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Bangladesh: Vaccination campaign targets 20 million children (Mar 11)
PANCHAGARH, Bangladesh, 10 March 2010 – On a foggy February morning in Nayabari village, north-western Bangladesh, Johura Begum and her two grandchildren awoke at dawn. They dressed and went to a neighbour's house, joining some 30 other women and children for 'khesra teeka', or measles vaccinations.


Jordan: 'Regional Media Award 2010' focuses on child rights (Mar 11)
AMMAN, Jordan, 10 March 2010 – UNICEF's Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) launched a media campaign last month to promote its Regional Media Award, an annual prize that encourages better representation of children in the media.


Iraq: UNICEF and government look to new country programme (Mar 11)
BAGHDAD, Iraq, 10 March 2010 – UNICEF's Iraq office recently held a strategic meeting with its official counterparts in Baghdad to define the theme and parameters of the office's 2011-14 Country Programme of Cooperation with the Government of Iraq.


Panel cites women's critical role in building sustainable peace in Afghanistan (Mar 11)
NEW YORK, USA, 9 March 2010 – More than eight years after the fall of the Taliban regime, the women of Afghanistan still face enormous challenges. Perhaps themost dauntingof these are the continuing violence and insecurity that disproportionately impede women's access to essential rights and services for themselves and their children.


Archbishop Desmond Tutu launches book on children and transitional justice (Mar 11)
NEW YORK, USA, 9 March 2010 – Today, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu visited UNICEF House, where he met with UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman and launched a new publication, which explores why any successful transition from war to peace must ensure that children have a place – and a voice – in helping to build a peaceful and stable future.


Haiti: Children central to recovery and development (Mar 11)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 9 March 2010 – At the Automeca Hyundai lot, tents, tarpaulins and cloths slung across wooden sticks compete for space with the damaged shells of sedans, pick-up trucks and SUVs. What was once a car dealership is now an encampment for more than 15,000 Haitians, many of them children.


Haiti: After disaster, celebrating women's rights (Mar 11)
JACMEL, Haiti, 9 March, 2010 – Women have been hit hard by the devastating earthquake in Haiti. But they are not alone.


Chad: UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow highlights polio vaccination campaign (Mar 11)
N'DJAMENA, Chad, 8 March 2010 – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow recently visited Chad to highlight the importance of vaccinating the country's children against polio.


USA: International Women's Day podcast discussion focuses on girl's education (Mar 11)
NEW YORK, USA, 8 March 2010 - This year, International Women's Day is focusing on the theme: 'Equal rights, equal opportunities: Progress for all.' Though significant progress has been made towards gender parity and equality in education, many challenges remain.


Broadcasters prepare for the International Children's Day of Broadcasting (Mar 11)
NEW YORK, USA, 5 March 2010 - Around the world, broadcasters and youth media organizations are preparing to celebrate the 19th annual International Children's Day of Broadcasting, taking place Sunday, 7 March. This year's theme, 'All Rights All Children,' continues UNICEF's celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.