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GenderTech Toolkit Digital technology has become critical to our lives. Online experiences and opportunities are also important for children’s and young people’s development across a wide range of areas, including: online education, access to formal and informal learning; access to information and support relating to health and well-being; being…, Download the tools, Two young girls using a mobile device Two young girls using mobile devices A girl on her mobile device A girl on her mobile device Image How to improve digital inclusion and accessibility for girls with disabilities

Digital technology has become critical to our lives. Online experiences and opportunities are also important for children’s and young people’s development across a wide range of areas, including: online education, access to formal and informal learning; access to information and support relating to health and well-being; engagement with creative…, Download the evidence briefs, A young girl using a mobile device What we know about the gender digital divide for girls A young girl using a mobile device How big data can help us understand the gender digital divide for girls . Cover - A literature review and recommendations Accessible and inclusive digital solutions for girls with disabilities Cover of peer-to-peer…

This evidence brief explores the opportunity for using peer-to-peer approaches to reach girls with limited or no access to mobile phones with an educational digital platform. The primary objective was to determine whether these approaches could be employed with the Oky menstruation education app to improve the knowledge and skills of unconnected…

Transforming education starts with ensuring all children attain foundational learning – literacy, numeracy and socio-emotional skills which provide the building blocks for all other learning. To this end, a global coalition has been established, inviting governments and stakeholders to endorse the  Commitment to Action on Foundational Learning  as…, Governments and education stakeholders around the world are urged to endorse the  Commitment to Action on Foundational Learning  to ensure all children, including the most marginalized, develop foundational learning to realize their full potential and participate in society. ✔️ See which governments have  endorsed the commitment to action, Explore the data,    , Foundational learning action tracker, These scorecards present country-level results from the Foundational Learning Action Tracker, an initiative to monitor progress and foster knowledge sharing on achieving foundational learning for all children. Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Cambodia Central African Republic Colombia Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominican Republic…, TRACKING PROGRESS ON FOUNDATIONAL LEARNING Findings from the RAPID 2023 analysis TRACKING PROGRESS ON FOUNDATIONAL LEARNING: FINDINGS FROM THE RAPID 2023 ANALYSIS 1 IntroductionWith the unprecedented impact left by the COVID-19 crisis, education systems cannot return to the business-as-usual approaches of the pre-pandemic period. School closures…

TAUNGGYI, Myanmar – Thae Thae Su Aung, 14, knows what she wants for her future. "I want to go to school, study hard and become a doctor my family can depend on," she says. "My sister and mother are frail and have chronic illnesses, so I want to help them." Yet, like many adolescents in Myanmar, Thae Thae Su Aung had to stop her learning first due…

This report defines and takes the pulse of five vital elements of digital learning. It contributes to the ongoing yet urgent aim of transforming education, and offers steps to recovery through child-centered, equity-driven, and innovative solutions. The five vital elements covered are ICT in Education policies and financing, digital learning…

We are in a learning crisis. To give young people the best chance to succeed, we need to support them holistically. The first step is to identify where children and youth are in building the range of skills they need, monitor progress in their development and ensure no child or young person is left behind. The Recovering Learning report published…

DUBAI, 12 December 2021 – Accenture, Dubai Cares, Microsoft and UNICEF announced today the launch of a global, digital learning platform for young people. Operating under the Generation Unlimited partnership, the Passport to Earning platform aims to address the global education crisis – currently exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic – and prepare…

NEW YORK/GENEVA, 1 December 2020 – Two thirds of the world’s school-age children – or 1.3 billion children aged 3 to 17 years old – do not have internet connection in their homes, according to a new joint report from UNICEF and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The report How Many Children and Youth Have Internet Access at Home?…

NEW YORK, 1 September 2020 – Government leaders, business executives and heads of United Nations organizations and multilateral agencies renewed their commitment today to connect every school and community to the internet by 2030. At a high-level virtual meeting, Generation Unlimited: Connecting Half the World to Opportunities , they pledged to…

Adolescents (children aged 10–19) are growing up in a transforming world. Technology, migration, climate change and conflict are reshaping society, forcing people across the globe to adapt to unexpected changes in their lives and work. To keep up, adolescents  must be able to seize opportunities and confront challenges. They need education and…, Skills needed for success in school, life and work, Foundational skills: Foundational skills, namely literacy and numeracy, are essential for further learning, productive employment and civic engagement. Digital skills: Digital literacy enables children and young people to use and understand technology, search for and manage information, create and share content, collaborate, communicate, build…, UNICEF’s work to address the global learning and skills crisis, Because skills development takes place at different stages in life, UNICEF programming is anchored in a multiple-pathways approach that helps us meet children where they are. We work closely with governments and partners so that every 5-year-old is ready to learn, every 10-year-old is ready to succeed in school, and every 18-year-old is prepared…, More from UNICEF, Resources, 'Learning to earning" for displaced youth - Unlocking the power of digital technologies This report, funded in part by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands’ PROSPECTS partnership, provides an overview of how digital technologies are being used to support youth’s transition from school to work, ‘learning to earning’, in displaced and…

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