UNICEF releases 6 point plan to protect children during the pandemic

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on the occasion of World Children’s day released a six-point plan and data and advocacy brief, ‘Averting a lost COVID Generation’, to protect children during the pandemic. As part of the ‘Six Point Plan to Protect our Children’, UNICEF calls on governments and partners to: 

• Reduce the digital divide and ensure all children get the opportunity to learn;
• Ensure all children get equal access to health and nutrition services;
• Support and protect the mental health of children and young people and end gender-based violence;
• Increase access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene, and address environmental degradation and climate change;
• Reverse the rise in child poverty; and 
• Protect children living through conflict, disaster, and displacement.