UNICEF Innocenti’s new report – Beyond Masks: Societal impacts of COVID-19 and accelerated solutions for children and adolescents – offers a comprehensive picture of the health, economic, and social impacts of the pandemic, and its implications for children and adolescents. The report examines evidence from the current crisis, examines past health crises such as HIV/AIDS, SARS and Ebola to provide insights into the current one, and proposes proven and promising solutions.

On 15 September 2020, we presented a webinar on COVID-19 Parenting to the West and Central Africa Regional Office (WCARO) and approximately 25 Country Offices in the region. The webinar addresses key questions about COVID-19 Parenting and shared information about the emergency response we have been providing since March 2020, highlighting the wide range of parenting resources being developed and adapted for varying levels of internet access, to reach all population groups, in low as well as high income countries.

Presentation of our free parenting resources delivered by Brigitte De Hulsters at the Seminario Iberamericano last week (beginning at 59:34).

The Iberoamerican Seminar for Prevention, detection and intervention in cases of sexual violence in children and adolescents in Latin America and the Caribean (LAC) was organized by FAN (Fundacion de Atencion a la Ninez, Colombia) and Early Institute (Mexico) from 25 till 28 august 2020.

The Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children (EVAC) and the Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN) partnered to present a webinar focused on key issues on Child Protection in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.