Report
Strengthening Immunization for Children
Strengthening immunization through gender equity and engaging fathers in child health and family wellbeing.Across the Middle East and North Africa, UNICEF is promoting positive parenting programs that engage fathers as active participants in child health and more equitable outcomes for the entire family. These pro...
Article
Mona's Journey for Gender Equality and Environmental Justice
Mona is a climate change activist based in Jordan South Valley who dedicates her time towards community engagement to highlight the connection between gender equality and environmental justice. Mona has been a part of UNICEF Girl’s Leadership Program and uses her leadership skills to empower young people to take a...
Press release
On International Human Rights Day UN Agencies and Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights urge action to uphold gender equal nationality rights across the Middle East-North Africa Region
Citizens’ equal right to pass their nationality to their children is a fundamental human right, one that is essential to advancing gender equality, children’s rights and wellbeing, and sustainable development, and to preventing statelessness. While women were historically denied the right to confer nationality, over the past several decades most…
Statement
We must prioritize girls in our COVID-19 recovery
NEW YORK, 8 March 2022 – “On International Women’s Day, we acknowledge the international community’s hard-fought gains for the world’s women and girls. We celebrate the remarkable achievements of women and girls in our societies. And we redouble our commitment to extend those gains to every girl, everywhere. “But ...
Flagship report
Prospects for children in 2022: a global outlook
2022 sees us entering a third year of the pandemic, and the harm done to children is increasingly evident: A record rise in child poverty. Setbacks to progress on routine vaccinations. Disruption to education for an entire generation. That harm has emerged as an unintended side-effect of the world's efforts to man...
Report
Situational Analysis of Women and Girls in the Middle East and North Africa
The Situation of Women and Girls in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and the Arab States region remains unresolved. Incremental progress has been documented, yet the pace is slow and does not reflect the commitments made to the Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals, nor to address the challenges...
Article
On International Women’s day, we celebrate this Syrian mother’s strength
Al- Hassakeh, Syria, 8 March 2020- With a smile that never leaves her tired face, she starts every day, determined to make a better future for her children. Meet young mother, Sawsan*, who lives with her two boys Osama, 7, and Younes, 5, in rudimentary conditions in Al-Hol camp for internally displaced families in...
Campaign
Girl Force: Unscripted and Unstoppable
The 2019 theme for the International Day of the Girl (IDG) is Girl Force: Unscripted and Unstoppable. This year we are celebrating achievements by, with and for girls since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action – the most comprehensive policy agenda ever for advancing the rights of not on...
Press release
Yemen launches first situation analysis of children in 15 years
الخبر باللغة العربية تحليل وضع الأطفال في اليمن - 2014: الرسائل الأساسية Download full report in English New report sheds light on challengers facing Yemen’s children SANA’A, Yemen, 17 June 2014 – Girls in Yemen continue to lag behind boys, with fewer chances to go to school and reach their potential and increased vulnerability to early marriage…