🚨Research Grant Opportunity🚨

UNU-WIDER Inequality team launched
a call for research proposals. 2 types: (1) up to USD 10k; and (2) between USD 10-20k. Focus on LMICs, causal identification, and data.

Please write to me if you have any questions

wider.unu.edu/opportunity/in…

Looking forward!

For children with hearing disabilities, sign language supports them in their linguistic, cognitive & social-emotional development.

When we met these children in an educational facility in Madagascar, these were the messages they shared.

See the alt text to read their messages.

.UNStats approved the creation of a new statistical domain on food security & nutrition. The decision provides stronger basis for Food and Agriculture Organization UNICEF World Health Organization (WHO)
and their members to intensify their work on producing and using harmonized data.

#UN55SC

👉fao.org/newsroom/detai…

Somali National Bureau of Statistics zaka shiine Sharmarke Farah João Pedro Azevedo UNICEF Abdirahman Omar Dahir UNICEF Somalia Hashim Sheikh Abdinoor Mohamed Abdinur Said Abdilahi Abdi Fadumo Mumin Abdulkadir Gedi Abukar Mohamed Karie Abdinasir Roble Abukar Adea Musa Mohamed Ibar Congratulations to Somali National Bureau of Statistics and to DG Sharmarke Farah. 🥳 These are all amazing developments. Said Abdilahi Abdi, #SNBS should join (if it’s not the case already) IDAC - Int'l Data Alliance 4 Children on the Move and the journey to strengthen data on children on the move as well. 💪🏽 Shout out to EGRISS Danzhen You!!

Today's 'Data Insight' on Our World in Data by Saloni — The modal age at death has been rising

Michigan's Transitional Kindergarten program increases third grade math and reading scores by 0.29 and 0.19 standard deviations respectively, from Jordan S. Berne, Brian A. Jacob, Tareena Musaddiq, Anna Shapiro, and Christina Weiland nber.org/papers/w32236

💡Our brief on #WhatWorks to create equitable & high-quality #PrePrimaryEducation is OUT NOW!

We analysed over 50 studies from 29 low- & middle-income countries to determine the characteristics of a strong pre-primary education system.

#ForEveryChild , a strong start!

🚨 It takes a village to produce reliable and accepted global estimates!

Check-out the new estimates by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation ( #UNIGME ; a consortium of UNICEF World Health Organization (WHO) UN DESA, and World Bank)

thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Excellent blog by Alaka Holla, Daniel Mahler, and Umar Serajuddin on why the concept of “developing countries” has outlived its usefulness!

📢 Check out our joint commentary about the latest results of our new child mortality estimates at @theLancet!

New estimates by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation ( #UNIGME ; a consortium of UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO), UN DESA, and World Bank).

It takes a village to…

Female Genital Mutilation: A global concern youtu.be/YfXUoz_iKZo?si… via YouTube

Acceleration is possible!

Catch-up is possible!

Join us now!

🚨Title: Assessing the Progress of Children’s Wellbeing: UNICEF’s Benchmarking Approach

📆Date: Thursday, 14 March 2024

⏰Time: 8:00 AM New York/ Panama | 4:00 PM Addis Ababa/ Amman/ Istanbul | 8:00 PM Bangkok

Registration: buff.ly/3Pl0b8D

Today is Pi Day! Let's address global numeracy inequality in children. We must strive to level the playing field and ensure no child is left behind. The poorest kids in wealthy nations outperform the richest kids in poor countries by 3x! #PiDay2024

It's 3/14. Happy Pi Day! #PiDay2024

Our partnership with the World Bank has never been more relevant. As we look to the future, we will continue to scale up and deepen our collective impact to make a difference in the lives of poor & vulnerable children & youth around the world.  
#LeadershipMatters #foreverychild

A new World Bank report measures global digital progress and reveals that while #AI advances in higher-income countries, lower-income nations need to catch up.

How can we bridge this gap? 

Download the report to find out more: wrld.bg/jWnb50QM14a #WBGDigitalProgress