UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA), with support of the India, Nepal and Pakistan Country Offices, organized the event ' Undertaking rapid assessments and real time monitoring in the COVID-19 context: Lessons from UNICEF South Asia' Thursday, 3 June, 17:00 IST. The event was part of the...

I would like to invite you to a webinar on Social and Behavioural Data in Action: Insights from the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Asia that is taking place on Thursday, 8 April 2021. Included is a flyer with Zoom access details and also at the end of this message is a URL to join the Zoom. This webinar...

Background Every year, UNICEF showcases quality research and evaluations for children through Best of UNICEF Research and Most Influential Evaluations. For 2020, the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti and the UNICEF Evaluation Office have joined forces to produce a single publication awarding...

This report provides data and key points regarding child marriage in Nepal, a practice which is illegal but still continues in some communities. Save the Children presents several policy solutions such as organizing community efforts through representative organizations, utilizing technology and...

From the Human Rights Watch, this video includes interviews with girls of age 15 and younger who got married in Nepal. Societal structures and thinking that contribute to child marriages are also discussed. ...

This is the story of Radhika, a young Nepali girl who dropped out of school and gave up her dreams of being a nurse at 16 due to an arranged marriage. She is having her first baby at 17 after people around her told her not to use contraception. ...

The concepts, process and benefits of integrating gender equality issues have not always been sufficiently understood and incorporated into UNICEF’s programming across South Asia. This toolkit is a step towards strengthening the institutional and individual capacity to undertake gender mainstreaming...