Browsing by Author "United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)"

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    Education in Latin America and the Caribbean at a crossroads: Regional monitoring report SDG4 - Education 2030
    (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 2022) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF); Economic Commission For Latin America And The Caribbean (ECLAC)
    Seven years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, this publication takes stock of the implementation of SDG4-E2030 in Latin America and the Caribbean. The report identifies challenges that can guide educational policies for the next decade. In recent years there was a slowdown, and in some cases stagnation, in the progress of many of the educational achievements observed in the 2000-2015 period. In other indicators, there are improvements and encouraging achievements, some common to the region and others specific to some countries. Despite this, the overall balance allows us to recognize the effect of a period marked by economic difficulties, political discontinuity and the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. 15 countries in the region The evidence presented in this publication reinforces the urgent need to accelerate progress for the educational goals set in 2015 with more investment, social participation, dialogue and state capacities to enable improvement and the systemic transformation of education.
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    Generation Unlimited: the Well-being of Young People in Barbados
    (Ministry of Youth and Community Empowerment, Barbados and UNICEF, 2020-01) Barbados. Ministry of Youth and Community Empowerment; United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
    The objective of this study is to consolidate available statistical data on the characteristics and situation of young people in Barbados to provide an information base that can be used to: (i) facilitate and enhance policymaking; (ii) provide a baseline for monitoring changes in the situation and behaviour of adolescents and youth – particularly given the impact of the novel coronavirus; and (iii) raise awareness about the issues that they face.
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    Shape the future of education in Latin America and the Caribbean: Accelerate foundational learning
    (UNICEF, 2023-08) United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
    The future of education for children and adolescents is at a pivotal moment. COVID-19 has meant that millions of children in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region have missed out on months, many of them years, of education. This has affected the foundational skills – basic literacy, numeracy, and transferable skills – that are the critical building blocks for their lives of learning. And it is those skills that empower children to access other new knowledge, experiences, and opportunities.i Therefore, UNICEF and our partners believe it is essential that we fix our eyes firmly on this crucial goal and unite in action to fight learning poverty.1 If we can eliminate learning poverty, we can unlock a world of opportunity. Change is possible. The response to COVID-19 proved that things can be done differently. Governments and organizations – including UNICEF – are committing to invest more, innovate, and scale new ideas and solutions to make sure that every child learns. A key part of this response is the Commitment to Action on Foundational Learning. Endorsed by national governments of 10 countries and three subnational governments in LAC, this ambitious plan grew out of the Transforming Education Summit (TES) held in New York, USA, in September 2022. It aims to close the education resource gaps and enable investments, leveraging technologies and other reforms, needed to effectively advance foundational learning.
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    Situation analysis of children in St. Lucia
    (UNICEF Office for the Eastern Caribbean, 2017-09) United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
    This report is the first comprehensive SitAn of children in St. Lucia focuses on the most marginalized and disadvantaged groups – children of migrant parents, those living with disabilities and those living in remote, single-parented households and poor urban communities. Due to the limitations of available quantitative data, the use of qualitative information is highlighted. The research combined an expansive desk review with over 50 national and global documents, interviews with key stakeholders (32 government and nongovernment officials) and 34 social and health workers, teachers, children, and their parents, and social workers), focus group discussions with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and civil society and adolescents. The number of child abuse cases reported over the period of 2010-2015 totaled 1,341. Sexual abuse was the most common type of reported child abuse, accounting for 34 per cent, of all reported cases. Generally girls account for over 70 per cent of the victims. The 12-16 year old group are most often victims and many of the total cases are incest, as was the case for 29 of the 103 reports in 2014.