About United Nations World Data Forum (UNWDF) aims to intensify cooperation on data for sustainable development between various professional groups in Government, academia and professional bodies, geospatial community, international agencies, donor and philanthropic bodies, private sector, civil...
UNICEF India in collaboration with IRC, AKF, Water Aid and WHO organised a Webinar on "Handwashing with Soap: Technologies and Innovations" on 12th October 2020 as part of 3 WASH Webinar Series on Global Handwashing Day (GHD) 2020. The Webinar explicitly covered possible opportunities, identifying...
Literature suggests that for countries with already low learning outcomes, high dropout rates, low resilience to shock and inadequate infrastructure to build back better the impact on education will be felt even more deeply. A total of 320 million learners in India have been adversely affected by...
Shemar, a twelve-year-old from East Baltimore, is good at math, and Karen Ngosso, his fourth-grade math teacher, at Abbottston Elementary School, is one reason why. “I would try to pump him up and tell him, ‘You’re a good student,’ ” she said. But she knew that he didn’t get enough sleep, and he was...
Biography: Dr. Mary Mendenhall is a Professor and Director at Columbia University’s Teachers College. Her expertise and research work include International and comparative education; education in emergencies; policies and practices of refugee education across camp, urban and resettlement contexts...
Background Given the strong impact that COVID-19 has had on cities, the 2020 cohort of Local Pathways Fellows developed a set of innovative solutions that address the SDG 11 targets which are presented in the report titled “COVID-19 Rapid Response Solutions for Cities by the 2020 Local Pathways...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is changing family life. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization estimates 1·38 billion children are out of school or child care, without access to group activities, team sports, or playgrounds. Parents and caregivers are attempting to...
UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti: Webinar #6 17 September 2020 Recording While children and young people have been spared the full force of coronavirus itself, the worst is yet to come for this generation as the global economy enters unchartered territory. How can we protect children from the...
The COVID-19 pandemic has put tens of millions of jobs at risk. Examining the industries, occupations and demographics most in peril can help decision makers shape targeted and rapid responses. After weeks of determined public-health efforts, Europe appears to have bought itself a much-needed moment...