UNICEF is the UN agency that addresses the issues of children. Several NGO Committees function within the departments of UNICEF and meet regularly throughout the year.

The Working Group on Girls, one of the NGO committees, has been a part of SSND involvement since its beginning.

Visit the UN Girls' Education Initiative to learn more about its goal to narrow the gender gap in primary and secondary education.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child is a universally agreed set of non-negotiable standards and obligations which spells out the basic human rights for children everywhere.