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((short description|Country office of the United Nations Children's Fund))
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| name = UNICEF Philippines
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| abbreviation = UNICEF Philippines
| leader_title  = Head
| leader_name = Oyunsaikhan Dendevnorov (Country Representative)
| status = Active
| formation = 1948
| headquarters = 14th Floor Rockwell Business Center Sheridan Street corner United Street, [[Mandaluyong]], [[Metro Manila]], Philippines
| website = ((URL|http://www.unicef.ph))
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'''UNICEF Philippines''' is one of the many country offices of the [[United Nations Children’s Fund]] ([[UNICEF]]). Being one of the first UNICEF offices established in Asia ((No source|date=April 2024)), it works to uphold the rights of children in the Philippines, including their right to education, healthcare, and protection from abuse and exploitation. Additionally, it advocates for political change in support of children, and works with partners from the public and private sectors to create change through sustainable programs ((No source|date=April 2024)).

UNICEF itself was created in 1946 to provide food, clothing, and healthcare to children in Europe after [[World War II]]. In 1953, the [[UN General Assembly]] extended UNICEF’s mandate.<ref> United Nations General Assembly Resolution 802 (VIII) (1953) </ref> In 1989 it adopted the UN [[Convention on the Rights of the Child]] (CRC), which has since become the most widely adopted human rights treaty in history. The CRC now underpins UNICEF’s work around the world, including in the Philippines, and defines children’s rights.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.unicef.org/about/who/index_history.html |title=About UNICEF: Who we are - Our history |publisher=UNICEF |access-date=2012-10-18))</ref>

== Programs ==

=== Child protection ===
UNICEF works to provide a safe and protective environment for vulnerable children, including victims of abuse, exploitation and violence.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.unicef.org/philippines/protection.html|title=UNICEF Philippines - Child Protection - Issue|website=www.unicef.org|access-date=2017-07-01))</ref> Through their work at both the local and national level, UNICEF attempts to develop and strengthen [[child protection]] networks. The organization also supports the establishment of Child Protection Units and specialized courts to help victims of child exploitation and abuse. In the Philippines, UNICEF has successfully lobbied for the passage of several major laws to protect children’s rights, including the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.pcij.org/blog/?p=912|title=Finally, a juvenile justice law « The PCIJ Blog|date=2006-05-11|publisher=Pcij.org|access-date=2012-10-18))</ref> and the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=524744|title=GMA signs Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009 - Home » Other Sections » Breaking News|date=2009-11-18|publisher=Philstar.com|access-date=2012-10-18))</ref>

=== Disaster risk reduction ===
UNICEF Philippines focuses on disaster risk reduction (DRR), striving to establish child-centered disaster risk management models. These models serve as blueprints for local government units (LGUs) to integrate DRR into their development plans. In addition to bridging community-based activities with public policy, UNICEF facilitates partnerships between non-government organizations and LGUs. Together, they develop child-sensitive DRR and climate change adaptation plans and programs, aiming to ensure the safety and well-being of children during emergencies.

=== Education ===
UNICEF works to achieve quality and inclusive education for all children in the Philippines; hence they support the Philippine Government’s thrust to expand access to quality Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD), which includes universal [[child care]]. UNICEF's education program aims to provide an equitable platform for learning to ensure that young children are ready to learn and enter school at the right age, and that marginalized and excluded children participate in and complete quality elementary education.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.unicef.org/philippines/education.html|title=UNICEF Philippines - Education - Education|website=www.unicef.org|access-date=2017-07-01))</ref>

=== Health and nutrition ===
UNICEF's health program supports the Philippine Government’s Universal Health Care Agenda and poverty reduction initiatives to serve the poorest families and most vulnerable groups, particularly women and their newborn babies and beneficiaries of the conditional cash transfer program. In line with UNICEF’s equity focus on regions identified by the government as the most disadvantaged, the organization's programs are being implemented in areas that have the lowest number and coverage of health facilities and skilled birth attendants, while supporting the institutionalization of standards to improve the quality of healthcare services for mothers and children at the national level.<ref name=":0">((Cite web|url=https://www.unicef.org/philippines/health_nutrition_9234.html|title=UNICEF Philippines - Health and Nutrition - Action|website=www.unicef.org|access-date=2017-07-01))</ref>

UNICEF's nutrition program aims to improve child survival, growth and development through life-cycle nutrition security interventions. UNICEF's nutrition programs in the Philippines include: increasing access among pregnant and lactating women and children under 5 years old to interventions that prevent under-nutrition and micro-nutrient deficiencies; treatment of acute malnutrition; sustaining positive nutrition behavior in vulnerable local government units; and supports the government in promoting [[breastfeeding]] and Infant and Young Child Feeding practices.<ref name=":0" />

=== HIV and AIDS ===
UNICEF is supporting the Philippine government's [[HIV]] response by gathering data and strategic information, advocating for laws that are responsive to the needs of children and young people, providing life skills and leadership training to adolescents, and helping the government, NGOs, and youth networks improve service delivery to respond to the [[HIV/AIDS in the Philippines|crisis]].<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.unicef.org/philippines/hivaids.html|title=UNICEF Philippines - HIV/ AIDS - HIV and AIDS|website=www.unicef.org|access-date=2017-07-01))</ref>

=== Social policy ===
UNICEF provides technical assistance to the Philippine government in expanding social protection programs that help children and families who do not receive basic social services, such as street families, indigenous people, and migrant families.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.unicef.org/philippines/policy.html|title=UNICEF Philippines - Social Policy - Social Policy|website=www.unicef.org|access-date=2017-07-01))</ref>

=== Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) ===
UNICEF aims to achieve universal use and access to sustainable and resilient basic sanitation and safe water with improved hygiene behavior in disadvantaged households, schools, and Early Childhood Care and Development  centers in the Philippines. The organization's WASH program focuses on the poorest villages with the lowest WASH coverage, and scaling up interventions to support government programs that address WASH issues at the national level.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.unicef.org/philippines/wes.html|title=UNICEF Philippines - Water, Sanitation and Hygiene - Water, Sanitation and Hygiene|website=www.unicef.org|access-date=2017-07-01))</ref>

== Emergency response ==
UNICEF can respond rapidly to a [[natural disaster]] or humanitarian emergency upon the request of the Philippine government. UNICEF's emergency response programs provide support to the government-led response in the areas of child protection, education, health, nutrition, and WASH. Recently, UNICEF assisted those affected by the [[Marawi crisis]], [[Typhoon Nock-ten|Typhoon Nock-Ten]], [[Typhoon Haima]], [[Typhoon Melor]], [[Typhoon Koppu]], [[Typhoon Hagupit (2014)|Typhoon Hagupit]], [[Typhoon Haiyan]]<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.unicef.org/philippines/media_23182.html|title=UNICEF Philippines - Media centre - Philippines: a year after Super Typhoon Haiyan|website=www.unicef.org|access-date=2017-07-01))</ref> and the [[Zamboanga City crisis]].

==Celebrity ambassadors==

UNICEF Philippines has appointed two National Goodwill Ambassadors: [[Gary Valenciano]] and [[Anne Curtis]].<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.unicef.org/philippines/goodwill-ambassadors|title = National Ambassadors))</ref> Their contracts were revewed in 2023.<ref name=":1">((Cite web |title=Gary V and Anne Curtis renew contract with UNICEF Philippines |url=https://www.unicef.org/philippines/press-releases/gary-v-and-anne-curtis-renew-contract-unicef-philippines |date=May 2023 |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=www.unicef.org |language=en))</ref>

In 1998,  Gary Valenciano was conferred the honor of the first UNICEF National Ambassador in the Philippines. As a  National Ambassador, he helps increase awareness about the issues that affect children in the Philippines and their rights to education, health, protection, participation, and assistance during emergencies <ref name=":1" />.

Actress, television host, and recording artist, Anne Curtis, was appointed UNICEF Celebrity Advocate for Children in 2015 and later as a National Ambassador in 2019. Her work for UNICEF focuses on promoting Early Childhood Care & Development.<ref name=":1" />.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.unicef.ph/ UNICEF Philippines]
*[http://www.unicef.org/ UNICEF global website]

[[Category:UNICEF]]
[[Category:Child-related organizations in the Philippines]]
[[Category:Organizations based in Manila]]

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