{"id":11520,"date":"2025-09-22T06:18:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T06:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/09\/22\/unicef-advisory-council-action-peshawar\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T06:18:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T06:18:47","slug":"unicef-advisory-council-action-peshawar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/?p=11520","title":{"rendered":"UNICEF Advisory Council Drives Action for Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UNICEF Pakistan Advisory Council convened its second meeting in Peshawar, bringing together council members under the chairmanship of <strong>Pernille Ironside<\/strong>, UNICEF Representative in Pakistan, and leading philanthropist <strong>Murtaza Hashwani<\/strong>, with the session hosted by business leader <strong>Affan Aziz<\/strong>. The meeting reinforced the role of the UNICEF Advisory Council in galvanising public and private support for children&#8217;s priorities across Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Members reflected on progress since the council&#8217;s inaugural meeting and took part in structured discussions on priority areas including <em>health and nutrition<\/em>, <em>education<\/em>, <em>WASH<\/em>, <em>child protection<\/em>, <em>youth engagement<\/em> and <em>climate<\/em>. Delegates exchanged perspectives on practical interventions and partnership opportunities that can accelerate results for children at national and local levels.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the session the UNICEF Advisory Council emphasised collaborative action and agreed on next steps to amplify their collective influence in support of children&#8217;s rights. Council members committed to follow-up engagement that will translate discussion into measurable support for programmes and advocacy across Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Holding the meeting in Peshawar highlighted the council&#8217;s intent to remain connected to regional dynamics and to ensure that the UNICEF Advisory Council&#8217;s efforts reflect the needs of children in diverse communities. The council will continue to convene stakeholders from philanthropy, business and civil society to strengthen momentum on the agreed priorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNICEF Advisory Council met in Peshawar to map actions across health, education, WASH, child protection, youth and climate to advance children&#8217;s rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":11519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}