THE Government’s world-first National Children’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy is being celebrated as a transformative step to improving child mental health. The strategy provides a framework to guide the development of a comprehensive, integrated system of services to children aged 0-12…
AUSTRALIAN parents want their kids vaccinated and back at school, according to a national poll by UNICEF. The results, released on August 11, 2021, found parents were overwhelmingly concerned about the academic effects of extended periods in lockdown. Learning loss was a…
Six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the majority of young people (aged 13 to 17) in Australia are doing better than they had expected they would be at this point, new national research by UNICEF Australia has found. However, there are a significant proportion…
According to young people in NSW who have lived with drought, the three key areas that are missing from Australia’s approach to managing it are long term planning, inter-governmental co-ordination and dedicated support for building and maintaining community resilience. They also strongly…
Five years of civil war have left Yemen decimated since March 2015, where children have become the most vulnerable collateral damage in a war fought by adults. The onset of COVID-19 in Yemen means they face a pandemic with alarming shortages in…
As bushfire-affected communities now find themselves in isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, UNICEF Australia, RFW and HP have joined forces to provide help and support using mental health services delivered via technology (RFW Telecare), while continuing to provide community visits when…
Rachael Haynes, former Captain and current member of the Australian Women’s Cricket Team and Alex Blackwell, former Captain of the Australian Women’s Cricket Team have joined forces with UNICEF in support of the ‘For Every Girl’ campaign which seeks to empower girls…
Critical programmes providing support for children released from armed forces and groups in South Sudan may be forced to end next month if urgently needed funds are not provided, UNICEF warned today to mark Red Hand Day (International Day against the use…
THE International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced it has extended its partnership with UNICEF through to the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 with the focus on empowering women and girls through cricket.…
THIS World Children’s Day (20 November), UNICEF Australia has released the results of a three-pronged national conversation with children and young people, called #WorldChildrensSay, about the issues that they consider to most impact upon their lives in Australia.…
