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Policy Brief: The Impact of Covid-19 on Women Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: United Nations (UN) | United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) The year 2020, marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, was intended to be ground-breaking for gender equality. Instead, with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, even the limited gains made in the past decades are at risk of being rolled back. The pandemic is deepening pre-existing inequalities, exposing vulnerabilities in social, political and economic systems which are in turn amplifying the impacts of the pandemic.Across every sphere, from health to the economy, security to social protection, the impacts of COVID-19 are exacerbated for women and girls simply by virtue of their sex.This policy brief by the UN Secretary-General explores how women and girls’ lives are changing in the face of COVID-19, and outlines suggested priority measures to accompany both the immediate response and longer-term recovery efforts. 
2016 UN Global Citizenship Education Seminar Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: United Nations (UN) 2016 UN Global Citizenship Education SeminarSeminar on “Global Citizenship Education: An emerging agenda for peace and preventing violent extremism and promoting sustainable development and human dignity”. This seminar was co-organized by the Permanent Missions of Andorra, Croatia, Jordan and the Republic of Korea; and the Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization/Global Education First Initiative (UNESCO/GEFI), the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI), the UN-Women, InterPress Service, and the Coalition for Global Citizenship 2030. 
UNICEF in China and Beyond Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) This report seeks to give an overview of UNICEF’s work in China and, through these experiences, provide a global perspective on the major development areas relevant to children today. This includes child-friendly spaces, poverty reduction and early childhood education. The publication presents a snapshot of the issues, challenges and accomplishments in health, education, child protection, and social policy and reform sectors in China. 
Child-Friendly, Equitable and Quality Basic Education: 6-12 Years Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) This report introduces the ideas and specific practices of UNICEF-operated child-friendly and equitable education in China, including its inputs, processes, and results. It also describes the progress of related projects and specific programmes, such as school management standards. The report also includes future plans for related projects, particularly in the areas of global development and South-South cooperation. 
UNICEF Humanitarian Action for Children 2019 Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) This edition of UNICEF’s report on requirements for humanitarian action highlights major emergencies affecting children and families around the world, and the results achieved by UNICEF and partners in response to those crises. Noting that more violent conflicts are raging today than at any time since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child 30 years ago, the report also describes UNICEF initiatives to improve the quality of its humanitarian response in 2019 – particularly in high-threat contexts. 
Every Child Learns: UNICEF Education Strategy 2019–2030 Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) The gap between the levels of learning that education systems are providing and what children, communities and economies need, is growing. The breadth and depth of this learning crisis constitute the greatest global challenge to preparing children and adolescents for life, work and active citizenship. The lesson of the learning crisis is clear: the conventional assembly of education inputs is not improving learning outcomes. This presents a fundamental challenge to the way that governments, development partners and communities are managing and supporting education systems. A new, more radical approach that focusses on enhancing learning outcomes is long overdue and forms the basis for this strategy.The report also outlines the shift towards a greater focus on improving learning outcomes, including supporting the breadth of skills that allow young people to become agile, adaptive learners and citizens, equipped to navigate personal, social, academic, economic and environmental challenges. 
Know Your Rights!: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples for Indigenous Adolescents Year of publication: 2013 Corporate author: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) This publication presents, in a format specifically targeted at indigenous adolescents, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, its implications and relationship with indigenous movements. 
Let's Be Friends at School: A Guide to Promoting Empathy and Inclusion Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Empathy is a skill that allows us to understand the emotions and experiences of other people. This guide seeks to promote empathy in the educational context, to promote peaceful coexistence, inclusion and non-violence in schools. It focuses its vision on the mission of teachers to educate not only the academic curriculum but also their emotional managing skills to deal with their own emotions and those of others. 
Learning to live together: an intercultural and interfaith programme for ethics education: Executive Summary Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) | Interfaith Council on Ethics Education for Children | Arigatou Foundation What is the Learning to Live Together? How was it developed? Where and how can it be used? In the Executive Summary you can find answers to all these questions, as well as information about outstanding projects that show the potential of the programme. 
From Where I Stand: A Gender Equality Project for the Global Goals Corporate author: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) This project enables you to think about and contribute to encouraging women and girls to have equal opportunities to be heard and to have real opportunities to participate in all political, economic and public spheres.