Tag: UNICEF
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Historic child-led climate parliament held with Vice President and MWCD Minister of India
UNICEF, in partnership with NINEISMINE, organised this National Children’s Climate Parliament which took place digitally.
November 21, 2020 -
The deprived child
It concludes that the situation in South Asia is particularly bad, behind only Africa, with 38 per cent of children ~ totalling 147 million ~ unable to access remote learning.
August 29, 2020 -
Endemic deprivation
The malnutrition paradox is that there are some countries that have become economic powerhouses with persistently high numbers of malnourished children, while other countries with low levels of national income have shown an appreciable progress in combating malnutrition by investing in cost-effective, proven interventions that ensure children's access to proper nutrition.
July 17, 2020 -
UNICEF estimates deaths of 8.8 lakh children due to COVID-19 in South Asia; maximum from India
The report highlights how the pandemic has worsened the situation for children who are already suffering malnutrition in the region, bulk of which lives in India.
June 25, 2020 -
120 million children in South Asia could slip into poverty due to pandemic: UNICEF report
The report said that an even more troubling aspect of the pandemic has been the blaming of ethnic or religious communities for starting or fuelling the spread of COVID-19.
June 24, 2020 -
Urgent action needed to safeguard futures of 600 million South Asian children threatened by COVID-19: UNICEF
With the pandemic expanding rapidly across a region that contains a quarter of the world’s population, Lives Upended describes the disastrous immediate and longer-term consequences that the virus and the measures to curb it have had on 600 million children and the services they depend on.
June 23, 2020 -
COVID-19 may push millions more children into child labour: ILO, UNICEF
'As the pandemic wreaks havoc on family incomes, without support, many could resort to child labour,' said ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder.
June 12, 2020 -
Saturday Interview | ‘Children hidden victims of Covid’
A medical doctor by profession, she has also served as the first UNICEF Representative in South Sudan from 2010 to 2013, and led the UNICEF Ghana office from 2007 to mid 2010.
June 6, 2020 -
Pandemic can push 86 million children into household poverty by the end of 2020: UNICEF
UNICEF in its statement said, millions of children remain multi-dimensionally poor, meaning they lack access to health care, education, proper nutrition, or adequate housing, often a reflection of inequitable investments by governments in social services.
May 28, 2020 -
Mothers, babies threatened by strained health systems amid pandemic: UNICEF
'New mothers and newborns will be greeted by harsh realities,' UNICEF said, adding they include global containment measures such as lockdowns and curfews; health centres overwhelmed with response efforts, et cetera.
May 7, 2020 -
Managing water resources in the midst of Covid-19
The Global outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus is characterised as a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Covid-19 continues to threaten the health conditions of several nations including India which after partial success of the initial phases of the lockdown has now extended it by another two weeks. Many nation-states have restricted the flow …
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May 4, 2020 -
Greta Thunberg donates $100,000 prize money to UNICEF for COVID-19 crisis
According to a UN report launched earlier this month it was said, children have so far largely escaped the most severe symptoms of COVID-19 but the social and economic impact “is potentially catastrophic for millions of children.”
April 30, 2020 -
Online Illusion
The inherent difficulties in accessing this post-modern matrix has now been underlined by two UN entities ~ Unesco and Unicef, both entrusted with the advancement of learning, science and culture.
April 25, 2020 -
COVID-19 pandemic could turn into child-rights crisis, says UN report
The report said rising malnutrition is expected as 368.5 million children across 143 countries who normally rely on school meals for a reliable source of daily nutrition must now look to other sources.
April 17, 2020 -
Coronavirus scare: Former Miss World Manushi Chhillar collaborates with UNICEF to spread awareness
She has also focussed on the necessity of social distancing in the video.
April 11, 2020 -
Managing India’s sanitary waste
India’s indifference in dealing with sanitary waste is evidenced by the fact that we don’t have any reliable numbers to look at while deciding policy.
April 10, 2020 -
India ranks 77th on sustainability, 131st in child flourishing index report released by UN
The report said that the world's survival depended on children being able to flourish, but no country is doing enough to give them a sustainable future.
February 20, 2020