UNICEF is a non-profit humanitarian and development agency that works globally for the rights of all children under the United Nations. According to UNICEF, child rights start with:

- Safe shelter

- Nutrition

- Protection from disaster and conflict

- The life cycle (pre-natal care for healthy births, clean water and sanitation, health care, and education)

1.) Child protection and social inclusion

2.) Child survival

> Early childhood development

> Health

>HIV/AIDS

> Immunization

> Nutrition
Water, sanitation and hygiene

3.) Emergencies and humanitarian action

> UNICEF in emergencies

4.) Gender equality

> Investing in girls and women

*5.) Education*

> Basic Education and gender equality

> Girls' education

> Innovation for education

> Learning for peace

> Out-of-school initiative

Central and Eastern Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States

East Asia and the Pacific

Eastern and Southern Africa

Industrialized countries

Latin America and Caribbean

Middle East and North Africa

South Asia

West and Central Africa

- Statistics and data monitoring

- Evaluation and good practices

- Communication and development

- Situation analysis

- Supplies and logistics

- Research

- Innovations, lessons learned, good practices

Getting Ready for School: A child-to-child approach

> Provides supplemental cost-effective and efficient interventions in developing countries that cannot provide adequate learning opportunities

> Partnership with UNESCO and Global Partnership for Education

> Goal is to reduce number of children who are out of school around the world

Inclusive Education

> Focusing on children with disabilities

School Fee Abolition

> Launched in partnership with World Bank

> Emphasizing removal of cost barriers for households

Simulations for Equity in Education (SEE)

> Project that helps countries identify cost-effective strategies for reaching children who are excluded or underserved by education systems

Let Us Learn

> Addresses need to provide urgent learning opportunities for most marginalized children (children at risk of being left behind)

> Acting in best interest of child

Capacity development program on CFS

> Model that pulls together a comprehensive raange of quality interventions

Climate change and environmental education

> Working on the improvement of education for areas affected by poor environmental conditions

> Includes droughts, floods, and rising temperatures as this will lead to malnutrition and malaria

> 'Learning for Peace' partnered with over 15 countries

> Goal is to strengthen resilience, social cohesion and human security in conflict-affected areas

Disaster risk reduction

> Aimed at saving lives, increasing community resilience, protecting livelihoods, assets, and infrastructure

> Barriers of girls' education (negative social norms, negative classroom environments, etc.)