Annual Report 2023
An in-depth overview of UNICEF Pakistan's activities in 2023
Highlights
Children in Pakistan continued to experience the negative effects of significant shifts in the political and socioeconomic landscape influenced by global and regional dynamics, including geopolitical tensions, contributing to a complex environment for child rights implementation. Conflicts such as the war between Russia and Ukraine pushed worldwide food and energy prices up, impacting consumers, particularly the underprivileged including those of Pakistan. The economic downturn was exacerbated by the loss of infrastructure, businesses, crops, and livestock during the 2022 floods. This resulted in a surge in poverty levels (9.4 per cent increase as results of the recent floods), driven by increasing unemployment and inadequate wages to meet the rising cost of living.
This annual report for 2023 details the successes and the challenges that we experienced during the year, as well as the priorities for the year ahead.