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...
Currently 4.4 billion people live in cities comprising 56 percent of the global population. The current urbanization trends are contradicting the common perception that urbanization and prosperity are synonymous. Most urban growth is happening in low and middle-income countries on the back of...
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...
Global Forum on AI for Children UNICEF invites you to join this virtual event on November 30 – December 1, 2021 to discuss practical approaches to child-centred AI policies and systems. Participants will have an opportunity to network, share their knowledge and learn from leading experts in the AI...
📣 LAUNCH ALERT! SAVE THE CHILDREN - NEW RESOURCE CENTRE The most comprehensive source of information on Child Rights Save the Children's Child Rights Resource Centre is the organizational, collective hub for knowledge on children's rights and interests. With a wealth of materials, ranging from...
As reported by TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India), India had 719 million internet subscribers by end 2019. The number seems large and is a definite growth from earlier years, but with India’s population, this translates to only about 50% of people connected to the net. Compare that to an...
The GDC hosts several webinars around various topics. Join us to listen, share and become a part of the solution. Here is a list of past webinars Children's Rights in a Rapidly-Evolving Digital Age: How has the digital divide further exacerbated education systems and what can we learn from over a...
Global Development Commons Youth-Led Webinar Monday | Nov 8, 2021 | 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM Eastern Time The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted education systems all over the world, affecting millions of students and forcing school closures and remote learning modalities. These experiences has also further...
Sharing this collection of short articles from MIT: Sloan to put on your reading list. Some really interesting reflections on ethics and trust in use of collaborative technologies in the workplace - the risks they pose and ideas on how to address them. Some articles found particularly interesting...