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Laura had to give up on school after her parents died. Now, at 14, she is the head of her household and must work to support her 7-year-old brother

Laura Must Choose between Safety and Safe Water

What's one way to protect girls? Provide them with clean water.

UNICEF Tap Project

S'well Founder Sarah Kauss: Why the UNICEF Tap Project Matters

Clean water. Without a second thought, we simply turn the knob and it comes flowing out of the faucet. But the accessibility to clean water that is so customary to us is a luxury that people around...

Child marriage among Syrian girls now living in Jordan is common. But Besan is determined to stay in school so she can chart her own destiny — and become an architect

How Syrian Children Cope — Besan Tells Her Story

Chicago Community Engagement Fellow, Whitney Cross, Shares UNICEF Kid Power at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital

UNICEF Kid Power at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital

Chicago Community Engagement Fellow shares UNICEF Kid Power with children at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital

Five years of war in Syria has stolen the childhoods of children like Ammar who lives in a refugee camp in Jordan

How Syrian Children Cope — Ammar Tells His Story

Saja, 12 years old, has been displaced in Aleppo, Syria for three years.

How Syrian Children Cope — Saja Tells Her Story

Fourth-grade classroom in a classroom in the Al Karnak camp, Tartous, Syrian Arab Republic.

How Syrian Children Cope — Maya Tells Her Story

Woman Smiling

Kalita's Story: Girls' Education Is Key to a Brighter Future

For one Nepalese girl, the path to a positive future is via soccer and school.

Child brides, like Nafissa, who married at 16, are less likely to finish school, more likely to suffer abuse and give birth to still born babies.

1 Billion Girls. That's Why We Must End Child Marriage

International Women's Day 2016 kicks off with a new UNICEF program to end child marriage and support vulnerable girls worldwide.