In 2020-21 the UNICEF Evaluation Office conducted the evaluation of the UNICEF role as cluster lead/co-lead agency (‘CLARE II’). The CLARE II evaluation was commissioned to take stock of how UNICEF has been fulfilling its cluster lead/co-lead agency responsibilities, over 7 years after the first...
An education milestone for Rohingya refugee children as Myanmar curriculum pilot reaches first 10,000 children But additional measures still needed to boost school attendance in camps COX’S BAZAR, 1 May 2022 – A breakthrough for Rohingya refugee children living in the Cox’s Bazar refugee camps in...
More than 500,000 people have been displaced by the Russian attack on Ukraine. James Elder, UNICEF spokesman, talks about the agency’s role in helping refugees. ...
As the crisis intensifies in eastern Ukraine, more than 500,000 people have fled their homes in search of safety. Between 3 and 5 million people could seek refuge in neighboring countries in the next few months. On February 27, 2022, UNICEF spokesperson James Elder spoke with families in Ukraine as...
UNICEF is working to scale up life-saving support for children and their families. Escalating conflict in Ukraine poses an immediate and growing threat to the lives and well-being of the country’s 7.5 million children. Humanitarian needs are multiplying – and spreading by the hour. Children have...
Masha, 9, is one of the millions of children in Ukraine who need peace now. UNICEF calls on all parties to respect their international obligations to protect children from harm. ...
Attacks on kindergartens and schools have been a sad reality for children in eastern Ukraine over the last eight years, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on Friday. Since the beginning of the conflict, more than 750 schools have been damaged. On Thursday, according to media reports and the...
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...
Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UNICEF evaluation function repurposed its approach to ensure its continued relevance and utility. Check out this vlog that provides a brief overview of what this entailed! ...