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2023: A record year for the displacement of children in the West Bank

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) documented the forced displacement of about 4,000 Palestinians during 2023 in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. This is the highest total ever recorded by the office in one year since 2009.

Overview of The Situation of Early Childhood Development in The Middle East and North Africa Region

UNICEF issued an extensive report on the status of early childhood development in the Middle East and North Africa region, providing a comprehensive overview of the challenges and opportunities surrounding the development of this stage.

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ANECD Launches the "Arab Working Group for ECD Research" from Jordan

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ANECD’s Webinar on the Early Childhood Workforce

The Arab Network for Early Childhood (ANECD) hosted a webinar in partnership with the Early Childhood Workforce Initiative (ECWI) titled "Initiatives to Support the Early Childhood Workforce" on July 27th, 2023. The event featured the participation of the International Step by Step Association (ISSA), which co-founded the initiative with the Results for Development (R4D) Foundation, as well as the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Center for Lebanese Studies (CLS).

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Webinars

Wednesday, April 24, 2024
9 a.m. to 10 a.m. EDT

Applying the Nurturing Care Framework to multisectoral M&E systems for early childhood development

Learn how the Nurturing Care Framework can be used at national and subnational levels within the context of multisectoral monitoring and evaluation systems and hear a practical country example of its application in this context.

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