent in many regions of the world. From increasing precipitation and cyclones in high latitudes and tropical regions, to intensifying droughts in southern Africa, this trend is likely to continue throughout the 21st century. Weather shocks can have long-lasting effects on… Read more →←
In 1990, during my first visit to Lima, Peru, the streets were crammed with vendors, pedestrians, vehicles of every description and young men holding calculators. Alberto Fujimori, a college professor, had just been elected president, and was busy enacting wide-ranging neo-liberal reforms, called Fujishock. Overnight, the price of many… Read more →←
A couple of years ago the view of the perfectly terraced rice paddy fields of Viet Nam from my airplane window seemed both beautiful and unnerving. Like most Americans of my generation the violent conflict that engulfed this region in the 60s and 70s still evoked powerful feelings. I was on a UNICEF mission to Hanoi to help set up a… Read more →←
“We grew up with the internet. I mean, the internet has always been here with us. The grown-ups are like ‘Wow the internet appeared’, while it is perfectly normal for us.” –Boy, 15 years old, Serbia When our research teams in Argentina, the Philippines, Montenegro, Serbia and South Africa, who are part of the new Global… Read more →←
As highlighted in the recent UN Secretary General’s report, Protecting children from bullying, rates of bullying among children are high across the world. The social costs of bullying are also high: bullied children face a greater risk of poor health, internalized stress, and suicidal thoughts. Negative outcomes of bullying have been… Read more →←
With world leaders gathering at the United Nations for high level deliberations on the global migration crisis, the need for solid evidence to develop better policies on child migration has never been greater. As a response, UNICEF has released a new report, “Uprooted: The Growing Crisis for Migrant and Refugee Children,”… Read more →←
During a recent trip to Ghana, we presented the baseline findings from an impact evaluation of the “LEAP 1000” cash transfer programme to UNICEF colleagues, government and development partners. LEAP 1000, an extension of Ghana’s Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty programme, targets households with young children. It is designed… Read more →←
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