The Premier Family-friendly Policy: Birth Registration
In many countries, birth registration comes as the premier family-friendly policy in order to know and asses the existence and needs of children. Policies need data to be well design, [...]
UNICEF Annual Report 2023
UNICEF is scaling up successful initiatives, including to support and build the capacities of parents, community health workers, teachers, social workers and local governments. [UNICEF – [...]
Early Childhood Development – UNICEF Vision for Every Child
The UNICEF Vision for Early Childhood Development is guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and supports the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It outlines UNICEF’s intent to [...]
Progress on Children’s Well-being: Centring child rights in the 2030 Agenda
Organized around five domains of child well-being, these indicators capture the breadth of children’s lived experiences. When viewed together rather than as individual sectors they provide a [...]
Country profiles for early childhood development
Developed by UNICEF in collaboration with Countdown to 2030 Women’s, Children’s and Adolescent’s Health, the profiles attempt to compile in one place, the available data for country and [...]
Child Survival: Why First 1,000 Days Are Crucial
These days are the period of rapid brain growth and maturation: 80 percent by two years, and physical growth (height and weight) velocity is highest during the first two years. [Patience Ivie [...]
Annual Session of UNICEF’s Executive Board
Photo: JC McIlwaine/UNICEF The Annual Session of the Executive Board of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) took place in New York on June 13th, 14th, and 15th, 2023. During this session, UNICEF [...]
Global Day of Parents: Self-care for parents
On the occasion of the Global Day of Parents, UNICEF has put together some various articles with experts’ recommendations to help parents in their struggle to find time for themselves and [...]
