Evidence hub
Our resource library is a searchable collection of documents, tools, and resources on parenting across the life cycle. You can filter the resources by topic, type, country, and more.
We welcome and encourage the submission of additional resources.
Resource Search
Resource Type
Resource Topic
Region
FILTER BY:
Language
Ages
Mode of Delivery
Growing Up in a Connected World: A Family Guide.
- UNESCO
- June 23, 2026
This technical brief highlights parenting support strategies and interventions that can benefit parents and help them create better spaces for children with developmental delays and disabilities to thrive. The brief includes data on children with developmental delays and disabilities and features country examples from around the world
GuideCaregiver supportParentingTechnologyGlobalParents and caregiversAdvocacy
Parenting Programs to Prevent Violence and Advance Gender Equality: Findings from a Global Mapping
- UNICEF
- April 30, 2026
This global mapping explores how parenting programmes are addressing harmful gender norms to help prevent violence against children and intimate partner violence. It highlights opportunities to strengthen gender equality and support safer, more nurturing family environments.
Grey LiteratureChild ProtectionGenderGender transformative parentingParentingParenting programmesViolence against ChildrenGlobalParents and caregiversAdvocacy
Bogota to Madrid to Manila: On the Road to Universal Delivery of Parenting Support Commitment Recommendations for the 2nd Global Ministerial on Ending Violence Against Children.
- Global Initiative to Support Parents
- June 23, 2026
As the global community prepares for the Second Global Ministerial on Ending Violence Against Children in Manila, this GISP position paper calls for bold, financed commitments to achieve universal delivery of parenting support. Drawing on progress since Bogotá and Madrid, it outlines actionable recommendations for governments, donors, and partners to strengthen caregiver support and help end violence against children in every context.
AdvocacyGrey LiteratureHumanitarianGlobalArabicEnglishFrenchSpanishAcross childhoodParents and caregiversAdvocacyEducatorsFront line workerNonprofit organizations (NGOs)Other individuals and institutionsSocial activistsTechnical guidance
Engaging Men in Nurturing Care A Roadmap for Systemic Change
- ISSA
The Engaging Men in Nurturing Care: A Roadmap for Systemic Change provides a practical framework for increasing fathers’ and men’s involvement in early childhood care and development. It addresses structural barriers that limit men’s participation in caregiving and highlights the benefits of engaged fatherhood for children, families, and gender equality. Using a systems-based approach, the Roadmap offers guidance for policymakers, practitioners, employers, and civil society on strengthening policies, services, workplace practices, and social norms. Drawing on evidence and examples from across Europe, it promotes coordinated action to create more inclusive caregiving systems and support shared responsibility for child-rearing.
Academic ArticleParentingGlobalEnglishFatherAdvocacy
The Power of Play
- UNICEF
The Power of Play: A Global Data Story highlights the critical role of play in young children’s learning, development, and wellbeing while revealing significant global disparities in access to play opportunities. Drawing on data from nearly 100 countries, the resource shows that millions of children lack opportunities to play with caregivers or access play materials, with inequalities linked to factors such as income, education, and location. It calls for greater investment in supporting families with the time, information, safe spaces, and resources needed to make play a part of everyday life.
AdvocacyParenting
Parenting support for children with developmental delays and disabilities
- UNICEF
This technical brief highlights parenting support strategies and interventions that can benefit parents and help them create better spaces for children with developmental delays and disabilities to thrive. The brief includes data on children with developmental delays and disabilities and features country examples from around the world
GuideDisability / Atypical Development / Special NeedsParentingGlobalParents and caregiversAdvocacy
Are parenting programmes effective at scale? Associations with violence against adolescent girls, parenting and mental health in real-world delivery across eight African countries: a meta-analysis of pre-post surveys
Evidence-based parenting programmes are widely used to prevent violence against children and improve parenting and mental health. Despite hundreds of randomised trials, little is known about their outcomes when delivered at scale within routine delivery. This study assesses the WHO-endorsed and UNICEF-endorsed Parenting for Lifelong Health programme for caregivers and adolescents, delivered through non-governmental organisation and government in Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, with support from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the European Union.
Academic ArticleParenting programmesEnglishAdolescent
Playbook on Digital Innovation for Supporting Families
- UNICEF and Van Leer Foundation
- April 1, 2026
UNICEF and the Van Leer Foundation have launched the Playbook on Digital Innovation for Supporting Families, a practical framework to help governments and partners support parents in a rapidly changing digital world. Grounded in children’s rights and global evidence, the Playbook guides how to align policies, financing, workforce development, and service delivery around one goal: empowering families with trusted information, skills, and accessible, human‑centered digital tools.
Toolkit/ManualParentingGlobalEnglishAcross childhoodAdvocacyDigital
Corporal Punishment of Children the Public Health Impact
- WHO
This technical report examines the global prevalence, risk factors, and lifelong consequences of child corporal punishment—defined as the use of physical force intended to cause pain or discomfort. Affecting an estimated 1.2 billion children annually, corporal punishment remains common in homes and schools worldwide. The report highlights its harmful impacts on children’s physical and mental health, education, and social development, and underscores that it offers no benefits. It calls for stronger laws, enforcement, and widespread promotion of positive, non-violent discipline strategies for parents and teachers.
Grey LiteratureParentingGlobalEnglishAcross childhoodAdvocacy
Parenting Programs to Promote the Nurturing Care of Children: Essential Considerations
- World Bank Group
- June 23, 2025
This document outlines guidelines for designing, implementing, and evaluating effective and scalable parenting programs in low- and middle-income countries. It emphasizes the crucial role of nurturing care in child development and highlights the need for context-specific, integrated approaches to improve caregiver-child interactions and ensure long-term program sustainability.
Academic ArticleParentingParenting programmesAfricaAsiaLatin AmericaEnglishFatherAdvocacyTechnical guidance