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The paper assesses the available evidence on the potential effects of social transfers on child protection outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: the negative outcomes or damaging exposure of children to violence, exploitation, abuse and neglect, and improved outcomes or a reduction in exposure to these phenomena.
The paper assesses the available evidence on the potential effects of social transfers on child protection outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: the negative outcomes or damaging exposure of children to violence, exploitation, abuse and neglect, and improved outcomes or a reduction in exposure to these phenomena.
Research Watch from Unicef's Office of Research, brings global thinkers together to analyse critical research related to children. In the Unicef studio expertise is brought together to discuss: Millions of children still malnourished? 'why, & what are the solutions'. In this Debate: Dr David Nabarro, Professor Lawrence Haddad, Professor Andrew Tomkins, Dr Purnima Menon, and Dr Anna Lartey.
UNICEF's Humanitarian Action for Children 2013 highlights the humanitarian situation faced by millions of children and women and the support required to help their families, communities and national institutions meet their basic needs, promote their well-being and provide them with protection.
UNICEF UK has published The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: a study of legal implementation in 12 countries, which looks in countries beyond the UK in order to compile evidence of the most effective and impactful ways of embedding children’s rights into domestic law. The 12 countries (Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden) were chosen to demonstrate the variety of ways in which different places have provided for children’s rights at the national level by taking steps to implement the Convention. The research was led by Professor Laura Lundy, Director of the Centre for Children’s Rights at Queen’s University Belfast ( www.qub.ac.uk/ccr), collaborating with Professor Ursula Kilkelly at University College Cork.
UNICEF UK has published The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: a study of legal implementation in 12 countries, which looks in countries beyond the UK in order to compile evidence of the most effective and impactful ways of embedding children’s rights into domestic law. The 12 countries (Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden) were chosen to demonstrate the variety of ways in which different places have provided for children’s rights at the national level by taking steps to implement the Convention. The research was led by Professor Laura Lundy, Director of the Centre for Children’s Rights at Queen’s University Belfast ( www.qub.ac.uk/ccr), collaborating with Professor Ursula Kilkelly at University College Cork.
First Webinar: Outputs of the CP MERG Technical Working Group on Data Collection on Violence Against Children
Monday 10 December 2012 (8:30 AM – 10:30 AM EST /13:30 PM – 15:30 PM GMT)
In the coastal province of Quang Binh, young people have made a video on climate change-induced challenges faced by their local communities. The film project – funded by Norway in partnership with UNICEF and Vietnam’s Youth Union – aims at giving voice to young people as agents of change in one of the countries hardest hit by impacts of climate change.
As the world came together to commemorate the first International Day of the Girl Child, the Special Representative on Violence against Children, the Government of Angola and Plan International co-organized an interactive panel discussion on protecting children from harmful practices in plural legal systems, where national legislation is in place alongside customary and religious laws.
UN Women and UNICEF are very pleased to invite you to join this global consultation, supported by the Government of Denmark. The aim of the consultation is to review progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in terms of major inequalities and to discuss the options for ensuring that these inequalities are effectively addressed in a new development framework after 2015
Violence against young children was at center-stage of the Expert Consultation organized by the SRSG on Violence against Children, the Government of Peru, the Bernard van Leer Foundation, UNICEF and the Global Movement for Children of Latin America and the Caribbean. The meeting counted on the participation of leading policy and academic institutions, government representatives, international experts and children and adolescents from the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa.
The Social Policy and Economic Analyses Unit of the Division of Policy and Strategies at UNICEF New York Headquarters is seeking a consultant to carry out analyses of child-related surveys such as DHS and MICS to assist UNICEF in i) better identifying the most deprived and most vulnerable children and ii) better measuring inequity through the lens of a child who faces overlapping multi-dimensional deprivations.
UNICEF, the world’s leading organization working for the rights of children, seeks a Consultant to Conduct a human rights-based equity-focused and gender-sensitive and child-focused Situation Analysis (SitAn) of Children in Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Deadline: September 7th 2012
UN Women and UNICEF are co-leading a consultation on Addressing Inequalities in the Post-2015 Development Agenda. This consultation is part of a bigger process to bring together a broad range of stakeholders to review progress on the MDGs and to discuss the options for a new framework.
Soft copy of the new publication on Cities and Children: The Challenge of Urbanisation in Tanzania . This report was published as a companion volume to the 2012 State of the World's Children: Children in an Urban World.
The web site of the Child Friendly Cities Project is up to date with the latest information on the project, its participating cities and communities and available tools.
The web site of the Child Friendly Cities Project is up to date with the latest information on the project, its participating cities and communities and available tools.
UN Women and UNICEF have agreed to co-lead on the Inequalities Consultation . To help frame that debate, individuals, academics and organizational partners are invited to submit theoretical papers, to present findings from completed research or to present on-going work that raises methodological or conceptual issues.
Deadline: Proposal for full paper submitted by 20 July 2012
Innocenti Research Centre has launched its latest edition of Research Watch - Post MDGs: What next and how? - on its website. This takes various issues and consists of a video of a Debate, a set of written Commentaries and further links and readings on the topic, with contributions from experts on the drafting of the original MDGs (eg. Vandemoortele) and on the various issues to be included in the next set of goals.
UNICEF’s flagship report, ‘The State of the World’s Children 2012: Children in an Urban World’, was launched 28 February, in Mexico City. One billion children live in urban areas, a number that is growing rapidly. Yet disparities within cities reveal that many lack access to schools, health care and sanitation, despite living alongside these services. This story is part of a series highlighting the needs of these children.
Law Reform, community dialogue and social mobilization are key strategies to prevent and promote the abandonment of harmful practices against children these were crucial strategies identified by the International Expert Consultation held in Addis-Abba, Ethiopia, hosted by the SRSG on Violence against Children and Plan International, and co-organized with the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, the Committee on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF, the NGO Council on Violence against Children and the African Child Policy Forum.
The web site of the Child Friendly Cities Project is up to date with the latest information on the project, its participating cities and communities and available tools.
This installment of the UNICEF Office of Research Report Card series, aims at focusing on the well-being of children in industrialised countries. It considers two views of child poverty in member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): a measure of absolute deprivation, and a measure of relative poverty.
This is the latest instalment of the UNICEF Office of Research Report Card series, aimed at focusing on the well-being of children in industrialized countries. It considers two views of child poverty in member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): a measure of absolute deprivation, and a measure of relative poverty. Find full report here.
UNICEF’s flagship report, ‘The State of the World’s Children 2012: Children in an Urban World’, was launched 28 February, in Mexico City. One billion children live in urban areas, a number that is growing rapidly. Yet disparities within cities reveal that many lack access to schools, health care and sanitation, despite living alongside these services. This story is part of a series highlighting the needs of these children.
