New report says around 85 million children under five live in 32 countries that do not offer families two years of free pre-primary education; paid breastfeeding breaks for new mothers for the first six months; and adequate paid parental leave – three critical policies to support children’s early brain development
21/09/2017
No country in the world fully meets recommended standards for breastfeeding, according to a new report by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the Global Breastfeeding Collective, a new initiative to increase global breastfeeding rates.
01/08/2017
Some 3 in 10 people worldwide, or 2.1 billion, lack access to safe, readily available water at home, and 6 in 10, or 4.5 billion, lack safely managed sanitation, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF.
13/07/2017
Well known Chinese singer and actor, a member of the pop band TFBOYS, Wang Yuan was today appointed by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) as Special Advocate for Education.
28/06/2017
At a special ceremony to launch the Child Welfare and Protection Week and to mark International Children’s Day, UNICEF commends the Government of China’s actions to extend the child welfare and protection system to more than 59,000 villages across the country.
31/05/2017
Investing in high-quality interventions that promote optimal brain development during a child’s earliest years of life not only benefits the individual child, but can bring enormous dividends to the future growth and prosperity of China.
17/05/2017
Chinese government officials are meetingl with national and international experts at the International Early Childhood Development Conference 2017 “Promoting nurturing care for children 0-3 years”.
24/04/2017
We are calling on you to design a representation of the SDGs and we want them to be distinctly Chinese, drawing on the rich Chinese culture! It could be a set of poster/s, ceramics, paintings, statues, jewelry, poems…
28/02/2017
UNICEF launched #EarlyMomentsMatter, a new campaign supported by the LEGO Foundation to drive increased awareness about the importance of the first 1,000 days of a child’s life and the impact of early experiences on the developing brain.
18/01/2017
Ishmael Beah, David Beckham, Orlando Bloom, Millie Bobby Brown, Jackie Chan, Priyanka Chopra, Angelique Kidjo and Femi Kuti attend UNICEF’s 70th anniversary event and call for a fair chance for every child. UNICEF commemorated 70 years of tireless work for children today with the help of some of the organization’s best-known Goodwill Ambassadors and celebrity advocates at a ‘children’s takeover’ event co-hosted by 12-year-old Millie Bobby Brown and featuring children and young people who have benefited directly from UNICEF's efforts.
19/12/2016
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