Advocacy

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Equity for Children’s In First Person Video Presented to United Nations Secretary-General at the High Level Consultation

“Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond” On Monday, November 2, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Ambassadors and State Representatives from around the world viewed an Equity for Children In First Person video that was presented at a United Nations event entitled: “Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond”. Discussants from civil society organizations met with the UN Secretary-General […]

Approaches to Equity

Voice & participation

Cuilapa, Guatemala – In First Person

We travel today to Cuilapa, Guatemala. Edith lives with her three daughters, her two sisters, and her mother. Edith’s neighborhood of Canton Utzumazate is quiet and beautiful, but doesn’t have access to safe drinking water, electricity or paved roads. The families living there must buy safe water weekly to cook their food and practice safe […]

In First Person

Voice & participation

Buenaventura, Colombia – In First Person

Lorena, Victor and Gloria’s druthers attend the John Paul I Girl’s Home in Buenaventura, Colombia. The pandemic has brought economic problems to all three families including unemployment. All three parents have difficulties with distance learning. They don’t have internet access and the necessary tools for their daughters to complete their school work. Lorena, Victor, and […]

In First Person

Voice & participation

Cúcuta, Colombia – In First Person

In the final testimonial of our In First Person series, we return to Cúcuta, Colombia. María Alejandra lives as a single mother with her five children in the Navarro Wolf neighborhood. She is expecting another child, and with the risks of her high-risk pregnancy now compounded by the ongoing pandemic, has been unable to work […]

In First Person

Voice & participation

Nuevo San Salvador, Perú – In First Person

Roxana lives in the Nuevo San Salvador human settlement of the San Juan de Lurigancho district of Lima, Peru with her three children. Roxana’s children attend the Fe y Alegría School. Her two youngest children, Brisa and Fabián, are attending virtual classes in the morning using Roxana’s cell phone. It has been difficult for both […]

In First Person

Voice & participation

‘In First Person’ Videos: Voices of the Pandemic

A series of brief, powerful videos about life during the pandemic for some of the most vulnerable communities in Latin America. Women give voice to the challenges they and their children have faced during COVID-19.

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In First Person

Advocacy

Equity for Children’s In First Person Video Presented to United Nations Secretary-General at the High Level Consultation

Cuilapa, Guatemala – In First Person

Buenaventura, Colombia – In First Person

Cúcuta, Colombia – In First Person

Nuevo San Salvador, Perú – In First Person

‘In First Person’ Videos: Voices of the Pandemic

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