Sustainable Agri-food Systems Discussion Paper

Children in Middle East and Eastern Europe region face heightened vulnerability, psychological distress, trauma, and social instability due to ongoing crises. MHPSS interventions are critical in cultivating emotional resilience, social cohesion, and well-being among the most vulnerable populations.

Economic instability, natural disasters and conflicts are directly reflected on children’s education quality in Middle East and Eastern Europe (MEER) region.

Report by World Vision about the cost of malnutrition on girls and women, highlighting the impact of hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition on their health, education, income, and future generations.

Gender inequity and gender-based violence are hampering both, human rights realization and economic growth worldwide, but especially in the Middle East and Eastern Europe (MEER), with sobering statistics on femicide, violence against women and gender-based discrimination.

Climate change presents the single biggest threat to human development, and its widespread impacts disproportionately burden the poorest and most vulnerable households in fragile and rural developing contexts, particularly women and children.

Children in the Middle East and Eastern Europe face unique challenges that affect their safety, development and participation in the society. 1 in 3 children in MEER live in horrific situations of war, conflict and violence.

Press release highlighting the desperate situation in Sudan, where famine-like conditions are causing death and putting the lives of vulnerable children at risk.

The Wasting Advocacy Coalition calls for increased investment and prioritisation in global efforts to combat child wasting.

Press release by World Vision, highlighting the findings by new co-produced report with the Stokholm Enviornmental Institute that looks at Climate change and other socio-economic factors that are driving migration in Southeast Asia, impacting vulnerable communities and reshaping family dynamics.