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UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children's lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fulfil their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. And we never give up.Activities by UNICEF
Anomaly Detection in Yemen Cash Transfers
Arab States YemenIn Yemen, the OOI is piloting AI-based anomaly detection for UNICEF’s cash transfer program. The project hopes to build on existing anomaly detection algorithms and move beyond detecting “predictable anomalies” with the use of AI. The goal is to help find suspicious transactions and avoid the loss of much-needed funds, tackling fraud in a cash transfer program that has already reached 1.4 million beneficiaries and impacted 9 million people, almost a third of the country’s population.
Activity Type AI Tools/SolutionsResearch/Reports/AssessmentsReach the Unreached
Africa CameroonChadCôte d’IvoireGuineaMaliThis initiative explores the use of household survey data, enhanced and expanded through artificial intelligence and other data technologies, combined with high-resolution population estimates, and leveraged in geospatial assets, to complement administrative data in providing evidence to find and serve unreached children (zero-dose or under-immunized) with immunization and other child rights, starting with birth registration.
Activity Type AI Tools/SolutionsResearch/Reports/AssessmentsGen AI for youth
Africa BrazilChinaFinlandIndiaKenyaNigeriaA youth-focused AI learning initiative developed through a partnership between Microsoft, GitHub, Goodwall, and Yoma, and supported by Generation Unlimited (GenU). The program features gamified challenges that teach foundational AI skills through bite-sized learning, creative expression, and quizzes.
Activity Type Trainings/WorkshopsUNICEF Guidance on AI for Children
Global United Kingdom
The UNICEF Guidance on AI for Children, now in its third version, provides recommendations to uphold children's rights in government and private sector AI policies and practices, and raises awareness of how AI systems can uphold or undermine these rights. It is the only UN guide dedicated to children and AI.
There is ongoing need for support on how to develop AI policies and systems that uphold child rights, and that meaningfully include children in the process. While there is a promising increase in children’s rights being mentioned in AI regulations and normative instruments, children remain a stakeholder group that is not prioritized even while they are at the forefront of AI adoption and usage.