With suicide and self-harm now leading causes of death and injury among young people between 15 to 19 years, UNICEF and WHO are coming together for the first time at the Leading Minds for children conference to tackle the growing scale of mental health disorders among children and young people. On World Mental Health Day (10 October)… Read more →←
Married at the age of 14, Mariam Keita dropped out of school and later became a young mother to two girls. Determined not to become another statistic, she set out to complete her education and prove young women in Guinea can be vital contributors to the country’s economic development. Women and girls must participate in the development… Read more →←
Teachers lie at the heart of every child’s educational journey – from early childhood to higher levels of education. Every day dedicated teachers have a positive impact on young minds in classrooms. Unfortunately, in many parts of the world, especially low-income countries, qualified teachers are in short supply. According to one… Read more →←
UNICEF’s Back to School programme in Venezuela improves the living conditions of students, but none of this would be possible without the support of teachers. Two stories connected by love of the profession. Lilibeth Aular and Laura Albarrán both awake with the first rays of dawn, shortly before 6 am. One lives in Baruta, near… Read more →←
Several months ago, I had an emergency Caesarean. It was close to midnight. I was lying down at the hospital, half conscious from the contractions. My midwife had been listening regularly to the heartbeat of the baby in my belly, but this time she was not happy with what she heard. Within minutes, I was rushed to the operating theatre.… Read more →←
Children, adolescents, and youth in emergency contexts face numerous challenges in accessing and obtaining a quality education. In the ongoing global quest to find ‘New Ways of Working’ that bridge humanitarian action, development, peace and security, a focus on supporting learners is needed. How can learning acquired during… Read more →←
When looking around the world, especially from a child’s perspective, there’s a lot to worry about. Climate change, preventable death and disease, looming joblessness, pervasive violence and displacement to name a few. We at UNICEF are, of course, charged with improving child welfare and contributing to a better world for children.… Read more →←
Amidst the ear-piercing noise of the helicopter, I could hear 11-year-old Jahmaurae Moreau say that to fly in a helicopter was “pretty cool”. He was smiling but, minutes later, as we were leaving the island behind, a few tears rolled slowly down his cheeks His mother Marianise and his 4-year-old sister Katheleh sat in front of us.… Read more →←
In Madagascar, as in too many other countries at the moment, there is a lot of false information and rumor associated with vaccines. Among the ones we hear most often are: “If the country is polio free, why are you doing another vaccination campaign?” “We know that the vaccines are really a way for the government to prevent us from… Read more →←
Online bullying is a growing global concern. UNICEF wanted to better understand the experiences of children and young people online, so we asked more than 170,000 young people (between 13 and 24) in over 30 countries to speak up about their experiences. One in three told us that they’ve been cyberbullied and 71 per cent told us that… Read more →←
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