🎆Perfect news to mark the International Day to #EndCorporalPunishment !

2015: the world promises to end violence against children by 2030.

Today-2024 International Day to #EndCorporalPunishment : corporal punishment against children is still lawful in 130+ countries.

The time to #EndViolence is NOW for this generation & those to come!

#SDG16

From 29 April to 1 May, 800 mine action experts from 100+ countries are meeting in Geneva to discuss and act on how to “Protect Lives and Build Peace”.

#NDMUN27

Learn More 👉🏾: ndmun.org/#tab-c11289

🙌🏾And now with the link to the recording for those who missed the webinar on using norms and behaviour strategies to #EndCorporalPunishment .

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For Intl Day to #EndCorporalPunishment , UNICEF co-hosted this webinar with End Corporal Punishment to discuss norms & behaviour change strategies to prevent violence against children.

Challenging the social acceptability of violence against children is critical to #EndCorporalPunishment .

It was energizing to meet with Committee on the Rights of the Child Member VanKeirsbilck Benoit to discuss the development of a much awaited General Comment on Children’s Rights to Access Justice & Effective Remedies.

More on this #UNCRC initiative here 👉🏾 : bit.ly/3W7XThm

Explosions cannot be reversed in real life.

Join us in calling on governments to #ProtectChildrenInConflict and end the use of explosive weapons in populated areas.

Children bear the brunt of explosive weapons.

We need to #ProtectChildrenInConflict .

Join us in calling on countries to stop their use in populated areas.

#NotATarget

The Oslo conference this week provides an important moment to #ProtectChildrenInConflict and to help end the use of explosive weapons in populated areas.

It’s a key step in safeguarding the rights of all children caught in conflict.

Matthew, who suffered child sexual abuse, says the Barnhaus model, an integrated service model for violence survivors & witnesses, is “...the closest thing humanity has developed to deliver what child victims truly need. It helps them feel believed...” unicef.org/eca/stories/ti…

Montenegro introduces Barnahus - a child-centered support model for child survivors and witnesses of violence, abuse, and exploitation. The initiative is supported by UNICEF, Council of Europe, and EU in Montenegro 🇪🇺: uni.cf/3Jmz3mo.

CoE Children Regina Jensdottir UNICEF Montenegro Government of Montenegro

Introducing Barnahus: a revolutionary approach to caring for child survivors and witnesses of violence, abuse, and exploitation. It provides comprehensive support under one roof, putting the child's needs first.

At our Global Migration & Displacement Meeting this week, colleagues & partners shared solutions & identified opportunities to include, protect & empower migrant & displaced children in a world of growing conflicts & crises-in which 41% of the forcefully displaced are children.

This week in Bogota we planned w/partners for the FIRST EVER Global Ministerial Conference on Violence against Children.

We can't wait to gather forces, including govts., youth & survivors, to elevate solutions & redouble efforts for a 🆕 generation free of violence!

📢 🎆 Timor Leste launched Primero information case management system for #ChildProtection to help coordinate critical support services 👏🏾.

This is a game-changer in ensuring children facing violence and abuse don't fall through the cracks.

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Children in Ukraine are at a daily risk of death and injury from unexploded mines.

UNICEF is providing mine safety training to teachers and social workers for the protection of children.

This Mine Awareness Day, watch and share.

#IMAD2024

Landmines, explosive ordnance & remnants of war directly threaten millions of people caught up in armed conflicts—from Afghanistan to Sudan to Ukraine to Gaza.

Country by country, community by community, let’s rid the world of these weapons—once and for all.

#MineAwarenessDay

Today, my office had the honour of hosting a delegation from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), led by Ms. Sheema Sen Gupta, the esteemed Global Director of Child Protection at UNICEF Headquarters in New York.

It fills me with pride to witness a fellow Malaysian…

It's Intl Day for Mine Awareness & Assistance in Mine Action.

With 1/5 of the world’s children living in or fleeing a conflict zone last year, the provision of Explosive Ordnance Risk Education and victim assistance are as critical as ever.

#NotaTarget #ChildProtection

Three times increase in civilian casualties.
Over 20 per cent of them children.

Myanmar now ranks among the countries most heavily contaminated by landmines and explosive ordnance worldwide.

Find out more about this newly released data. uni.cf/440RaYF