Innocenti Research Report On Call: Using Mobile Technologies to Measure Learning in Emergencies AUTHOR(S) Marco Valenza; Thomas Dreesen; Sophia Kan Published: 2022 Innocenti Research Report How can we harness the power of mobile technologies to track learning in emergencies? Identifying ways to improve assessments in emergencies is incredibly important as there remains large gaps in understanding how children are learning in crisis settings. This report aims to provide practitioners with practical guidance and resources on using mobile technology to conduct learning assessments in emergency settings. It is the second of a two-part series on uses of mobile phones for education in emergency programmes and draws from a review of the existing literature as well as feedback from education in emergencies practitioners. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 28 | Thematic area: Education | Tags: children in emergency situations, COVID-19, education, emergency supplies, humanitarian emergencies, telecommunications × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Marco Valenza; Thomas Dreesen; Sophia Kan 2022 On Call: Using Mobile Technologies to Measure Learning in Emergencies. , pp. 28.
Innocenti Working Papers Barriers and Facilitators to Providing Assistive Technologies to Children with Disabilities in Afghanistan AUTHOR(S) Golnaz Whittaker; Gavin Wood Published: 2022 Innocenti Working Papers Due to the impacts of the ongoing conflict, Afghanistan’s child population is at high risk of being born with or acquiring a primary or secondary disability. According to a recent estimate, up to 17% of Afghanistan’s children live with some form of disability. Assistive Technologies – the systems, services and products that enhance the functioning of people with impairments – are likely to be required by a large proportion of children with disabilities in Afghanistan. Afghanistan has signed and ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which includes a commitment to provide assistive technologies equitably to all who need it. However, little action has been taken to meet this commitment, and there continues to be a vast gap between need and provision. This work presents the the barriers and facilitators to provision and provides recommendations to begin to close the gap. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 47 | Tags: afghanistan, appropriate technology, child disabilities, disabilities, humanitarian emergencies, new technology × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Golnaz Whittaker; Gavin Wood 2022 Barriers and Facilitators to Providing Assistive Technologies to Children with Disabilities in Afghanistan. , pp. 47.
Innocenti Working Papers The Provision of Assistive Technology to Children with Disabilities in Humanitarian Settings: A Review of the available evidence on the current state of provision, gaps in evidence, and barriers to and facilitators of better delivery AUTHOR(S) Golnaz Whittaker; Gavin Wood Published: 2022 Innocenti Working Papers One billion people in the world live with a disability; 240 million are children. The majority of the world’s children with disabilities live in low- and middle-income countries, where humanitarian crises are most likely to occur. Humanitarian crises increase the prevalence of child disability and the need for assistive technologies as children sustain new disabling injuries, children with disabilities lose their assistive devices, or access to limited existing health services is worsened by crisis. In addition, there are likely to be many more children with disabilities in humanitarian settings whose need for assistive technologies has never been identified. This literature review discusses the barriers to assistive technologies provision in humanitarian settings and considers possible entry points for provision in the future. Recommendations include: coordination platforms for provision; gathering evidence on existing in-country provision and strengthening those systems; designing programmes for provision that account for pre-existing barriers, within-crises barriers including those internal to humanitarian organizations like UNICEF. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 72 | Thematic area: Child well-being | Tags: care of disabled children, child disabilities, disabilities, disabled children, humanitarian emergencies, physically disabled children × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Golnaz Whittaker; Gavin Wood 2022 The Provision of Assistive Technology to Children with Disabilities in Humanitarian Settings: A Review of the available evidence on the current state of provision, gaps in evidence, and barriers to and facilitators of better delivery. , pp. 72.
Innocenti Discussion Papers Impact Evaluation in Settings of Fragility and Humanitarian Emergency AUTHOR(S) Shivit Bakrania; Nikola Balvin; Silvio Daidone; Jacobus de Hoop Published: 2021 Innocenti Discussion Papers Despite the challenges involved in fragile and humanitarian settings, effective interventions demand rigorous impact evaluation and research. Such work in these settings is increasing, both in quality and quantity, and being used for programme implementation and decision-making.This paper seeks to contribute to and catalyse efforts to implement rigorous impact evaluations and other rigorous empirical research in fragile and humanitarian settings. It describes what sets apart this type of research; identifies common challenges, opportunities, best practices, innovations and priorities; and shares some lessons that can improve practice, research implementation and uptake. Finally, it provides some reflections and recommendations on areas of agreement (and disagreement) between researchers and their commissioners and funding counterparts. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 39 | Thematic area: Knowledge management, Research Uptake | Tags: evaluation, evaluation research, humanitarian emergencies, impact, policy making, programme implementation, research × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Shivit Bakrania; Nikola Balvin; Silvio Daidone; Jacobus de Hoop 2021 Impact Evaluation in Settings of Fragility and Humanitarian Emergency. , pp. 39.
Miscellanea Best of UNICEF Research and Evaluation 2020 Published: 2020 Miscellanea 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 world around us and evaluating progress are two sides of the same coin, both critical to reimagining a better future for children. In recognition of this, UNICEF celebrates and showcases innovative and influential research and evaluations from our offices around the world every year. For 2020, Innocenti and the Evaluation Office joined forces to find the most rigorous UNICEF studies with greatest influence on policies and programmes that benefit children. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 164 | Thematic area: Knowledge management | Tags: adolescents, birth registration, breastfeeding, cash transfers, child labour, child poverty, child protection, early childhood development, humanitarian emergencies, hygiene, institutionalized children, internet, migration, nutrition, pandemic, policy issues, primary education, sanitation, unaccompanied children, water × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION 2020 Best of UNICEF Research and Evaluation 2020. , pp. 164.
Innocenti Discussion Papers The Long-term Effect of Humanitarian Emergencies on Adolescents: Existing evidence, gaps and considerations for research and practitioners AUTHOR(S) Jose Cuesta; Michelle Godwin; Jeremy Shusterman; Cirenia Chavez Published: 2018 Innocenti Discussion Papers This short paper grew out of discussions at a two-day research workshop focused on famines and adolescents. It explores some of what we do and do not know about the impacts of humanitarian situations on adolescents’ lives. Adolescents and their specific capacities and vulnerabilities have tended to be overlooked in the design and implementation of humanitarian responses, including in social protection and further components of such responses. This paper seeks to bring these questions to the attention of researchers, policy makers and practitioners in order to address identified priority gaps; build on existing knowledge; invest in better evidence generation; and include adolescents in research and response efforts in meaningful ways. Such improvements to humanitarian responses would assist in developing more inclusive efforts that consider all ages in the child’s life-course; aim for more sustainable well-being outcomes and help meet core commitments to children in these settings. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 20 | Thematic area: Adolescents | Tags: adolescents, famines, humanitarian emergencies × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Jose Cuesta; Michelle Godwin; Jeremy Shusterman; Cirenia Chavez 2018 The Long-term Effect of Humanitarian Emergencies on Adolescents: Existing evidence, gaps and considerations for research and practitioners. , pp. 20.
Innocenti Working Papers What We Know about Ethical Research Involving Children in Humanitarian Settings: An overview of principles, the literature and case studies AUTHOR(S) Gabrielle Berman; Jason Hart; Dónal O'Mathúna; Erica Mattellone; Alina Potts; Clare O'Kane; Jeremy Shusterman; Thomas Tanner Published: 2016 Innocenti Working Papers This working paper identifies and explores the issues that should be considered when undertaking ethical research involving children in humanitarian settings. Both the universal (i.e. relevant to all research involving children) and specific ethical issues that may arise when involving children in research in humanitarian settings are examined. This is undertaken through a review of the literature, relevant case studies, and a reflection on the ethical issues highlighted in UNICEF’s Procedure for Ethical Standards in Research, Evaluation, Data Collection and Analysis (the Ethics Procedure). The key findings of this overview highlight that many of the ethical issues that are present in other settings remain relevant and applicable in the context of humanitarian settings. These include: an institution’s capacity to appropriately and respectfully engage children in research, understanding power relations, securing informed consent and assent, ascertaining harms and benefits, maintaining privacy and confidentiality, and ensuring appropriate communication of findings. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 62 | Thematic area: Ethical research | Tags: ethics, humanitarian emergencies, literature surveys × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Gabrielle Berman; Jason Hart; Dónal O'Mathúna; Erica Mattellone; Alina Potts; Clare O'Kane; Jeremy Shusterman; Thomas Tanner 2016 What We Know about Ethical Research Involving Children in Humanitarian Settings: An overview of principles, the literature and case studies. , pp. 62.