The courtroom is an intimidating place for adults, let alone unaccompanied children who do not understand the language of the proceedings. Children deserve better. Better can be attainable but we have to adapt to changes at grassroot level. Its high time those who wish to be Lawyers, Doctors...
The Rapid Evidence Assessment prepared by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and supported by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)...
Scrum is a manner in which to accomplish goals, deliver products to a client and/or stakeholders, primarily in the Tech industry. More and more however, Scrum practices in part or in whole, have been successfully utilized to leverage Diversity, Equity and Inclusion principles. Events such as the...
According to the UN's policy brief on COVID-19 and children, "There are three main ways children are affected by this crisis: infection with the virus itself; immediate socioeconomic impacts of measures to stop transmission of the virus; and longer-term effects of delayed implementation of the...
Science matters now more than ever. UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti strive to link science to society. As many as 1.5 billion children have lost precious weeks and months of educational progress. Millions of particularly vulnerable children – migrants and refugees, the poor, those affected by...
The report is based on an ‘Evidence and Gap Map’ (EGM) which graphically represents what we know, and what we don’t know, about violence against children via a matrix of strong, weak, or no evidence. The EGM maps 152 impact evaluations and systematic reviews according to seven globally recognised...
EGM maps the evidence against INSPIRE’s seven strategies to end VAC More than one billion children—that’s 1 in 2 children—report having experienced some form of violence in a previous year. While evidence on interventions to reduce violence against children has increased in recent years, striking...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Community-level child protection has long been a priority in both humanitarian and development settings. Until recently, however, there has been little research using robust methodologies to analyze the effectiveness of community-level child protection interventions. A 2009 global...
As climate and commercial threats intensify, WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission presses for radical rethink on child health No single country is adequately protecting children’s health, their environment and their futures, finds a landmark report released today by a Commission of over 40 child and...