October 2011

By Jo Gardener, UNICEF Australia Advocacy Intern

When I looked in my diary yesterday morning, the words “Universal Children’s Day” was printed in the fine small print in the corner of Wednesday 26th October, and I began thinking about what the purpose of this day is actually all about. Read more...

By Adam Baidawi, UNICEF Australia Young Ambassador

There was a moment when it all clicked.
A few weeks back, I was speaking to Year 6 boys at a Melbourne primary school, describing the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Read more...

By Tara Moss, UNICEF Australia’s Patron of Breastfeeding.
Last year, when supermodel Giselle Bündchen made her infamous comment thatthere should be a “worldwide law” that mothers breastfeed for six months, I was one of those who jumped up and down with outrage. Read more...

By Renee Carr, Global Poverty Project

In the fight against extreme poverty, it can often be hard to convey the incredible progress that is being made.
But, right now, our generation has an opportunity to do just that. Read more...

By Mia Cox, UNICEF Advocacy Intern
The other day I watched the latest Four Corners episode entitled “Poor Kids”.  This documentary followed the real lives of three children in the UK who are living below the national poverty line. It was a dark and depressing tale, as you could almost see the potential and spirit of these children being slowly extinguished by the tightening grip of parental unemployment, debt, stigmatisation and increasing anxiety about the future.
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By Victoria Jack, UNICEF Australia Communication Intern
"We have no planet B"

Those five words sent a little shiver down my spine when I heard them delivered at a United Nations conference on sustainability held in Germany earlier this month. Read more...

By Susanna Matters, UNICEF Australia Young Ambassador
Last Monday, one of those moments occurred. You know, the moment when you’re flicking through the newspaper and then you suddenly let out a whoop of joy. That was me, last Monday, celebrating the news that women in Saudi Arabia have been granted the right to vote and run in municipal elections. Read more...