Search

Labour Market Intervention Project: A shift towards long-term economic resilience and recovery for women and children in Khana LGA By Annie Maurice Ekanem Ph.D. (Social Policy Officer, UNICEF Port Harcourt Field Office) and Dr. Guy Yogo (Chief Field Office, UNICEF Port Harcourt Field Office) Amid...

COVID-19 preventive measures have been labelled a luxury the poor cannot afford. Rivers is one of the states in Nigeria implementing these policies; with the greatest impact on its most vulnerable populations. This blog post assesses the readiness status of the poorest households in Rivers State in...

Africa is home to approximately two-thirds of the global population living with HIV and—despite a decline in HIV infection rates and AIDS mortality—the epidemic continues to take a toll across the continent. At the same time, Africa is home to 15 of the 20 countries with the highest prevalence rates...

What about the rights of children who are deprived of education or are displaced by terrorism and violent extremism? This post is the fifth in a blog series published in 2019 in the context of collaboration between the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and the Global...

This opinion piece differentiates sexual violence against children from other victims and urges that active research should be conducted to better protect vulnerable children in Sub-Saharan Africa. https://www.unicef-irc.org/article/987-the-missing-c-sexual-violence-against-children-in-sub-saharan...

By Xiheng Jiang, Vice-President of China Center for International Knowledge on Development (CIKD) The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Report 2019 shows that, while advances have been made in some areas, monumental challenges remain. The world is not on track to end poverty and millions...