UNICEF’s Henrietta Fore on Supporting Children and Families Worldwide

In this week’s episode, Andrew and Scott speak with Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF. The pandemic has upended the lives of children and families as health systems buckle, borders close, and schools and businesses shutter. Henrietta describes the many ways UNICEF is working to keep children around the world healthy, learning, and safe.

Reading Notes:

Child malnutrition and Covid-19: the time to act is now

Henrietta Fore outlines five urgent actions needed from governments, the private sector, and the UN alike to protect children's right to nutrition in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Joint Call to Action: Reimagining the World We Need

Henrietta Fore and John W.H. Denton of the International Chamber of Commerce issue a joint call for public and private sectors to work together in combatting Covid-19 and in creating a better, fairer, healthier and more prosperous world in the pandemic’s aftermath.