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Moving the Needle on Mental Health for Young People

Child Rights mental health

By Chantelle Booysen

Bringing Together the Minds and Movement to Better Support Well-being and End Stigma for Youth    The following blog is the transcript of the closing remarks for the Leading Minds 2019 Conference for Children and Young People on Mental Health by Chantelle Booysen, Global Mental Health Advocate and Social Impact Entrepreneur.  In… Read more →←

Time to ramp up psychosocial support for adolescents in crisis settings

Data and Research Evidence

By Prerna Banati and Nicola Jones

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 →←

Turning the tide together on mental ill health for children

Data and Research mental health

By Priscilla Idele, Prerna Banati and David Anthony

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 →←

The Forgotten Minority: A Personal Story Sheds Light on the Added Dangers Facing Migrant Girls and Women

Children and Migration

By Olivia Bueno

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 →←

The Quest for the Missing Counterfactual: Transfer Project Trains African Researchers in Impact Evaluation

Impact evaluation

By Ashu Handa, Elsa Valli, Gustavo Angeles

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 →←

Partnering with Youth to Research the Challenges Facing Young People in the Horn of Africa

Children and Migration Data and Research

By Olivia Bueno

Hargeisa city is a fast-growing urban environment that remains safe, unlike many parts of the region. Yet young people living in the city face a myriad of challenges. Unemployment is high amongst youth, and poverty is widespread. In this context, it is not surprising that young people think of a life abroad. “I couldn’t afford a… Read more →←

How does UNICEF maternity leave compare with EU and OECD countries?

Publication & data launches

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If UNICEF were a rich country instead of my employer, it would rank 24th out of 41 EU and OECD countries in the league table of our new report “Are the world’s richest countries family friendly?” on the indicator of full-rate equivalent childcare leave available to female staff (see figure below, which shows where UNICEF would… Read more →←

Responding to Screen Time Concerns: A Children’s Rights Approach

Evidence to Policy

By Daniel Kardefelt-Winther

Over the past decade there has been escalating concern that the time children spend using digital technology might be harmful. Calls have been made to protect children by restricting the amount of time they spend in front of digital screens. But recently there has been a change in tune, following research showing that the effects of… Read more →←

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