UNICEF – parenting
2020-10-02
A range of articles, videos, and interviews with leading experts providing tips, insights and fun facts into the world of parenting. Includes a series of “mini parenting classes.”Read More →
Early learning activities for children at home | AKF blended learning
2020-10-02
These 10 video activities were designed to promote the importance of play and interaction between parents and their children of ECD age [0-8] using simple materials available at home. These videos also provide tips on how parents can engage with different age groups of children, and how these activities can be scaled according to child age. Parents can practice these activities with their children during their time together at home.Read More →
Potenciar el desarrollo infantil desde los primeros años de la vida
2020-10-02
Capacitación a funcionarios públicos que liderarán el proceso de implementación del modelo de cuidado para el desarrollo infantil en el país.Read More →
Capacitación a padres sobre cuidados para el desarrollo infantil
2020-10-02
Capacitación realizada por la Dra. Jane Lucas, consultora de UNICEF, a padres, madres y cuidadores sobre desarrollo infantil temprano. Este modelo tiene como objetivo apoyar a las familias y cuidadores a desarrollar habilidades para establecer relaciones sensibles, receptivas y cariñosas con los niños y niñas pequeños, de modo a fomentar su desarrollo integral.Read More →
The first touch is crucial
2020-09-30
This video tells the story of little Elena Stojic, who was born two months early in Kragujevac, Serbia. With support from UNICEF Serbia, the facility where she was born is employing kangaroo care with pre-term newborns. In the video her mother, Mirjana, describes how skin to skin contact helped her bond with Elena and resulted in immediate benefits for Elena’s health and development.Read More →
Juguetes para toda la vida
2020-09-28
UNICEF propone una línea de 8 juegos diseñados con elementos cotidianos que se pueden encontrar en todos los hogares de Paraguay y que son perfectos para la estimulación de los bebés. Cada uno está recomendado para una edad determinada. Estos son: Bada Bum, Koreko Guá, Chiki Chiki, ConstruCrea, Kili Kili, Libro Bebé, Las Figus y Móvil Bebé.Read More →
Toys for life: 7 toys for babies and toddlers you can make at home
2020-09-28
Seven videos each containing one idea on how to use objects you have at home to create a fun and engaging game with your baby: 1. Baby mobile, 2. Peekaboo, 3. Build-a-band, 4. Shake shake shake, 5. Sort the shapes, 6. Tickle tickle, 7. Imagination builder.Read More →
Breastfeeding infographics
2020-09-25
Infographics and posters that can be used in program and advocacy efforts related to breastfeeding. For other languages contact the regional or national UNICEF and WHO offices.Read More →
Early learning: Giving children time, attention, talking and playing with them helps their growth and development – बच्चे का विकास – जन्म से 3 वर्ष की आयु तक: बच्चों के बढ़ने और विकास के लिए उनको समय दें, उनके साथ बातचीत करें और खेलें
2020-09-25
In this 12 minute soap opera, ammaji (grandmother) helps a mother and father understand why it’s important for them to spend time with their children, give them attention, talk to them, and play with them. Read More →
Facts for life
2020-09-25
The fourth edition of Facts for Life consists of 14 chapters filled with practical information about how to ensure children’s rights to survival, growth, development and well-being. Available in multiple languages, the topics address pregnancy, childbirth, major childhood illnesses, child development, early learning, parenting, protection, and care and support of children. Each chapter has three parts: an introduction, key messages and supporting information.Read More →
First foods for young children: Video series on complementary feeding
2020-09-24
This video series covers the best practices of when, what and how to feed the first foods to young children aged 6-23 months. In the “nutrition” video library there are seven videos for parents and caregivers and nine videos for frontline workers, available in mutiple languages.Read More →
How to feed your young child with care
2020-09-24
This video introduces the key concepts in the “First foods for young children” video series on complementary feeding.Read More →
Investing in our future: Nurturing human capital in a COVID complex world
2020-09-29
29 Sep 2020 @ 8:00 am – 9:30 am –
A discussion on investing in human capital at the 2020 IMF/World Bank Group Annual Meetings, Civil Society Policy Forum. The session will examine the impact of major disruptions in services for the nurturing care and development of all young children as a result of COVID-19. It will present a new tool: “Cost of Inaction for Young Children”, and identify pathways to increase investments for young children.
Every newborn: An advocacy toolkit and guidance manual for ending preventable deaths
2020-09-04
This guide offers practical tools for country programmes and stakeholders to support advocacy for improving newborn and maternal health and preventing stillbirths. It is especially important in countries with a high burden of newborn and maternal mortality. The document is by no means exhaustive but aims to provide a repository of quick reference and examples to the user. The toolkit shows how to undertake advocacy and communication in various national and local contexts, particularly in support of the global Every Newborn initiative, providing a wide range of options for outreach and advocacy activities tailored to specific audiences. It includes key messages on newborn and maternal health, as well as examples of letters to policymakers, briefs, press releases, social media content and other relevant materials to make the case for improving the quality of care and scaling up newborn and maternal health interventions.Read More →
Breastfeeding advocacy toolkit
2020-09-04
The Breastfeeding Advocacy Toolkit is intended to ensure stakeholders are able to easily access and use advocacy tools aimed at improving policies and financing for the protection, promotion, and support of breastfeeding. The Toolkit is an initiative of the Global Breastfeeding Collective. Led by UNICEF and WHO, the Collective is a partnership of over 20 international organizations with the goal of increasing investment and policy change to support breastfeeding worldwide, which requires advocacy at the global, national, and sub-national levels.Read More →
Monitoring and evaluating advocacy: Companion to the advocacy toolkit
2020-09-04
This guide looks at strategies and features of evaluations that focus on assessing the impact of advocacy campaigns. The key element of the guide is built around five questions for planning advocacy monitoring and evaluation. A number of case studies are also included to demonstrate how these key questions were answered in the field.Read More →
Advocacy toolkit: A guide to influencing decisions that improve children’s lives
2020-09-04
UNICEF has an exceptional history of advocating to protect and promote children’s and women’s rights. The Advocacy Toolkit stems from this, systematizing and coordinating both internal and external advocacy expertise, as well developing a few innovative approaches. The Toolkit provides a set of practical tools to help UNICEF staff and partners in the development and management of their advocacy work.Read More →
A future for the world’s children? A WHO–UNICEF–Lancet Commission
2020-08-25
This landmark report on child health and well-being is the first comprehensive, independent report looking at child health through the lens of changing climate and other existential threats, such as ecological degradation, migrating populations, conflict, pervasive inequalities, and predatory commercial practicesRead More →
Supporting families for nurturing care: Resource modules for home visitors
2020-08-21
UNICEF ECARO and ISSA have developed a set of Resource Modules for Home Visitors: Supporting Families for Nurturing Care, intended to better equip home visitors with the latest knowledge and tools to support and engage with the families of young children. These modules can be delivered through various training methods and adapted to train other service providers.Read More →
Care for child development: Improving the care for young children
2020-08-21
Published by WHO and UNICEF in 2012, this publication recommends play and communication activities for families to stimulate the learning of their children. Also, through play and communication, adults learn how to be sensitive to the needs of children and respond appropriately to meet them. These basic care-giving skills contribute to the survival, as well as the healthy growth and development, of young children.Read More →
