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While Covid-19 and related crises commanded the world's attention, some progress was achieved last year for children and families on several important fronts. Here's a look at some of the positive developments in 2020. Girls and women in many communities in the U.S. are often pressured, tricked, threatened or ...

In Kandahar, Afghanistan, a UNICEF-supported polio vaccinator marks a girl's finger with ink to indicate she has received the vaccine. © UNICEF/Frank Dejongh After the wild poliovirus was officially eliminated in Africa in August, Afghanistan and Pakistan became the only countries in the world where polio remains endemic. A highly infectious, ...

In March 2019, the Al Noor Mosque In Christchurch, New Zealand, where this young girl lives, was attacked and 51 people lost their lives. © UNICEF/UN0345995/Donnell; All children have the right to dream big. But for those living in the world's toughest places, a bright future depends on a ...

Along with one million others around the world, hundreds of people gathered to light candles for children at the Candlelight Vigil held on September 23, 1990 in front of United Nations Headquarters, in support of the World Summit for Children. © UNICEF/UNI52715/Barbour On September 29th and 30th, 1990, exactly ...

Children come running to greet UNICEF staff and a team of Rotary International polio vaccinators in a remote region of northeastern Uganda in 2018. © Jon Riera for Rotary International A huge milestone in global public health: the World Health Organization has officially declared Africa wild poliovirus-free. This remarkable ...

On the morning of March 16, 2020, during the COVID-19 lockdown, 8-year-old second grader Luka works on a math assignment at home in Connecticut, with help from his mother, Sophia. © UNICEF/UNI313395/McIlwaine The COVID pandemic could drive more than 80 million children globally into household poverty by the end ...