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IBM plays a key role in advancing the circular economy in their work with The Plastic Bank, which mobilizes recycling entrepreneurs from amongst the world’s most vulnerable communities to clean up plastic waste in exchange for digital currency which they can use for life-changing goods and services...

FOR MILLIONS OF women, bringing new life into the world is one of the most dangerous things they can do. But in Guatemala—whose infamously high maternal mortality rates are largely due to inequal access to health care—clinically trained midwives are teaming up with traditionally trained midwives to...

Over the past year, Tijuana, Mexico, has seen an influx of U.S.-bound Haitian migrants fleeing communities left in disrepair from the 2010 earthquake and further devastated by Hurricane Matthew in October 2016. These migrants often begin their journey in Latin America and trek through multiple...

Last year, UNICEF treated more than 4 million children for severe acute malnutrition — and Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) made this lifesaving work possible. Our guest this week, Dr. Patricia Wolff, founded the St. Louis- and Haiti-based Meds & Food for Kids, which is one of UNICEF's partners...

This study tested whether a conditional cash transfer program (PATH) would break the inter-generational poverty cycle in Jamaica by placing its urban beneficiaries on a higher educational trajectory. It was found that male beneficiaries performed higher on academic achievement tests than non...

Summarizes the findings of lessons learned exercise conducted by the Education Cluster on its response to the earthquake on 12 January 2010. This document focuses on the first few months after the disaster, up to the end of May 2010 and provides recommendations to improve future responses to...

This blog on the Women's Refugee Commission presents their findings on the Venezuelan women and girls fleeing Venezuela due to widespread insecurity and conflict and the sexual exploitation many of them encounter as they navigate displacement. This blog was cross-posted from Medium. “You never think...

Executive Summary Abstract: Conduct a formative evaluation of UNICEF’s strategies in response to Violence Against Children in Latin America and the Caribbean. This will be done through the assessment of country-level interventions aimed at preventing and reducing violence against children, with a...