Children have urged UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) authorities to meet them annually and take their opinion before making schemes for their development.
UN agencies and partners continue to deliver humanitarian aid to the crisis-impacted people in Lebanon amid escalating hostilities, Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN chief, said at a daily briefing.
K-pop boy band Stray Kids’ member Felix has been appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador of the Korean Committee of UNICEF.
UNICEF has praised the Rupashree scheme, introduced by chief minister Mamata Banerjee for women empowerment.
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) India have signed a Letter of Intent to collaborate on strengthening systems and engaging communities for social change.
In low- and middle-income countries, learning losses to school closures have left up to 70 per cent of 10-year-olds unable to read or understand a simple text, up from 53 per cent pre-pandemic, the report said.
The 100 million vaccines delivered so far also include over 50 million doses that Unicef has delivered to Bangladesh under the COVAX facility, which is the WHO-led initiative for equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines around the world.
According to the 2021 Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition, in this region alone, more than 1.1 billion people did not have access to adequate food in 2020 -- an increase of almost 150 million people in just one year.
Films with children at the helms with a focus on menstrual health hygiene were released at a children’s film festival organized by UNICEF and Aaina.
This endeavour aims at engaging with the community on management, prudent water use, equity in water distribution, women as principal stakeholders in water governance, participatory irrigation management etc.
