United Nations Children's Fund

Mandate

Active in more than 190 countries and territories, UNICEF is the world’s leading advocate for children. Our overarching goal is to promote measures to give children the best possible start in life and to work with others to overcome the obstacles that poverty, deprivation of family care, violence, disease and discrimination place in a child’s path. We view child rights as an essential component of human development as foreseen in the United Nations Charter and the Sustainable Development Goals. All of our work is guided by the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child. Marking the 30^th anniversary of the Convention is an important milestone this year for the world and for Armenia.

UNICEF in Armenia

UNICEF works in Armenia since 1994, so this year we also celebrate our 25^th anniversary of working for every child in Armenia! We support the Government of Armenia in the design and implementation of systemic reforms to address gaps in the fulfilment of the rights of Armenian children, with a particular focus on the vulnerable and excluded.

In the past two decades, UNICEF has proudly supported Armenia to:

• Cut under-5 child mortality by half
• Protect children from preventable diseases through 90% immunization
• Eliminate measles, mother to child HIV transmission, and achieve polio-free status
• Eliminate iodine deficiency through universal salt iodization
• Expand access to preschool education
• Advance inclusive education for children with disabilities
• Integrate emergency preparedness in the national education agenda
• Establish foster care services for children without parental care, and
• Decrease the number of children in residential care and correctional facilities by 75 percent.

From 2016-2020, UNICEF works to ensure that:

• Disadvantaged girls and boys aged 0-6 years and their families have access to quality and inclusive health care and nutrition services,
• Children with disabilities are included in the society and can exercise their right to quality education and rehabilitation,
• Out of school children are integrated in the education system,
• Every child has the opportunity to grow up in a family environment,
• Schools, families, and communities are resilient against disaster risks,
• The judicial system safeguards the best interests of the child,
• There is a child rights monitoring system in the country.

This agenda is built to contribute to Armenia’s Development Strategy 2014-2025, as well as a range of national programmes and strategies on human rights, child rights protection, education, and disaster risk reduction.

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Linked News

• COVAX announces new agreement, plans for first deliveries
• Children cannot afford another year of school disruption
• COVID-19: UNICEF warns of continued damage to learning and well-being as number of children affected by school closures soars again
• Teachers should be prioritized for vaccination against COVID-19
• UNICEF calls for averting a lost generation as COVID-19 threatens to cause irreversible harm to children’s education, nutrition and well-being
• UNICEF Statement on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
• UNESCO, UNICEF and WHO issue considerations for school-related public health measures in the context of COVID-19
• Conflict, climate crisis and COVID-19 pose great threats to the health of women and children
• UNICEF to lead procurement and supply of COVID-19 vaccines in world’s largest and fastest ever operation of its kind
• COVID-19 could reverse decades of progress toward eliminating preventable child deaths, agencies warn

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Linked Publications

• Աշխարհը, որ մենք ենք ուզում — ԿԶՆ ուղեցույց երեխաների ու երիտասարդների համար // 2017
• Assessment of the Situation of Asylum Seeking, Refugee, and Displaced Children in Armenia // 2016
• Child Poverty in Armenia: National Multiple Overlapping Deprivation Analyses 2016 // 2016
• It's about Inclusion: Access to Education, Health and Social Protection Services for Children with Disabilities in Armenia // 2012
• Towards Alternative Child Care Services in Armenia: Costing Residential Care Institutions and Community Based Services // 2010
• Strengthening Health Services for School-age Children and Adolescents in Armenia // 2010
• Assessment of Juvenile Justice Reform Achievements in Armenia // 2010
• Fact Sheet / UNICEF Armenia // 2010
• Evaluation of Inclusive Education Policies and Programmes in Armenia // 2009
• Երեխաների պաշտպանության ուսումնաօժանդակ ձեռնարկ երեխաների իրավունքների պաշտպանության ոլորտի մասնագետների համար // 2009

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