Real-Time Assessment of UNICEF’s ongoing response to COVID-19 in ESA: Safe School Reopening In April 2021, UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) initiated phase 2 of its Real-Time Assessment (RTA) of UNICEF’s response to COVID-19 across the Eastern and Southern Africa region...
Why should UNICEF focus on environment, urbanization and planning? Every second person on earth lives in a city. By mid-century, two out of three people will live in cities. However, most of the urban growth is taking place in cities in the global South, in countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America...
National Evaluation Capacity Development (NECD) is a fundamental norm endorsed by UNEG. As quoted in our 2018 Revised Evaluation Policy: “UNICEF seeks to help national authorities to evaluate their own programmes and to contribute to the strengthening of evaluation capacity in countries”. The...
Digital technologies have become vital. In times of crisis, from natural disasters to pandemics, digital connectivity is what’s keeping people, governments, and businesses connected. Yet half of the world’s population is still without internet access, with the vast majority concentrated in...
Personalized learning Featured project | A landscape analysis of tech-enabled personalized learning solutions in developing country contexts. Learning is in crisis, and it’s been made worse by the pandemic. If there is any silver lining here, it is the growing willingness of students and teachers to...
The revised 2018 Evaluation Policy called for strengthening the Organization’s capacity in evaluation, to systematically improve UNICEF programmes and achieving results for children. UNICEF initiated an Evaluation Blended Learning Programme to provide UNICEF staff and partners with the requisite...
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a huge effect on adolescents’ health and learning. Health promotion strategies should be valued, and life skill education is a potential approach in this direction. This study aimed to investigate the implementation of an evidence...
The impact of the current #covid19pandemic, which is still unfolding, is making some #inequalities more visible, further widening existing disparities, and leading to exclusion in education. The effects will be felt even more by marginalized and disadvantaged groups. See the reflections and findings...
NEW RESEARCH Responsible Innovation in Technology for Children Digital technology, play and child well-being New research from UNICEF Innocenti and Western Sydney University explores the question: what does well-being mean to children in a digital age? This first-phase report prioritises the voices...