Young migrants and refugees set out to escape harm or secure better futures – and face staggering risks in the process. For children and youth on the move via the Mediterranean Sea routes to Europe, the journey is marked by high levels of abuse, trafficking and exploitation. Some are more vulnerable than others: those from… Read more →←
Topic: Publication & data launches
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 →←
Special note: Many will be unaccustomed to detailed UNICEF reporting on child and adolescent mental health issues. The latest edition of Innocenti Report Card on children in high income countries seeks to assess the status of 41 OECD and EU countries relative to the SDGs. In searching for relevant, contextually appropriate means for… Read more →←
It has been 10 years since the first tremors were felt in the American sub-prime mortgage market which later rocked the entire planet through a global recession. A new UNICEF Innocenti book “Children of Austerity: Impact of the Great Recession on Child Poverty in Rich Countries” tells the story of how the economic crisis – and… Read more →←
Data tell us that the lives of children today are much better than they were in the past. The data speak and we listen. But we lack data on the lives of many children around the world and these children often go unheard. They can’t access social and protection systems and aren’t taken account in policy decisions. A missing birth… Read more →←
In international development, research is never purely an academic exercise. Its purpose, ultimately, is to provide knowledge that can be used to improve the lives of poor and vulnerable populations. Yet, despite increased focus on understanding the influence that research has on development policy and practice, methodology for… Read more →←
For most of us, going online has become a daily habit. For younger people, the Internet is not a new habit: it is simply part of the natural environment. In spite of this, children’s online lives have seldom been systematically studied. In a scenario where societies are faced with the challenge of regulating internet access; where… Read more →←
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development sets out an ambitious vision for universal progress on urgent issues over the next 15 years, pledging to leave no one behind. This presents a critical opportunity to advance the well-being and empowerment of a large segment of the world population that is at risk of being left out of 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 →←
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