UNICEF East Asia and Pacific

To build a truly sustainable future, we need climate finance that works for everyone. 🌱 Anh Nguyen (Hong Anh), a member of UNICEF East Asia-Pacific's Young People’s Action Team is convinced that applying a gender lens to investments leads to smarter, more impactful returns for girls and young women. #YPAT4Impact #CSERA2025 UN Environment Programme Asia and the Pacific IUCN Asia UNDP B+HR Romain Sibille Karla Parra Corrêa Raweekarn (Paopao) Amarachgul Mirjana Unčanin Ticiana Garcia-Tapia Shreyasi Jha

In the face of rising climate-driven disasters, social workers are the backbone of community resilience. They support families, protect children, and ensure that vulnerable groups—especially women and children—receive the care they need.   Their role in building disaster resilience and mitigating harm is more important than ever. Yet they are often not included in disaster risk reduction plans. UNICEF supports ASEAN’s efforts to integrate social workers into climate resilience planning through the adoption of regional guidelines. But we must continue to invest in these heroes on the frontlines. 👏 On this ASEAN Social Work Day, let’s celebrate social workers and push for the resources and recognition they need to continue their vital work. 👉 To learn more, join us via Facebook @dswdserves on March 25, 8 am BKK time: https://lnkd.in/e4hZQJcb #ASEANSocialWorkDay #SocialWorkersAreOurHeroes #StandTogetherforSocialWorkers       Myo-Zin Nyunt Rachel Harvey Christina Torsein UNICEF Philippines UNICEF Thailand UNICEF Viet Nam UNICEF Indonesia UNICEF Cambodia UNICEF Malaysia Tran Lan Nhi Asim Rehman Irwin Gabriel Lopez Louise Gorton Department of Social Welfare and Development Marianna Garofalo  Milen Kidane Yoko Kobayashi Sinah Moruane Patricia Lim Ah Ken Muhammad Rafiq Khan Loan Le Hong Sunita Palekar Joergensen Sufyan Aslam Tatiana Ten HASSAN Zia Kamille Ruiz Marc Overmars Miriam Ryan Behzad Noubary Maniza Zaman The ASEAN Secretariat

📣 The wait is over! #CSERA 2025 kicks off tomorrow in Bangkok! After months of preparation, we're just hours ⏱️ away from welcoming you to the Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Rights in Asia Conference 2025! Together with our partners – the European Union, UN Environment Programme Asia and the Pacific, UNICEF East Asia and Pacific and IUCN Asia – we've packed these two days (March 18-19) with meaningful conversations about moving beyond disclosures to real action. You'll connect with fellow business leaders, policymakers, and civil society representatives who are tackling Asia's most pressing environmental and human rights challenges. Register now 👉 www.cserasia.com Can't join us in person at the UN Conference Centre? Follow #CSERA for updates, key takeaways, and highlights. See you tomorrow! #CorporateSustainability #EnvironmentalRights #StakeholderEngagement #BizHumanRights

Change takes time, and every step counts on the journey for every girl and woman. 🌟 #YPAT4Impact #GirlGoals  Shreyasi Jha Ticiana Garcia-Tapia Raweekarn (Paopao) Amarachgul Mirjana Unčanin Younghwa Choi Zara Mae Cubacub

More children are surviving today than ever before. Nearly 8 million more children in the world this year will reach their fifth birthday, compared to 1990 – a 60 per cent decline in child mortality. UNICEF and partners have contributed to this remarkable achievement by improving maternal and child healthcare services and strengthening disease prevention in countries across the world. Today, a quarter of all births happen in UNICEF-supported health centres. https://lnkd.in/gHybM9HJ #ForEveryChild

If you've been following the evolution of AI, as I have, you will have noticed one group of people is missing a seat at the decision table. Children and young people, who will be most affected by AI’s transformations, are almost never asked for their input. Young people under 18 are the single largest cohort of online users. But somehow policymakers and advocates rarely ask them what concerns them about the technology, let alone what they want from it. But a roadmap actually exists that allows us to advocate for children in our rapidly evolving digital world: the Convention of the Rights of the Child. It has four general principles set by the Committee that oversees the Convention, and they provide us with a valuable tool to analyze whether the rights of children are being respected and fulfilled. I have taken a look at each of these four principles – the right to non-discrimination; the right to respect for the views of the child; the best interests of the child; and the right to life, survival and development – and analyzed how AI is impacting upon each of them. You can read about them in my UNICEF Innocenti article here: https://lnkd.in/dQVrq4BJ

👩💻Menghorng Kao, leader of the Ladies in Tech project and a member of UNICEF’s Global Girl Leaders Advisory Group, delivered an inspiring speech at the POWER4Girls launch at the United Nations headquarters in New York City! 🇰🇭 UNICEF is proud to support Menghorng in her efforts to uplift and empower girls in tech. ✨ Watch her speech & join us in empowering more girls to lead and thrive!

No child should have to fight for breath.  No parent should have to wonder if the air around them is harming their child’s future.  Yet, in Mongolia, and across East Asia and the Pacific, toxic air is robbing children of their health and future. Pneumonia is now the second leading cause of death for children under five.  Across East Asia and the Pacific, 500 million children breathe polluted air every day — the quality of which far exceeds @WHO’s safe limits.   This isn’t inevitable. It’s a choice.  Stronger policies, green business investments and collective action can turn the tide.  Enforcing air quality regulations, setting ambitious emission reduction targets, and creating green business opportunities—these aren’t just ideas. These are necessary steps.  Thanks to AFP and UNICEF Mongolia for highlighting this urgent issue. 👉 https://lnkd.in/gpB3DRY7 UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Basil Rodriques Salwa Al-eryani Khin Devi Aung Chiara Frisone Eliane Luthi Rebecca Bailey

Being a working parent means constantly juggling priorities. For those with daughters, the added pressures of societal expectations and social media can make parenting feel even more challenging.     Here are some tips on how to empower your daughters to navigate adolescence — and shape the future they deserve 💪✨ 👉 https://lnkd.in/ehH2jJGx #GirlGoals Ticiana Garcia-Tapia Shreyasi Jha Raweekarn (Paopao) Amarachgul Mirjana Unčanin Younghwa Choi Fran Penfold UNICEF

Technology that empowers women has a ripple effect—stronger communities, thriving economies and a better future for all. 💙 The UNICEF Venture Fund is backing fem tech solutions that improve health & economic opportunities for girls & women. Solutions eligible for investment should be: 💡 Designed to improve health outcomes for women and girls. 💡 Meeting the needs of women and girls in situations and context that affect them disproportionately. 💡 Enabling the socio-economic participation for women and girls. Details 👇 UNICEF Innovation Mirjana Unčanin Raweekarn (Paopao) Amarachgul