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A Methodological Review for the Data Must Speak Positive Deviance Research: Insights from Positive Deviance, Behavioural Sciences, Implementation Research and Scaling Science
The pandemic has aggravated a learning crisis and put global goals in jeopardy. And yet, even in the most challenging educational contexts, some schools ...

Achieving Gender Equality in Families: The role of males. Global Seminar Report, 1995

Analyse méthodologique pour la recherche Data Must Speak: Enseignements tirés de l’approche modèle positive, des sciences comportementales, de la recherche sur la mise en oeuvre et de la science de la mise à l’échelle
La pandémie a aggravé une crise de l'apprentissage et mis en péril les objectifs mondiaux. Et pourtant, même dans les contextes éducatifs les plus difficiles, ...

Being intentional about gender-transformative strategies: Reflections and Lessons for UNICEF's Gender and Policy Action Plan (2022-2025)
This compendium brings together six papers on new and emerging gender-related priorities developed by UNICEF staff and external partners, which engage ...

Best of UNICEF Research 2022
Best of UNICEF Research showcases the most rigorous, innovative and impactful research produced by UNICEF offices worldwide. While evidence highlights ...

Children’s Involvement in Housework: Is there a case of gender stereotyping? Evidence from the International Survey of Children's Well-Being
Evidence from national studies in developed and developing countries suggests that girls spend more time on housework. The most common explanation relates ...

Comparing Child-focused SDGs in High-income Countries: Indicator development and overview
The new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development aim to build on the achievements made under the UN Millennium ...

Gender Socialization during Adolescence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Conceptualization, influences and outcomes
This paper sets out to provide a conceptual understanding of the gender socialization process during adolescence, its influences and outcomes, and practical ...

Gender-Equitable Family Policies for Inclusive and Sustainable Development: An Agenda for the G20
Task Force 6: Accelerating SDGs: Exploring New Pathways to the 2030 Agenda The G20 aims to promote global cooperation, inclusive development, economic ...

Gender-Transformative Pre-Primary Education: Addressing gender inequalities through early years education
Access to pre-primary education has increased significantly in the past two decades and, as of today, boys and girls are participating equally. However, ...

Key Findings on Families, Family Policy and the Sustainable Development Goals: Synthesis Report
This synthesis report, ‘Families, Family Policy and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Key Findings’ explores how the role of families, and family ...

Mainstreaming gender into social protection strategies and programmes: Evidence from 74 low- and middle-income countries
The importance of mainstreaming gender into social protection policies and programmes is increasingly recognized. However, evidence on the extent to which ...

Promoting Gender-Transformative Change through Social Protection: An analytical approach
Social protection can reduce income poverty and food and economic insecurity, address financial barriers to accessing social services, and promote positive ...

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 ...

Tackling Gender Inequality from the Early Years: Strategies for building a gender-transformative pre-primary education system
Access to early childhood education has increased over the last two decades, with global enrolment rates showing gender parity in access among boys and ...