Teona Aslanishvili has been the children on the move focal point at the UNICEF Middle East and North Africa Regional Office since January 2019. Teona currently focuses on children in mixed movement situations in the MENA region, leading UNICEF’s regional work on establishing route-based, cross-border programming and supporting solutions towards national systems inclusive of children on the move.

Ms Aslanishvili has worked on migration and access to justice issues for children with UNICEF since 2011; in Europe, South East Asia and currently - in the Middle East and North Africa.
Prior to joining UNICEF, Teona worked with Save the Children focusing on child protection systems strengthening, response to violence against children and deinstitutionalization reforms in her native Georgia, and has consulted with various programs and organizations on child protection and youth participation issues.