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Sabna Mohamed sits with her 9-month-old daughter, Fatuma, at their home in Wager village, North Delta locality, Kassala State, Sudan.

14 September 2023

Children bearing brunt of stalled progress on extreme poverty reduction worldwide

333 million children globally survive on less than US$2.15 a day as new analysis reveals three lost years due to COVID-19

Child fed by her parent cereal

Child Food Poverty Report

A Nutrition Crisis in Early Childhood in Lebanon - June 2023

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Child Food Poverty (PDF, 2 MB)

Baha’a, 13 years old

24 September 2022

Childhoods in Lebanon lost as families plunge into poverty

A new report by UNICEF shows the dire reality for children in Lebanon, three years into the economic crisis, as many have to work to support their family

From left to right, Edouard Beigbeder, UNICEF Representative in Lebanon and Ettie Higgens UNICEF Deputy representative in Lebanon

Deprived of the basics, robbed of their dreams, children in Lebanon lose trust in their parents: UNICEF report

Omar, 6, a third-generation Palestinian refugee who was born in Lebanon, opens the door to his home in Burj al Barajneh informal settlement

Deprived childhoods

Child poverty in crisis-wracked Lebanon

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Deprived childhoods – Child poverty in crisis-wracked Lebanon (PDF, 718 KB)

Multidimensional Child Poverty - A Qualitative Overview of Lebanon (PDF, 11 MB)

health worker vaccinates a boy using a syringe

Immunization Financing in MENA Middle-Income Countries

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Immunization Financing in MENA Middle-Income Countries - Report (PDF, 8 MB)

A boy playing with a ball in a tented area

Child Poverty in the Arab States

Analytical Report of Eleven Countries

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Child Poverty in the Arab States - Full Report - English (PDF, 2 MB)

Child Poverty in the Arab States - Full Report - Arabic (PDF, 4 MB)

Child Poverty in the Arab States - Executive Summary - English (PDF, 3 MB)

Child Poverty in the Arab States - Executive Summary - Arabic (PDF, 3 MB)

Child Poverty in the Arab States - Executive Summary - French (PDF, 4 MB)

Policy Brief - Education Deprivation in the Arab States - English (PDF, 4 MB)

Policy Brief - Nutrition Deprivation in the Arab States - English (PDF, 4 MB)

UNICEF MENA Regional Director sitting in a classroom with children

19 January 2018

At least one in four children in Iraq impacted by conflict and poverty

Statement by UNICEF Regional Director, Geert Cappelaere, following his visit to Iraq

a boy carrying a backpack with his mother nad sister in the background

01 February 2017

Arab Multidimensional Poverty Report

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MENA-Arab Multidimensional Poverty Report-2017-English (PDF, 688 KB)

MENA-Arab Multidimensional Poverty Report-2017-عربي (PDF, 1 MB)

Launch of Sudan MICS 2014