LEBANON / DSG MOHAMMED VISIT
14-Mar-2023
00:02:10
In Lebanon, the UN deputy chief Amina Mohammed explored, first-hand, the challenges of the most vulnerable groups: children and people with special needs. ESCWA
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STORY: LEBANON / DSG MOHAMMED VISIT
TRT: 2:10
SOURCE: ESCWA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS
DATELINE: 13-14 MARCH 2023, BEIRUT, LEBANON
TRT: 2:10
SOURCE: ESCWA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS
DATELINE: 13-14 MARCH 2023, BEIRUT, LEBANON
SHOTLIST
13 MARCH 2023, BEIRUT, LEBANON
1. Various shots, children drawing, Mohammad visiting the center and interacting with children, Drop-in Center for street-connected children
14 MARCH 2023, BEIRUT, LEBANON
2. Various shots, Amina Mohammad visits and interacting with staff, Access Kitchen project
1. Various shots, children drawing, Mohammad visiting the center and interacting with children, Drop-in Center for street-connected children
14 MARCH 2023, BEIRUT, LEBANON
2. Various shots, Amina Mohammad visits and interacting with staff, Access Kitchen project
STORYLINE
In Lebanon, the UN deputy chief Amina Mohammed explored, first-hand, the challenges of the most vulnerable groups: children and people with special needs.
The Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, is in Beirut, in Lebanon, where she opened the Arab Forum for Sustainable Development (AFSD) organized by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).
Mohammed highlighted the faltered progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals and the multiple interconnected cascading crises facing the Arab region.
She called for an urgent review of how policy decisions and investment can put the region back on track.
Mohammed also held a press conference alongside the Executive Secretary of ESCWA, Rola Dashti, and with the Minister of Planning and International Cooperation of Yemen and Chair of the forum, Waed Badhib.
Prior to that, she held a meeting with Minister Badhib, and she renewed the UN’s commitment to achieving peace in Yemen and advancing its recovery and sustainable development work.
On the margins of the forum, Mohammed made two visits, one to a center for street children and another to a community kitchen run by women with disabilities, to explore, first-hand, challenges faced by two of the most vulnerable groups in Lebanon as a result of Lebanon’s multi-layered crises that has left an estimated 80 percent of the population residing in the country under multidimensional poverty.
While at the UNICEF-supported “Drop-in Center for Street Children” in Beirut, the Deputy Secretary-General engaged with the children through an art activity where they expressed their aspiration for a brighter future in drawings.
The Drop-in Center in Beirut provides psychosocial, medical, educational, and social protection support for street-connected children who enjoy easy and safe access to recreational and play activities.
It is being operated with support from UNICEF and partners Terres des Hommes Lausanne and Mouvement Social.
Connecting with other young people and playing in a safe environment is pivotal to children’s development and well-being
Around 1.8 million children live in households that are more likely to resort to negative coping measures such as child labour and child marriage.
At “Access Kitchen,” an UN-women-supported community kitchen set up by the Lebanese Union for People with Physical Disabilities (LUPD), the Deputy Secretary-General engaged with the women and joined them in preparing a meal.
It is estimated that 10-15 percent of the Lebanese population have disabilities - either physical, sensory, cognitive, or mental.
In 2018, 61.4 v of households in Lebanon were estimated to have at least one member with a disability.
Yet, discrimination against people with disabilities remains deeply entrenched and widespread.
Women and girls with disability face stereotyping, stigma, and discrimination on a daily basis, while government protections are limited.
Access Kitchen is a community kitchen set up by LUPD to create employment opportunities for women with disabilities, the first of its kind in Lebanon.
As of mid-January, the women of Access Kitchen produced over 16,950 meals benefiting 1,822 individuals in the community. Access Kitchen has been supported by UN Women, initially under a joint programme with UNICEF.
The Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, is in Beirut, in Lebanon, where she opened the Arab Forum for Sustainable Development (AFSD) organized by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).
Mohammed highlighted the faltered progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals and the multiple interconnected cascading crises facing the Arab region.
She called for an urgent review of how policy decisions and investment can put the region back on track.
Mohammed also held a press conference alongside the Executive Secretary of ESCWA, Rola Dashti, and with the Minister of Planning and International Cooperation of Yemen and Chair of the forum, Waed Badhib.
Prior to that, she held a meeting with Minister Badhib, and she renewed the UN’s commitment to achieving peace in Yemen and advancing its recovery and sustainable development work.
On the margins of the forum, Mohammed made two visits, one to a center for street children and another to a community kitchen run by women with disabilities, to explore, first-hand, challenges faced by two of the most vulnerable groups in Lebanon as a result of Lebanon’s multi-layered crises that has left an estimated 80 percent of the population residing in the country under multidimensional poverty.
While at the UNICEF-supported “Drop-in Center for Street Children” in Beirut, the Deputy Secretary-General engaged with the children through an art activity where they expressed their aspiration for a brighter future in drawings.
The Drop-in Center in Beirut provides psychosocial, medical, educational, and social protection support for street-connected children who enjoy easy and safe access to recreational and play activities.
It is being operated with support from UNICEF and partners Terres des Hommes Lausanne and Mouvement Social.
Connecting with other young people and playing in a safe environment is pivotal to children’s development and well-being
Around 1.8 million children live in households that are more likely to resort to negative coping measures such as child labour and child marriage.
At “Access Kitchen,” an UN-women-supported community kitchen set up by the Lebanese Union for People with Physical Disabilities (LUPD), the Deputy Secretary-General engaged with the women and joined them in preparing a meal.
It is estimated that 10-15 percent of the Lebanese population have disabilities - either physical, sensory, cognitive, or mental.
In 2018, 61.4 v of households in Lebanon were estimated to have at least one member with a disability.
Yet, discrimination against people with disabilities remains deeply entrenched and widespread.
Women and girls with disability face stereotyping, stigma, and discrimination on a daily basis, while government protections are limited.
Access Kitchen is a community kitchen set up by LUPD to create employment opportunities for women with disabilities, the first of its kind in Lebanon.
As of mid-January, the women of Access Kitchen produced over 16,950 meals benefiting 1,822 individuals in the community. Access Kitchen has been supported by UN Women, initially under a joint programme with UNICEF.
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