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The report provides an overview of UNICEF’s responses with our partners last year in the context of the many global challenges – from the severe drought and hunger that blanketed the Horn of Africa and the threat of a similar crisis in the Sahel region to the social and political challenges that faced the Arab world and the severe flooding in Pakistan – that have taken their toll on children.
In addition, as public budgets contracted in the face of the global economic crisis, more developing countries struggled to sustain levels of spending, including for social services most needed by children and poor households. But the global community now knows that development works, with unprecedented progress in reducing poverty and bringing more children to school, in reducing child mortality and providing safe water to drink. The daunting task ahead is to extend these gains, which have yet to reach everyone. UNICEF thus consistently advocates at every level for policies and practices that save and enhance children’s lives and this report presents examples of how UNICEF translates the principle of equity into practice.