UNICEF Indonesia
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UNICEF Indonesia is one of over 190 national offices of the United Nations Children’s Fund. As one of the first UNICEF offices established in Asia, UNICEF Indonesia has been on the ground since 1948 to uphold the rights of children in the vast archipelago, including their right to education, healthcare, and protection from abuse and exploitation.[1] It also advocates for political change in support of children, and works with partner organizations from the public, charity, and private sectors, to effect change.
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Abbreviation | UNICEF Indonesia |
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Formation | 1948 |
Type | Country office |
Legal status | Active |
Headquarters | Jakarta, Indonesia |
Head | Maniza Zaman (Representative) |
Parent organization | UNICEF International |
Website | http://www.unicef.org/indonesia |
UNICEF was created in 1946 to provide food, clothing, and health care to children in Europe after the Second World War.[2] In 1953, the UN General Assembly extended UNICEF’s mandate indefinitely and 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,[3] including in Indonesia, and defines children’s rights to protection, education, health care and nutrition, water sanitation, and hygiene, which enables children to survive and thrive.