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Family and Parenting Support

Policy and Provision in a Global Context

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: June 2015, PDF: December 2015 )

In keeping with the spirit of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, family and parenting support is increasingly recognized as an important part of national social policies and social investment...

In keeping with the spirit of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, family and parenting support is increasingly recognized as an important part of national social policies and social investment...


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Children in Institutions

The Beginning of the End?

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: August 2003 )

There is a growing global consensus in favour of family-based alternatives to institutional care for children. No residential institution --no matter how well meaning-- can replace the family...

There is a growing global consensus in favour of family-based alternatives to institutional care for children. No residential institution --no matter how well meaning-- can replace the family...


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Disarmament: A Basic Guide

Fourth Edition

( Print: November 2017, PDF: October 2017 )

Conceived as a comprehensive introduction to a field central to the work of the United Nations, Disarmament: A Basic Guide aims to provide a useful overview of the nuanced challenges of building a...

Conceived as a comprehensive introduction to a field central to the work of the United Nations, Disarmament: A Basic Guide aims to provide a useful overview of the nuanced challenges of building a...


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Disarmament: A Basic Guide

Series: Disarmament: A Basic Guide
( PDF: December 2001 )

International peace and security - and therefore disarmament - stand at the core of the UN mandate. This publication is designed to inform, educate and generate public understanding of the importance...

International peace and security - and therefore disarmament - stand at the core of the UN mandate. This publication is designed to inform, educate and generate public understanding of the importance...


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Disarmament: A Basic Guide

Second Edition

Series: Disarmament: A Basic Guide
( PDF: December 2009 )

International peace and security - and therefore disarmament - stand at the core of the UN mandate. This publication is designed to inform, educate and generate public understanding of the importance...

International peace and security - and therefore disarmament - stand at the core of the UN mandate. This publication is designed to inform, educate and generate public understanding of the importance...


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Children and Disability in Transition in CEE/CIS and Baltic States

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: June 2009 )

This Innocenti Insight looks at how children with disabilities and their families fare in the rapidly changing environment of this wide region, since transition in the early 1980’s. It builds upon the...

This Innocenti Insight looks at how children with disabilities and their families fare in the rapidly changing environment of this wide region, since transition in the early 1980’s. It builds upon the...


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Trafficking in Human Beings, Especially Women and Children, in Africa

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: November 2004 )

Trafficking in human beings is increasingly understood as a major and worldwide human rights violation and development issue. UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre new Insight Trafficking in Human Beings...

Trafficking in human beings is increasingly understood as a major and worldwide human rights violation and development issue. UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre new Insight Trafficking in Human Beings...


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Laying the Foundations for Children's Rights

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: August 2005 )

This study provides a critical and constructive analysis of how far the international community and individual states have come in their efforts to establish the normative, legal, and institutional...

This study provides a critical and constructive analysis of how far the international community and individual states have come in their efforts to establish the normative, legal, and institutional...


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Evolving Capacities of the Child, The

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: August 2005 )

The Convention on the Rights of the Child introduced for the first time in an international human rights treaty, the concept of the ‘evolving capacities’ of the child. This principle recognizes that...

The Convention on the Rights of the Child introduced for the first time in an international human rights treaty, the concept of the ‘evolving capacities’ of the child. This principle recognizes that...


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Cities With Children

Child Friendly Cities in Italy

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: January 2008 )

The present study describes the evolution of childhood in Italy and the emergence of a new culture of the city. It analyses the consideration given to the Child Friendly Cities initiative and in...

The present study describes the evolution of childhood in Italy and the emergence of a new culture of the city. It analyses the consideration given to the Child Friendly Cities initiative and in...


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Birth Registration and Armed Conflict

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: January 2008 )

The present publication reviews the problem of non-registration in conflict-affected countries while drawing on case studies to analyze successful or promising initiatives to ensure registration. The...

The present publication reviews the problem of non-registration in conflict-affected countries while drawing on case studies to analyze successful or promising initiatives to ensure registration. The...


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Making Philippine Cities Child Friendly

Voices of Children in Poor Communities

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: April 2006 )

The study analyses how the Philippines national Child Friendly Movement has enhanced the capacity of local governments, communities and young people to fulfil the rights of the poorest children. The...

The study analyses how the Philippines national Child Friendly Movement has enhanced the capacity of local governments, communities and young people to fulfil the rights of the poorest children. The...


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The Dynamics of Social Change Towards the Abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in five...

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: November 2010 )

This Innocenti Insight examines the social dynamics of the abandonment of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in five countries - Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal and the Sudan - and seeks to...

This Innocenti Insight examines the social dynamics of the abandonment of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in five countries - Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal and the Sudan - and seeks to...


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La Dynamique du Changement Social

Vers L'abandon de L'excision/Mutilation Génitale Féminine dans Cinq pays Africains

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: March 2011 )

Après avoir procédé à l’analyse de la dynamique sociale qui sous-tend l’éradication de l’excision et mutilation génitale féminine (E/MGF) dans cinq pays - l’Égypte, l’Éthiopie, le Kenya, le Sénégal et...

Après avoir procédé à l’analyse de la dynamique sociale qui sous-tend l’éradication de l’excision et mutilation génitale féminine (E/MGF) dans cinq pays - l’Égypte, l’Éthiopie, le Kenya, le Sénégal et...


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Disarmament: A Basic Guide

Third Edition

Series: Disarmament: A Basic Guide
( Print: January 2012, PDF: January 2012 )

International peace and security - and therefore disarmament - stand at the core of the UN mandate. This publication is designed to inform, educate and generate public understanding of the importance...

International peace and security - and therefore disarmament - stand at the core of the UN mandate. This publication is designed to inform, educate and generate public understanding of the importance...


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Desarme: Guía básica

Tercera edición

Series: Desarme: Guía básica
( Print: March 2016, PDF: March 2016 )

En las páginas siguientes el lector podrá aprender los conceptos básicos del desarme, incluidos los esfuerzos de las Naciones Unidas, los gobiernos y los grupos de la sociedad civil para reducir y...

En las páginas siguientes el lector podrá aprender los conceptos básicos del desarme, incluidos los esfuerzos de las Naciones Unidas, los gobiernos y los grupos de la sociedad civil para reducir y...


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Le désarmement: Un guide de référence

Troisième édition

Series: Le désarmement: Un guide de référence
( Print: March 2016, PDF: March 2016 )

Au fil des pages qui suivent, vous allez vous familiariser avec les principes fondamentaux du désarmement, ainsi qu’avec les actions menées par l’ONU, les gouvernements et les groupes de la société...

Au fil des pages qui suivent, vous allez vous familiariser avec les principes fondamentaux du désarmement, ainsi qu’avec les actions menées par l’ONU, les gouvernements et les groupes de la société...


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Caring for Children Affected by HIV and AIDS

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: January 2008 )

This Insight is intended to advance the discussion on the impact of HIV and AIDS on children in three key ways: by drawing attention to the situation of children orphaned by AIDS and the limitations...

This Insight is intended to advance the discussion on the impact of HIV and AIDS on children in three key ways: by drawing attention to the situation of children orphaned by AIDS and the limitations...


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Protégeons les enfants touchés par le VIH et le SIDA

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: February 2008 )

Ce rapport entend faire progresser le débat sur l'impact du VIH et du sida sur les enfants en attirant l'attention sur la situation des enfants orphelins à cause du sida et sur les limites des...

Ce rapport entend faire progresser le débat sur l'impact du VIH et du sida sur les enfants en attirant l'attention sur la situation des enfants orphelins à cause du sida et sur les limites des...


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South Asia in Action

Preventing and Responding to Child Trafficking - Child Rights-based Programme Practices

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: June 2009 )

The present study addresses programme practices that aim to combat child trafficking in South Asia. It presents three case studies of child rights-based initiatives, with a strong focus on prevention...

The present study addresses programme practices that aim to combat child trafficking in South Asia. It presents three case studies of child rights-based initiatives, with a strong focus on prevention...