UNICEF

15 Dec, 2014

One year after conflict, children still under daily threat in South Sudan

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN6Wc-9r3l4   UNICEF - The future for a generation of children in South Sudan is being stolen by the year-long conflict in the country, which has driven hundreds of thousands of children from their homes, schools and communities; subjecting them to violence, malnutrition and disease, the UNICEF said today. The scale of the crisis

17 Nov, 2014

Children’s winter needs are greater than ever in Middle East but limited access and funds hamper UNICEF response

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UNICEF - As seasonal cold winds, freezing rain, and frigid temperatures close in on conflict-torn parts of the Middle East, UNICEF and partners have begun the distribution of warm clothes and other winter items to ensure that one million of the most vulnerable children are kept warm and healthy. “After all that they’ve suffered on

16 Oct, 2014

Launch of Youth Survey seeking voices for Asia’s invisible people

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More than 135 million children in Asia-Pacific have not had their births registered, which can create barriers to obtaining a legal identity and being able to prove who and how old they are. A new campaign from Plan International, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), and the United

10 Oct, 2014

A Message from the United Nations on the International Day of the Girl Child

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The 2014 theme of the International Day of the Girl Child, 11 October, is Empowering Adolescent Girls: Ending the Cycle of Violence. On this occasion, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has published a statement outlining his support for the empowerment of young women to prevent violence: "All over the world, an alarming number of

10 Sep, 2014

No ‘back to school’ for millions of children affected by conflict, crisis – UN

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(UN News Centre) 8 September 2014 – Almost 30 million children are out of school in emergency or conflict affected countries following the targeting of schools and the displacement of millions of children forced from their homes and studies, the United Nations Children’s Fund said today. “For children living through emergencies, education is a life

18 Feb, 2014

Crowdsourcing initiative on youth in the post-2015 development agenda launched today

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  Today, the Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, in partnership with other UN entities, international NGOs, and youth groups and stakeholders, launched a crowdsourcing initiative for youth priorities in the post-2015 development agenda. The crowdsourcing is part of the Global Partnership for Youth in the Post-2015 Development Agenda, which was announced on 31 […]

13 Nov, 2013

“Young people demand HIV services that respond to their needs:” UN Envoy on Youth in Dubai

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Taking place in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the two-day “Regional Forum on HIV Prevention among young people in Arab States” kicked off earlier today. Addressing the forum, the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, Ahmad Alhendawi, stressed the importance of including young people in this work: “HIV prevention has been driven largely by activists, […]

17 Oct, 2013

Youth filmmakers to present their work at international awards ceremony

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Around the world, young people have been making one-minute videos in UNICEF-hosted OneMinutesJr. workshops. Eager to express themselves, youth participants share their viewpoints on subjects such as disabilities, juvenile justice, violence, their future and their lives. Now, 15 of these filmmakers are nominees for the 2013 OneMinutesJr. Awards and have been invited to Amsterdam, the […]

14 Oct, 2013

50 Youth Help UNICEF Visualize Environmental Urgency in Prototype Media Innovation

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How can we measure the urgency of environmental problems in our community? Over the past few months, UNICEF has asked young people between the age of 18 and 25 to help them test out a new feature to UNICEF’s mapping platform – which ­visualizes the severity of citizen reports. Fifty youth innovators from over 40 […]

26 Sep, 2013

Well-attended side event on International Youth Voices on Post-2015

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On 24 September, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Foreign Ministry of Mexico, the Office of the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, and UNICEF gathered in New York to discuss the views, demands and wishes of youth for the Post-2015 Development Agenda. They were joined by youth representatives from Germany, […]