UNICEF Indonesia

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UNICEF Indonesia

Abbreviation	UNICEF Indonesia
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 Indonesia is one of over 190 national offices within 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.

UNICEF was founded 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 worldwide,^[3] including in Indonesia, and defines children’s rights to protection, education, health care and nutrition, water sanitation, and hygiene.