For 75 years, UNICEF has worked to improve the lives of children and their families.
Despite remarkable challenges around the world, UNICEF staffers fight for the rights of every child seeking safe shelter, nutrition, protection from disaster and conflicts, and equality.
UNICEF's Executive Director and senior leadership are international experts in their fields
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UNICEF is driven by five core values – care, respect, integrity, trust and accountability. Read about our culture
UNICEF works with the United Nations and its agencies to make sure that children are on the global agenda. UNICEF strikes a balance between thorough research and practical solutions for children.
UNICEF Executive Board
UNICEF’s Executive Board is the governing body of UNICEF.
Partnerships
Partnerships across every sector make all of UNICEF's work for children and young people possible.
Our UN mandate
UNICEF’s mandate is part of the larger mission of the United Nations.
More than 775 million people over the age of 15 are illiterate. That’s 17 percent of the world’s adult population.
Our goal is to strengthen the capacity of communities to support basic education and literacy, reduce gender disparity in education, and increase adult literacy. We support education for all children and literacy for children and adults.