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Best of UNICEF Research and Evaluation 2020
Evidence and objective assessment are needed more than ever to help enhance the rights and well-being of the world’s children. Researching the changing ...

Child Privacy in the Age of Web 2.0 and 3.0: Challenges and opportunities for policy
We live in an information society, where the flow of information in the virtual environment is unprecedented. Web 2.0 platforms – and recently Web 3.0 ...

Children and the Data Cycle:Rights and Ethics in a Big Data World
In an era of increasing dependence on data science and big data, the voices of one set of major stakeholders – the world’s children and those who advocate ...

Children’s exposure to hate messages and violent images online
The digital environment is largely unregulated and might expose children to age-inappropriate or potentially harmful content. There has been particular ...

La didattica a distanza durante l’emergenza COVID-19: l’esperienza italiana
L'Italia e’ stata il primo paese in Europa ad aver applicato la misura del lockdown su tutto il territorio. I bambini e le loro famiglie hanno vissuto ...

Encryption, Privacy and Children’s Right to Protection from Harm
This working paper provides a short overview of the challenges and opportunities related to child protection and the use of encryption technology. While ...

Estimates of internet access for children in Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania
The COVID-19 pandemic transformed internet connectivity from an important asset to an essential piece of infrastructure. Yet two thirds of the world’s ...

Ethical Considerations When Using Social Media for Evidence Generation
There are significant ethical implications in the adoption of technologies and the production and use of the resulting data for evidence generation. The ...

Global Kids Online Research Synthesis, 2015-2016
The international community has recognized the importance of internet access for development, economic growth and the realization of civil rights and ...

Global Kids Online, Research Synthesis 2015–2016: Summary
Research is invaluable for contextualising online experiences in relation to children’s and families’ lives and the wider cultural or national circumstances. ...

How Much Does Universal Digital Learning Cost?
COVID-19 school closures initially revealed more than 75% of children lacked access to critical digital learning opportunities. Three out of four were ...

Investigating Risks and Opportunities for Children in a Digital World: A rapid review of the evidence on children’s internet use and outcomes
Children’s lives are increasingly mediated by digital technologies. Yet, when it comes to understanding the long-term effects of internet use and online ...

Is there a ladder of children’s online participation? Findings from three Global Kids Online countries
There is broad agreement that internet access is important for children and provides them with many opportunities. Yet crucial questions remain about ...

Learning at a Distance: Children’s remote learning experiences in Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic
Italy was the first country in Europe to implement a nationwide lockdown. Children and their families lived in nearly complete isolation for almost two ...

One in Three: Internet Governance and Children’s Rights
This paper argues that Internet governance bodies give little consideration to children’s rights, despite growing calls from international child rights ...

Prospects for Children in the Polycrisis: A 2023 Global Outlook
This report outlines the polycrisis in which the world finds itself — multiple, simultaneous shocks with strong interdependencies, intensified in an ever-more ...

Reopening With Resilience: Lessons from Remote Learning During COVID-19 – Latin America and the Caribbean
The implementation of remote learning in Latin America and the Caribbean during the COVID-19 school closures confirmed that the divide in access to electricity ...

Reopening With Resilience: Lessons from Remote Learning During COVID-19 – South Asia
COVID-19 school closures in South Asia lasted longer than in any other region. To mitigate subsequent effects, governments and education actors in South ...

Unlocking Learning: The implementation and effectiveness of digital learning for Syrian refugees in Lebanon
Digital learning has the potential to offer interactive and personalized learning for children, in and out of school, including the most marginalized. ...

What is encryption and why does it matter for children?
Encryption encodes information so that it can only be read by certain people. ‘End-to-end’ is a robust form of encryption where only the users communicating ...