The Political Declaration on NCDs & Mental Health has been adopted. 🎉
This is a crucial step toward putting children and young people at the center of prevention, care, and support efforts.
Now is the time to drive lasting change #ForEveryChild's health and well-being.
Mental health support in crisis isn’t optional—it’s life-saving. 🌍
Discover how EASE equips 10–15-year-olds with tools to manage stress, anxiety & depression. Hear @UNICEF’s Dr. Zeinab Hijazi on ‘Evidence from the Frontline’: https://t.co/Kgfgv02dKG
#MentalHealth
It’s been a marathon of meetings in New York with world leaders, public and private partners, and civil society, to put the rights of children at the heart of the global agenda–to keep children safe, protected, healthy and educated.
#UNGA
How it started vs. How it’s going
UNICEF Deputy Executive Director @KittyvdHeijden met with @unicef Youth Advocates from around the world to discuss their ideas to build a better future for children.
#OurCommonFuture#GlobalGoals#UNGA
"Mental health is as essential as physical health,” said one of the 37 passionate advocates who participated at the @UNICEFZambia’s #MentalHealth Changemaker workshop in #Lusaka. “Voices can be heard, & they must be echoed", added another.
🎧Voices of Changemakers
#ClimateActionNow
📣Have a message for world leaders at #COP28?!
Let's take climate action.
Make your voice heard by sending “COP28” at:
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Everyone is affected by climate change, and the younger generation will feel most of its effects.
40 #ChangeMakers participated in a @UNICEF Youth Advocacy Training on Climate Change with @wwfzambia
👇Meet some of the young activists in #Zambia#ClimateAction ☀️🌡🌊🌧🌪❄️
✨UNICEF Zambia receives the global #UNICEFInspireAward 2023 for the Changemaker Initiative that empowers #Zambian youths to #advocate for their causes. 🤝🏾 We appreciate the young people who participated and continue to support their causes.
"I now see that we have a lot to do before 2030 & I pledge to pass on the information starting with my siblings at home," Sandra (20)
W/ @UNICEF , youth build their skills and create water and environmental advocacy materials. #ClimateAction
Full story https://t.co/jvZLx6DXMN
"As more children get online in #Africa and across the world, we need a safe digital space where the rights of every child are respected" - @unicefchief#Lusaka🇿🇲| Symposium on Children's Rights in the Digital Environment.
ED Russell's #DAC2023 message👇🏽
https://t.co/2S5c6ujaJq
Our teams trained 16 young digital influencers in #Advocacy & #DigitalStorytelling for #WASH. These champions are now raising awareness on the #UNSDGs.
Celebrating the cause here with our Deputy Representative @MaltiGandhi, we at @UNICEFZambia are proud of them! #ClimateAction
Pleased to join Min. of Youth PS @KangwaChilesh12 in interacting with 40 youth --part of 100 from #Zambia virtually participating in the ECOSOC 2023 Youth Forum—really inclusive with young people with disabilities and young refugees- adding their voice in support of the #SDGs.
We are LIVE NOW at the @UNECOSOC#Youth2030 Forum: https://t.co/2F4KRn5Hj1
Tune in to hear from young people on how to mobilize progress for the #GlobalGoals with & for youth, and join the conversation online using this filter 🤳 https://t.co/nKwDTHkBsc
@undesa@UNMGCY@icmyo
"I feel more equipped with knowledge & important tools like why is it important to have an advocacy goal & how to set one” ~Jimmy
Youth Advocates Wilson & charity facilitated a Advocacy Training to equip young people with the tools &knowledge to champion positive change. #Zambia
Children should be allowed to be active advocates of their own rights, because adolescents & young people are the fastest growing demographic in the population of countries in Southern #Africa. #WorldChildrensDay#ForEveryChild