UNICEF's Fight for Equality
One out of every 20 children aged 14 or younger — 93 million kids around the world — are living with a moderate or severe disability of some kind. Many are invisible, excluded from school, hidden by their families and abandoned by their governments. We believe that regardless of ability, all children have a right to reach their full potential.
Removing Barriers so Kids Can Flourish
From 2014 to 2017, UNICEF invested more than $1.2 billion in social inclusion programs, supported by more than 195 professional staff in 155 country offices. UNICEF helps governments in 157 countries to provide critical social protection legislation and programs for the most vulnerable and marginalized children.
Every Child Has the Right to Learn and Play
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Stories From our Community
On a visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Special Olympics gold medalist Lucy Meyer saw how social inclusion programs bring children together.
Children of all abilities play together at a new playground in Jordan, one of the first of its kind in a refugee camp anywhere in the world.
An important reminder to continue advocating on behalf of children who suffer discrimination and exclusion because of the way they look.
7 years of indiscriminate attacks and bombings have left a generation of Syrian children displaced, disabled and hoping for a better future.
Meet our first-ever Official Spokesperson of the Special Olympics—U.S. Fund Partnership!
Cara E. Yar Khan of UNICEF Haiti sheds light on the importance of fighting for equal rights for disabled children.