New partnership for more resilient and inclusive Ghana 🇬🇭💪 UNICEF Ghana, British High Commission Accra and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office are embarking on a new project, focusing on Shock-Responsive Social Protection (SRSP). Through a collaboration between the Social Policy and Inclusion team and the Child Protection team, UNICEF will support Ghana’s social protection and child protection systems to be inclusive of women, children and persons with disabilities’ needs, helping vulnerable households build resilience and respond to emergencies and climate shocks. #ShockResponsiveSocialProtection #ChildProtection #LeaveNoOneBehind Leonard Selim Gobah, MPH, MBA, CPH ELISA CORTES GIL Yosef Elgadal Lucia Soleti Pauliina Sarvilahti Osama Makkawi Khogali Fatma Naib

How do we pave the path to lifelong health, learning and productivity across Africa? By prioritizing nurturing care in the earliest years #ForEveryChild. This is possible by integrating critical services covering health, nutrition, responsive caregiving, early learning, and safety and security for young children. UNICEF is working with governments and partners to strengthen such programmes, while also supporting the design and implementation of Early Childhood Development (ECD) policies, financing and more. Watch this video to learn how ECD approaches are helping children thrive across East and Southern Africa.

📘 The #evaluation of UNICEF Timor-Leste 2021–2025 Country Programme in #TimorLeste reveals powerful insights into how UNICEF’s work has impacted children and families across the country. ✅ Key outcomes & outputs: • Improved access to early childhood education and nutrition services. • Strengthened social welfare workforce and governance systems. • Enhanced child protection and youth participation mechanisms. • Expanded reach of health, WASH, and education services in rural areas. 💡 Lessons Learned: ✅ Strengthen local partnerships for sustainability ✅ Invest in capacity building across sectors ✅ Prioritize equity and inclusion in service delivery ✅ Enhance data systems for better decision-making 🔍 Recommendations • Emphasize adaptive strategies, community engagement, and stronger coordination with national stakeholders; • Strengthen local governance and youth participation in decision-making; • Increase focus on climate change adaptations and social protection systems. 📄 Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/ebv2txF7 👈 #UNICEF #ChildRights #DevelopmentImpact #YouthEmpowerment #Education #Health #Nutrition #SocialProtection Jane Mwangi, Beijie Lai, James Kimani, Ph.D., Soumen Ray, Mercy Kolok, Kerry Albright, Robert McCouch

From Data to Impact: Turning Voices into Action to End Violence Against Women and Girls Today, 20 representatives from community-based organizations in Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, The Gambia, Côte d’Ivoire, Malawi, and the DRC joined ACESWorld for our third VAWG Data Sprint workshop. Together, these organizations have surveyed 1,580 women and girls in just one month. Now, using our VAWG Data Sprint Dashboard, they can visualize their data, disaggregate it down to the community level, and use it to strengthen programs and craft fundable proposals. The dashboard updates daily and is available for public viewing: https://lnkd.in/eCthsvZi This is what locally led change looks like. Communities using their own data to end violence against women and girls. Would you like to help us expand this work across the Global South and beyond? ACESWorld.org/donate UN Women Ford Foundation Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage The George Washington University- Milken Institute School of Public Health UNICEF Uganda CHC: Creating Healthier Communities #GenderEquality #EndVAWG #LocallyLedDevelopment #DataForGood #WomensRights #CommunityImpact #ACESWorld #UNWomen #FeministData #DataDrivenChange

“Data saves lives.” These were the words of UNFPA Representative a.i, John Kennedy Mosoti as he welcomed a delegation from UNFPA and Statistics South Africa to Lesotho. The visit focuses on sharing lessons from Lesotho’s Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), a key tool for evidence-based planning and policymaking. By showcasing Lesotho’s experience, this peer-learning exchange highlights the value of South–South cooperation in strengthening systems, improving data quality, and ultimately supporting policies that leave no one behind. Reliable data is not just numbers — it is the foundation for informed decisions that save lives. #DataSavesLives #SouthSouthCooperation #Lesotho #EvidenceBasedPolicy #HealthDevelopment #UNFPA

Africa’s #ECDCountdown2030 was officially launched yesterday at #CPHIA2025! Leaders from across the continent are coming together to transform evidence into action for every child. The new Africa ECD Country Profiles provide powerful data across five pillars of Nurturing Care — Health, Nutrition, Early Learning, Responsive Caregiving, and Safety & Security. Data drives accountability! The profiles show where countries are making progress and where greater investment is needed to ensure that every child can survive and thrive. 👉 Explore the data: https://lnkd.in/dMSNThwC #ECD2030 #NurturingCare #DataDriven UNICEF African Union Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN) World Health Organization The African Early Childhood Network (AfECN) Photo credit: The African Early Childhood Network (AfECN)

🚨 Rethinking Human Rights Policy in Uganda – Through Inclusive Electoral Reform. Proud to have contributed to the Youth for Policy Fellowship 2025, an initiative by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Uganda & South Sudan, which challenges young thinkers to propose innovative approaches to Uganda’s human rights landscape. 📝 As part of the fellowship, I authored a policy paper titled: “Enfranchising Uganda’s Floating Population: Policy Alternatives for Ensuring Electoral Inclusion in Presidential and Parliamentary Elections.” This paper addresses a pressing issue that often goes unspoken—the disenfranchisement of internal migrants, informal workers, and individuals with mobility or health constraints due to Uganda’s in-person voting system. 🔍 Key Insights: Millions are unintentionally excluded from participating in elections. Public sentiment is increasingly in favor of secure online voting, highlighting a growing openness to digital solutions in governance. 🔑 My Policy Proposals: Gradually introduce secure online voting to widen access. Develop a comprehensive digital voter registry. Invest in civic education to build trust and awareness. These steps are not only feasible but essential for building a more inclusive and future-oriented democracy—in Uganda and across Africa. 📘 You can access the full policy paper here: 🔗 Read the soft copy https://lnkd.in/dyUQ68wG Grateful to Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and the Youth for Policy team for creating space for youth voices in shaping national policy. 🗳️ Democracy must evolve—and include everyone. #YouthForPolicy #HumanRights #ElectoralReform #DigitalVoting #InclusiveGovernance #KAS #PolicyInnovation

UNICEF Cambodia’s Annual Report 2024 is now available. Discover how innovation, stronger systems, and collaboration with communities, policymakers, the private sector, and youth networks helped drive progress and deliver results for children across Cambodia. 📘 Read or download the full report here: https://lnkd.in/g9WzQ9zc

Following an inspiring co-creation workshop with World Vision Zimbabwe, UNICEF, and partners from the Ministry of Health and Child Care, I compiled a comprehensive report on Co-Creating Culturally Relevant IEC Materials for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). This report details not only the events that took place but also their implications for the future of NCD communication in Zimbabwe; shifting from isolated messages to a unified, community-driven approach focused on awareness, prevention, and early detection. Drawing on participant feedback, human-centred design insights, and social and behaviour change (SBC) principles, the report offers practical advice for creating culturally resonant, inclusive, and actionable IEC materials. It emphasizes the need to: 1. Design for varied audiences, including adolescents, caregivers, community health workers, and gatekeepers 2. Ensure representation and inclusivity in visuals and messaging 3. Utilization of multi-platform communication (such as posters and digital formats) to broaden reach and engagement. The report serves as a reminder that effective communication involves co-creating with communities by understanding their realities and developing solutions that motivate action. I am grateful to have contributed to this effort of transforming collective insights into a framework that can strengthen NCD communication across the country. If your organization aims to convert participatory insights into strategic communication or evidence-based SBC interventions, I would be glad to collaborate. #HumanCentredDesign #SocialAndBehaviorChange #HealthCommunication #NCDs #HCD #SBC #CoCreation #PublicHealth #DesignForImpact

"Health is every child's right and every nation's responsibility. If products made in Africa do not reach a child in a hard-to-reach area in Kenya, a mother in Comoros, a health worker in rural Malawi, then we have not fulfilled our mission." Etleva Kadilli from UNICEF delivers a powerful reminder at CPHIA 2025: local manufacturing is not an end in itself—it's a means to achieve equitable access, resilient health systems, and empowered communities. Equity must be the lens through which we design, finance, and govern Africa's new manufacturing ecosystem. UNICEF's strategic plan focuses on four key priorities: strengthening primary health care, securing sustainable financing, advancing local production, and enhancing preparedness for public health emergencies. Across Eastern and Southern Africa, UNICEF is supporting governments to align procurement systems with local production capabilities, strengthen regulatory capacities for paediatric and maternal health products, and invest in community-led monitoring to ensure locally manufactured products reach communities. Because health sovereignty is about protection, participation, progress, and prosperity—building an Africa rooted in African leadership and supported by global solidarity. #CPHIA2025 #PublicHealthAfrica #HealthEquity #LocalManufacturing #UniversalHealthCoverage #ChildHealth #MaternalHealth