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COVID-19 may pose greater risk to children than originally thought

COVID-19 Data and Research

By Priscilla Idele, David Anthony, Kaku Attah Damoah and Danzhen You

It is commonly accepted, at least for now, that children and adolescents (0-19 years) have been largely spared the direct epidemiological effects of the COVID-19 crisis on their own health and survival. This narrative is based predominantly on early data from the first affected countries of the virus, notably from China (Wuhan Province)… Read more →←

From Crisis Comes Opportunity: Spain’s Basic Income Response to COVID-19

Child Poverty COVID-19

By Jennifer Waidler, Maja Gavrilovic

Spain has been hard hit by Covid-19, both in terms of high death toll and worsening economic conditions. Government lockdowns to contain the spread of the virus left millions of households without earnings or temporary unemployed. A recent report anticipates a 13% decline in GDP in the worst-case scenario. This is a worrying prediction… Read more →←

Ending child labour in South Asia through access to quality education

Child Labour COVID-19

By Ramya Subrahmanian, Valeria Groppo

Since 2000, the global number of children involved in child labour has dropped by 94 million. While this progress is encouraging, it is not good enough, especially when we consider the immense and long-lasting negative impacts child labour has on child wellbeing. Even more disheartening is the slowing rate of decline during 2012-16… Read more →←

How are sport for development organizations keeping children healthy during COVID-19?

COVID-19 Evidence to Policy

By Artur Borkowski, Chiara Pasquini, Andaleeb Alam, Karen Avanesyan, Thomas Dreesen and Bassem Nasir

This blog explores how Sport for Development (S4D) organisations have responded and adapted their programming to support children during the COVID-19 crisis. S4D organisations use sport as a tool to catalyse positive change in the lives of children, youth and the communities they live in. Interviews with S4D organizations, conducted as… Read more →←

How a displacement crisis helped Jordan support its population during COVID-19

Child Poverty Country stories COVID-19

By Mays Albaddawi, Alexis Boncenne, Jacobus de Hoop., Angie Lee, Luisa Natali, Matthew McNaughton, Manuel Rodriguez Pumarol

At the beginning of 2020, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan entered the tenth year of a humanitarian crisis, providing refuge to over 650,000 Syrian refugees. But in the spring, another crisis hit which threatened not only the fragile livelihoods of these refugees, but the wellbeing of every person in Jordan—COVID-19. Jordan has… Read more →←

Why child labour cannot be forgotten during COVID-19

Child Labour Child Poverty Child Rights COVID-19

By Jacobus de Hoop, Eric Edmonds

In just a matter of weeks, the COVID-19 outbreak has already had drastic consequences for children. Their access to education, food, and health services has been dramatically affected across the globe. The impact has been so marked, that the UN Secretary General has urged governments and donors to offset the immediate effects of the… Read more →←

Lessons from COVID-19: Getting remote learning right 

COVID-19 Evidence to Policy

By Thomas Dreesen, Mathieu Brossard, Spogmai Akseer, Akito Kamei, Javier Santiago Ortiz, Pragya Dewan, Juan-Pablo Giraldo, Suguru Mizunoya

This blogpost summarizes recommendations for policy makers and explores 3 good practices for equitable remote learning, based on recent research conducted using data on education responses to COVID-19 from UNICEF staff in 127 countries. To help contain the spread COVID-19, schools have closed around the world, at its… Read more →←

Can we count on parents to help their children learn at home?

COVID-19 Data and Research SDGs

By Akito Kamei, Matt Brossard, Manuel Cardoso, Sakshi Mishra, Suguru Mizunoya and Nicolas Reuge

This blog is the third of a series targeted toward exploring the impact of COVID-19 on education. It focuses on the learning environment at home, the potential parental role for continued learning and their association with reading skills. 53 per cent of children in low- and middle- income countries cannot read and understand a simple… Read more →←

Can broadcast media foster equitable learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic?

COVID-19 Data and Research

By Sheena Bell, Manuel Cardoso, Juan Pablo Giraldo, Nisrine El Makkouk, Bassem Nasir, Suguru Mizunoya and Thomas Dreesen

This post is the second in a series of articles focused on helping children continue to learn at home during the COVID-19 global pandemic, emphasizing the need for multiple remote learning platforms to meet the needs of all students.   As discussed in the first post in this series on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, school… Read more →←

Cinco estratégias que os governos estão utilizando para responder à violência contra mulheres e crianças durante a COVID-19

COVID-19 Evidence Evidence to Policy Violence Against Children

By , Alessandra Guedes, Amber Peterman, Dina Deligiorgis

Embora o mundo tenha sido pego de surpresa pelo tamanho e pelas ramificações da crise da COVID-19, ele deveria estar preparado para responder aos riscos crescentes ao bem-estar e à segurança de mulheres e crianças. A violência contra as mulheres e a violência contra as crianças são disseminadas globalmente e intrinsicamente… Read more →←

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