UNICEF

This historical review commemorates the United Nations Children's Fund 60th anniversary and traces, decade by decade, how the cause of children has evolved since World War II. The publication explores...

This publication is intended to raise the profile of breastfeeding and all elements of infant and young child feeding as key interventions for improving child survival, growth and development. It...

collection of essays and viewpoints marking the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. There is much to celebrate since the Convention was adopted in 1989, from declining...

A unique book for all those who carry responsibility for responding to the many challenges posed by HIV/AIDS, including policy makers at all levels, programme planners, and those working directly with...

This substantive report examines the situation of young people and the challenges they face. Containing a wealth of data and including the latest research on brain development in these critical years...

In this report, current and former child soldiers express their ideas, thoughts, feelings, and fears. The report is a record of their voice rather than a search for numbers; it is an attempt by...

This report by UNICEF reveals that not all children in cities benefit from the so-called ‘urban advantage’—the notion that higher incomes, better infrastructure, and proximity to services grant urban...

This publication shows how the AIDS epidemic continues to affect African children disproportionately and in many harmful ways, making them more vulnerable than other children, leaving many of them...

This Handbook presents information needed to help determine priorities, plan programmes and organize action in cooperation with governments, local administrations and other organizations, in an effort...

It is not a matter of debate that basic education opportunities for all people is essential for a nation's development. This book, based on the reports of studies by two national teams in China and...

Breaking the Earthenware Jar is a story of courage and hope. The incidence of domestic violence in South Asia is among the highest in the world, and the efforts of 'activists' against it are...

This 18-hour Course is a tool to help achieve the long-term goal of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative. The Course aims at enabling women to practice exclusive breastfeeding. It underlines the fact...

This document provides a framework for defining and developing a Child Friendly City. It identifies the steps to build a local system of governance committed to fulfilling children’s rights. The...

AIDS is threatening children as never before. Millions of them are missing their childhood, medicines, education, information and a host of other essentials due to the disease. Yet they are often...

To make the reader understand the enormous problems of Africa, this profile offers emerging trends and issues on the economy, poverty, children's and women's health, nutrition, education, urbanization...