UNICEF Innocenti

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Latest work

Children’s Best Interests in Digital Policy and Practice

From the voices of children, youth and experts around the world

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Teachers for All: Senegal

Improving equity in teacher allocation in Senegal

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From Children’s Voices to Action

A youth-led roadmap to realize the best interests of children in the digital environment

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Intersections of Violence

Working at the Intersections of Violence Against Children and Violence Against Women

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Gender Norms and Gender-Responsive Social Protection

GRASSP synthesis brief: Evidence from programme and policy research

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Learning Together

Date Must Speak: Reflections from co-creating education research across 15 countries

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The State of the World’s Children Statistical Compendium

The most recent key statistics on child survival, development and protection for the world’s countries, areas and regions

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Levels and Trends in Child Mortality: 2025 UN IGME report

Fully synchronized estimates provide the strongest evidence yet on where and which life‑saving interventions are needed most

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Spotlight

Global, multidisciplinary projects and flagship reports

The State of the World’s Children

UNICEF’s flagship report – the most comprehensive analysis of global trends affecting children

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Changing Childhood Project

What is childhood like today?

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Prospects for Children: Global Outlook

An annual analysis of trends shaping the world and their impact on children

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Report Card

Understanding child well-being everywhere

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Our approach

UNICEF Innocenti works for and with children and young people to seek solutions to their most pressing challenges. As we focus on the rights and lives of children and young people, we always ask: Who else can we include? Will this work cause unintended harm? Are there events that could surprise us? Does this work drive change?

Events and insights

Lasting gains

The power of implementation research to improve education in Egypt

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Children’s recruitment and use in cyber-operations

A child‑rights law analysis

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Supporting access to and use of data for decision-making

How the Data Must Speak research is contributing to capacity strengthening in Chad

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The evolving digital landscape and children's best interests

Tracking child participation, policy changes and impact assessments

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