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Aicha Robei our UNICEF foresight fellow and member of the High Youth Council share her journey at the #SummitOfTheFuture, with the support of UNICEF Algérie. The Fellowship brings children and young people together with UNICEF to develop foresight skills, participate in global trends analysis, and lead their own projects, shaping a future where youth voices are heard, respected and influential. Aicha took part in many workshops, international events and worked jointly with various delegations before participating in the "Summit of the Future", where she represented Algerian 🇩🇿 youth and UNICEF, marking an important milestone in her commitment. Proud to having you on the UNICEF Algeria team ! #youthforesight UNICEF Innocenti

📊  Our #DataMustSpeak research analyses education data to identify positive deviant schools – schools that outperform others in learning outcomes, despite operating in the same context with the same resources.    Our NEW EVIDENCE from Mainland Tanzania revealed that in positive deviant schools:     🏫 Head teachers act as instructional leaders, enhancing teachers’ pedagogical skills through performance monitoring, pedagogical support, and training    🧩 Parent committees more actively facilitate support for addressing school and learner challenges, and the broader community is engaged to support school activities    👩🏾🏫 Teachers more frequently monitor students’ learning and provide remedial supports, particularly for learners falling behind     Discover what else positive deviant schools in Mainland Tanzania are doing to support students’ learning: https://lnkd.in/dd8MAEf7   Thank you to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and President’s Office, Regional Administration and Local Government in Tanzania, Schools2030, Aga Khan Foundation, and UNICEF Tanzania for making this research possible! 

📊Join us as we delve into the power of data and evidence in driving advocacy and funding success in CPHA! Register today and learn how data has been effectively used to influence both funding and policy, and explore how #CPHA actors can overcome challenges in generating and using evidence. 💡 🗓️ 2 October ⏰ 3:00 - 4:00 PM CET 🔗https://lnkd.in/gEFx-mGy 🗣️ The webinar will be moderated by Ramya Subrahmanian, UNICEF Innocenti.  🌟 Panelists include:  ➡️ Begoña Fernandez, Together for Girls  ➡️ Les Roberts, Columbia University ➡️ Maria Vargas Simojoki, European Commission - ECHO #DataForProtection #Advocacy #Funding #CPHA

Today, neurotechnology may seem like a brave new world. But for our younger generations, neurotechnology - techniques and devices designed to monitor and modulate brain and nervous system functions -could one day be as ubiquitous as their mobile phones. And while there are benefits for children and younger people, there are also unprecedented and unforeseen risks. That's why we need to start thinking now about how to ensure children are protected from the risk of neurotechnology but can benefit from its rewards. To learn more, read this new article on the World Economic Forum's blog by Steven Vosloo and Eleonore Pauwels: https://lnkd.in/djgpifZr

Need some reading you can really get your teeth into this weekend? Take a look at our Explainer series, articles that take a deep dive into the issues confronting children and young people today. You can discover more about the risks and opportunities presented by AI, children and voting, remittances and more. Give your brain something to chew on this weekend! Find our Explainers here: https://lnkd.in/dZPGwEAu

Despite increased access to educational materials in Ghana, many teachers struggle to effectively use them in the classroom. Our Data Must Speak research, in partnership with the Ghana Ministry of Education, explores how positive deviant schools overcome this gap. By applying insights from behavioral science, we can support teachers in transforming resources into improved learning outcomes. Read more in our latest blog: https://lnkd.in/dBWnTm8e #EducationForAll #LearningOutcomes #DataMustSpeak #BehavioralScience

This year marks the 35th anniversary of the approval of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Much progress has been made in championing the rights of children since then, but much also remains to be done. To commemorate this anniversary, we are producing a six-part podcast series. Present Imperfect looks at different aspects of the Convention, and asks what has been done... and what more needs to be done? With guests like jurist and child rights activist Ann Skelton, and Cecile Aptel and Camila Teixeira of UNICEF Innocenti, the conversations are lively and illuminating. You can listen to the first three episodes right now: https://lnkd.in/dfrcbR5H

What does meaningful engagement with young people look like? How do we at UNICEF Innocenti foster young leadership? Last summer, Rawan Elbendary 🍉🇵🇸 decided to apply to be one of our Youth Fellowships - a key initiative that looks to build a better world for children and young people by building a better world *with* children and young people. Rawan was successful and collaborated with UNICEF Egypt on a foresight project focused on the future of work. Now you can take a personal look through her eyes at how we are engaging with young people - and how they are engaging with us: https://lnkd.in/de6xyzu2

✊ 94% of youth in multilateral forums feel unsupported. It’s time for real change! Let's empower young people to lead, not just participate. 📣 81% of young people describe their participation in global forums as tokenistic. It is our duty to multiply our efforts to support youth leadership! 👂 Only 5% of youth participants feel their voices shape policy in global forums. We must act NOW to ensure they’re heard! 🤝 Young people are leading movements for change, but 76% feel exploited in multilateral spaces. It’s time to prioritize true partnership. From the United Nations Youth Office to Youth2030, progress is happening! Now, let’s make sure youth have a real impact on decision-making. Read our research ‘Voices for Impact: Meaningful Youth Engagement in the Multilateral System' (https://lnkd.in/dWvpryTb) and learn more about the barriers and enablers to meaningful and impactful youth engagement in multilateralism, including recommendations from youth engagement experts to tackle some of the most common issues young people face when they engage in multilateral fora.

This week, we at UNICEF Innocenti are pleased to be launching a report into how young people engage with the multilateral system, of which the United Nations is obviously a critical part. You can read it here: https://lnkd.in/dfG8ixqe   This is a profoundly interesting - and profoundly important - report. Young people have long been a driving force for change by mobilizing in so many different ways and demanding, to give just some examples, climate action, racial justice and gender equality. And for years now, multilateral organisations have been inviting young people to engage with them on these and many of the other challenges we are all facing together.   This is a wonderful and welcome trend. But despite all their engagement, young people have found themselves frustrated to have little real influence over decision making. Our research found that an overwhelming number of young people - 94% - don't feel sufficiently supported when they participate in multilateral forums, while similarly high numbers feel that spaces and processes are not inclusive enough. A staggering 81% felt that their participation is tokenistic, meaning they felt little real influence on decisions or policies. In fact, most young people felt exploited.   This is disheartening, but it doesn't have to be. It is critical that we decide not to ignore what young people are telling us about their engagement with multilaterals and take genuine and meaningful steps to improve our engagement with them in a way that ensures that they are actually heard and their voices are acted upon.   So what can we do to make sure that happens? We must address each of their concerns with meaningful actions and our report contains a series of recommendations, including supporting young people before their engagements with trainings, advice and mentorships, and empowering young people by, among other things, giving youth-led organisations formal status. Other recommendations include aiming for greater inclusivity by ensuring different groups of young people are reached and included, and developing accountability mechanisms and designating seats for young people in our various processes. This is just a brief sample of the strong recommendations we are making, so I urge you to read the report and reflect on all our recommendations - especially if you're involved with youth engagement with multilaterals.   Ensuring meaningful engagement is not just something that is "good to have". Far from it. The challenges we face today are growing in number, severity and urgency and it is young people who will inherit these challenges. They will also inherit our multilateral system and their influence and engagement can make that system stronger into the future.   As I have learned in my own engagements with young people, they have answers. Young people are here and they are ready to lead. We have a duty to work with them as our partners.