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Podcast: For Every Child

  • Addressing Child Poverty in Canada

    After many years of progress, the child poverty rate in Canada has moved in the wrong direction. In fact, the poverty rate rose more sharply for children than for the general population. Canada is now a middle performer among rich countries for its rate of child poverty.
  • A Holiday Special with Simu Liu, UNICEF Canada Ambassador

    A holiday special episode of the For Every Child podcast featuring a conversation between UNICEF Canada ambassadors and actors Simu Liu and Saara Chaudry about what inspires them to advocate for child rights and their hopes for children in 2024.
  • Innovation, for every child

    From autonomous airships to open-source AI mapping hard-to-reach areas and a compression garment developmed by NASA saving the lives of thousands of mothers worldwide - what role does innovation play at an organization like UNICEF?

    In this episode we speak to entrepreneurs and innovators - all working to make a better world for children.
  • Enabling equity, inclusion and access: Mental health support for every child

    It’s not an easy time to be a child or young person. In this episode of the For Every Child podcast, we look at how mental health support differs in different contexts and countries, what tools and support we can provide young people and children to help them with their mental health and what UNICEF is doing to ensure young people are being heard when it comes to understanding their needs.
  • Vaccinating the world's children: the post-pandemic catch up

    It’s 2023 and 1 in 5 children is still not protected against vaccine preventable diseases, according to UNICEF’s latest State of the World’s Children report. In this episode of the For Every Child podcast, we mark World Immunization Week, and look at what it would take to build back immunity following the pandemic – globally and in Canada.
  • Yemen: Eight years on, children continue to suffer

    Eights years into the conflict in Yemen and many children have known nothing but war in their lives. Peter Hawkins, UNICEF’s representative in Yemen speaks about what is being done to build resilience in communities and what the current challenges are in terms of education and nutrition.
  • Transforming education: Current challenges and hopes for the future

    There are more children in school than out of school today. Yet, millions of them are unable to comprehend simple text. In this episode we explore this learning gap and look at what are the challenges when it comes to getting an education - in the classroom and in getting children to the classrooms.