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02/01/2021

THE NEWS THAT’S NOT USED: BEYOND THE HEADLINES OF 6 FORGOTTEN HUMANITARIAN CRISES
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There's no shortage of humanitarian crises in 2021. But with many, the issues remain long after the news cameras leave—if they ever show up at all.

01/31/2021

Women’s Health Isn’t a Geopolitical Game
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Presidents have played politics with women’s lives for long enough.

01/31/2021

COVID pushes millions more children deeper into poverty, new study finds
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The coronavirus pandemic has pushed an additional 150 million children into multidimensional poverty – deprived of education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation or water – a new UN study has found.

01/30/2021

Maryland mom fighting to create tougher laws against child s*x predators
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A Maryland mom is back at it in Annapolis at the State House next week working to create tougher penalties for child s*x abusers. Annie Kenny is fighting to pass the S*x Offender - Lifetime Supervision bill. The 2021 versions are HB531 and SB333. We first told you about Kenny in 2019. Mom wants Mary...

01/29/2021

To maximize donations, emphasize needs, not rights
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While many NGOs emphasize human rights in their appeals to raise money, new research shows that it is much more effective to emphasize basic needs.

01/28/2021

A Bold Proposal to Ease Child Poverty Is the Essence of Bidenomics
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By targeting Americans that have been hit hardest by the pandemic, and also addressing lasting inequities, the new Administration is approaching this moment as one of great potential as well as great peril.

01/28/2021

Special focus on sub-Saharan Africa - Leading Minds Online - Coronavirus and Children Webinar #10
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On Thursday 3 December at 15:00 CET | 16:00 CAT, UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti presented its tenth Leading Minds Online webinar ‘What the Experts Say -...

01/27/2021

Beyond Masks: Societal impacts of COVID -19 and accelerated solutions for children and adolescents
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01/27/2021

What have we learnt? Overview of national responses to COVID-19: Watch the webinar here:

As part of the coordinated global education response to the COVID-19 pandemic, UNESCO, UNICEF and the World Bank have conducted a survey on National Educatio...

01/26/2021

COVID-19 and Education for Children: Lessons Learned
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What was the state of global education when the COVID-19 outbreak started, how has COVID-19 changed education and what are we learning from the pandemic's effects on children? In our latest podcast,

01/26/2021

The Basic Facts About Women in Poverty.
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Women, especially women of color, in the United States are more likely to live in poverty than men, and they need robust, targeted solutions to ensure their long-term economic security.

01/25/2021

Women peace mediators become key actors on the front lines of COVID-19 prevention in refugee settlements in Uganda. Learn more about it here:

As the number of COVID-19 cases in Uganda continues to rise, women peace mediators, who resolve community disputes and challenges, have joined the fight against the pandemic in refugee settlements in the districts of Yumbe and Adjumani, bordering South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. As