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UNICEF Innovation Challenge in Iran Recognizes Top Innovative Solutions During COVID-19

In September 2020, the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology and UNICEF Iran joined hands to launch a call on "Innovative Solutions that Address Challenges Faced by Children and Adolescents during COVID-19". More than eighty innovative solutions in the fields of Education, Health and Nutrition, Protection and...

03 January 2021

COVID-19, an opportunity to bridge the digital gap and reform education systems in the region

Restrictions on movement and closure of schools have had a severe impact on children’s daily routines, their social interactions, and ultimately on their mental well-being across the Middle East and North Africa. According to recent UNICEF-supported surveys: Nearly 40 per cent of families expressed concerns about ...

Behind the scenes of '11'

Meet 11-year-old Assia from Aleppo, Syria and now living in Turkey. Girl in a music workshop Meet 10-year-old Ganiar from Syria and has been living in Lebanon for the past seven years. Boy in a music workshop Meet 11-year-old Nisreen from Daraa, Syria and has been living in Jordan for the past three years. Girl ...

Iranian experts from public and private sectors come together

On Monday 25 th June 2018, a very diverse range of enthusiastic individuals came together in Tehran to exchange ideas on finding innovative solutions for problems facing children and adolescents in Iran. More than 120 experts from a variety of government bodies, civil society, UN and the private sector including s...

Children and youth at the heart of Algeria’s priorities

ALGIERS, 15 MAY 2018 – Following a visit to Algeria, the UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Geert Cappelaere, welcomed the continuous efforts towards the development, protection and well-being of children in the country. During his visit, Mr. Cappelaere met with government officials in...

20 November 2014

Innovation can drive change for most disadvantaged children - UNICEF report

الخبر باللغة العربية On the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, The State of the World’s Children report lays out an agenda for change NEW YORK, 20 November 2014 – Urgent action is needed to prevent millions of children from missing out on the benefits of innovation, UNICEF said in a new report launched on the 25th…