icon175x175ALEF act for human rights participated to the regional director’s meeting of the MANARA network for child rights taking place in Beirut from 25 to 30 November 2016. The regional meeting focuses on the strategic framework of the network till 2022 including main challenges affecting child rights in the region. The current events in the Middle East are imposing big hardships on children. This entails interventions from child rights organizations to design long term advocacy interventions to prevent such violations.