Sirjan

A child rights practitioner, researcher, keen learner!
(Views are personal! RT ≠ endorsement)

[Sanjay Wijesekera @S_Wijesekera]

To protect the mental health of children & adolescents, we need bold, coordinated policy action in South Asia—investing in social & emotional learning, supporting caregivers, normalizing help-seeking among youth & strengthening the mental health workforce across key sectors.

[UNICEF Asia and the Pacific @UNICEFAPRO]

As a new school year begins in Afghanistan, it marks three years since the start of the ban on girls' secondary education.

This is a young poet's call for schools to reopen for all girls in Afghanistan.

[Sanjay Wijesekera @S_Wijesekera]

It’s been three years since the ban on girls' secondary education started in Afghanistan.

Girls in Afghanistan have been denied their right to education. This decision continues to harm the future of millions of Afghan girls.

[UNICEF Bangladesh @UNICEFBD]

Children across the world today are facing hunger, poverty, disease, violence, and many other challenges.
When it’s time to uphold children’s rights, who is going to step forward❓

I AM. WE ARE.

Will you❓

#IAMForEveryChild

[UNICEF Europe C.Asia @UNICEF_ECA]

Taking care of the environment starts in your community. In Tirana, Albania, @anisafrasherii shows us how it’s done! 💙🌳 Together, we can create a cleaner, greener world – “it only takes one person, a few bags and two gloves.”

[Sanjay Wijesekera @S_Wijesekera]

This year, I met the members of @UNICEFMaldives’ Youth Reference Group, an initiative to work with young people to shape UNICEF programmes for their peers and future generations.

It was great to meet them, but they also put me to work! I made my first TikTok, I think.

[UNICEF Maldives @UNICEFMaldives]

“Nurturing environments at home, school & communities are essential for children, especially the most vulnerable & those in conflict with the law. Every child deserves a second chance to reclaim their developmental journey” -@eddie_addai

Closing of the 2nd Child Rights Symposium

[UNICEF Asia and the Pacific @UNICEFAPRO]

Zunaira is 14 and is from Pakistan. At #COP29, her words to world leaders were clear: "I stand here on behalf of all children around the globe who need and deserve a safe, stable, and sustainable future."

[UNICEF Maldives @UNICEFMaldives]

By supporting more conversation between generations & listening to children, we can better fulfil their rights.

On #WorldChildrensDay, we invited children to share their thoughts about the future & we invite adults to listen to the future 💙

[UNESCO @UNESCO]

🚨 1.4 million girls are still banned from school in #Afghanistan, 3 years after the de facto authorities took power.

It is the only country where girls over 12 & women are denied #education. Their fundamental #RightToEducation must be fully respected. #LetAfghanGirlsLearn!

https://t.co/NLDNqn8lqs

[MenEngage Alliance @MenEngage]

📣 This International Youth Day (#IYD) we join in the call for “Nothing for young people, without young people!”

Young people are at the forefront of building a more just and equitable world & as an Alliance we trust in their potential & vision.

[Plan International @PlanGlobal]

All children and young people have the right to freely speak out and influence the decisions that shape the world around them.

[United Nations in Nepal @UN_Nepal]

Countdown to #NepalYouthSummit begins today!

In7⃣days, #Nepal’s youth will take centerstage to make their voices heard & shape their future.

You can do too. Sign the petition https://t.co/i0nen7V7P5 & let the🌏leaders know you are watching them.

@SingerHanaa @YoungWHong

[Sanjay Wijesekera @S_Wijesekera]

I've just returned from a week in #Bangladesh where at least 32 children were killed in the recent violence.

On behalf of @UNICEF I extend my heartfelt condolences to families mourning the loss of their sons and daughters: https://t.co/haH6NIYPey

[UNICEF Nepal @unicef_nepal]

🚨 Happening Now🌍Local Conference of Youth Nepal 2024: "From Local to Global: Youth for Climate Action in Nepal." Uniting young climate activists to share solutions & shape climate policies. Let's drive change together! #LCOYNepal2024 #Youth4ClimateAction #RoadtoCOP29

[UNICEF Maldives @UNICEFMaldives]

We are pleased to kick off the 2-day #KudhinnaaGaathun Forum in partnership with @lgaMaldives.

Thank you Minister Hon. @Adamshareefz & the atoll & island councils for your time & commitment to the joint efforts to bring UNICEF’s support & interventions closer to children.

[UNICEF India @UNICEFIndia]

All over the world, heatwaves are in the news again – climate change is making them longer, more frequent and more severe.

Extreme heat can pose serious health risks to infants, children, pregnant women and the elderly.

We need #ClimateAction NOW.

[UNICEF Asia and the Pacific @UNICEFAPRO]

.@UNICEF is saddened to learn of the deaths of at least 4 children in Bangladesh due to last week’s unrest, with many more injured. We send condolences to families mourning their loved ones. Children must be protected at all times.

[UNICEF India @UNICEFIndia]

Almost all the world’s children are facing at least one environmental risk whether air pollution, heatwaves, floods, cyclones, disease or drought.

It’s time we protect them from the effects of climate change.

#ClimateAction
#ClimateAction4LiFE

https://t.co/b0hqks5LE4