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Blog #Leading SDG4 Education 2030 "Investing in education: An urgent call for Latin America and the Caribbean"

30 Apr 2025 | Briefing note

This article is part of the #FundEducation blog series, which focuses on the urgent need to bridge the financing gap for SDG 4: Quality Education for All. The series gathers insights from partners and experts in education finance, reflecting on the challenges of enhancing the volume, efficiency, and quality of resources dedicated to education worldwide, as well as the actions needed to ensure that education is adequately funded in the future.…

Afrodescendent childhood in Colombia

15 Nov 2019 | Briefing note

DORA INÉS VIVANCO JULIO Master in Development Management, Consultant, Researcher "Mamá yo quiero salir a jugar con mis amigos (…) A la lleva y al quemado, jugando mamá jugando Jugué a la gallina ciega, jugando mamá jugando”. Zully Murillo, Jugando The orality of Afro-Colombian population gathers traditions with which boys and girls of African descent have grown up who, from different regions, share symbolic elements and stories that denote the connection with rivers and seas around which, centuries ago, cimarron ancestors [1] constituted Palenques as territories free from slave trade. These te…

Children of African descent in Latin America

15 Nov 2019 | Briefing note

Laís Abramo and Marta Rangel[1] The history of Latin America is closely related to European colonization, conquest and slavery. The latter consisted both of the enslavement of part of the indigenous population and, in particular, of African people trafficked intercontinentally[2]. The slave system lasted in the region for almost 400 years and has left deep marks in our societies. These include the structural inequalities that affect Afrodescendent populations and the persistence and reproduction of racism and ethnic and racial discrimination manifested in different areas of development and rig…

The First regional report on the implementation of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development is already available

6 Mar 2019 | Briefing note

This report seeks to give an account of progress in the implementation of the priority measures of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development in the region, as well as the differences between countries in terms of the degree of implementation. By highlighting relevant national experiences, it also seeks to facilitate the exchange of good practices among countries so that they can benefit from each other in their efforts to advance the implementation of the actions of the Montevideo Consensus.…

Human milk banks

2 Apr 2018 | Briefing note

Breast milk is the best food for infants. The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF recommend exclusive breastfeeding from the first hour of life until at least 6 months of age.…

A gaming application that teaches players how to protect themselves against natural disasters: Tanah – The Tsunami & Earthquake Fighter

20 Apr 2017 | Briefing note

A free gaming app has been developed as part of the “More education, less risk” project implemented by UNESCO in partnership with Save the Children and Plan International, with the support of the European Union’s Humanitarian Aid Office. It aims to teach children how to protect themselves against natural disasters. Players have to help Tanah, the main character, advance through 21 levels of the game and overcome different adversities to save her family and her people. The first seven levels address prevention issues (recognition of emergency alarms, signage, existence of evacuation plans and p…

Chile: a children’s emergency support kit that is also fun

20 Apr 2017 | Briefing note

The Chile Crece Contigo (“Chile Grows with You”) subsystem of the Chilean Ministry of Social Development has put a number of measures in place to support people who lose all their belongings in a catastrophe. Measures implemented since 2016 include the provision of a special emergency kit for children under 9 years old. This kit was developed in the light of lessons learned after the wildfires of April 2014 in Valparaiso, the March 2015 floods in Atacama and the Coquimbo earthquake in September that same year. It is meant to supplement initial psychological support measures and reduce children…

Motherhood and adolescent fertility in the Caribbean

30 Aug 2016 | Briefing note

We are pleased to inform that the document "Trends in adolescent motherhood and fertility and related Inequalities in the Caribbean 1990-2010" is now available. This document was prepared by the Caribbean demographer Valerie Nam.…

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