Child protection

Global – Protecting girls’ rights
Female genital cutting and child marriage blight the lives of millions of girls every year.  UNICEF and the EU are committed to support ending these practices.

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Egypt – Villagers Say No to FGM/C
Egyptian villages have come together to say no to the practice of FGM/C.

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Ethiopia – A community decides to end FGM/C
More than 70 per cent of Ethiopia’s forty million adult women have been subjected to female genital cutting.   Read more »

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Sudan – Celebrating ‘Saleema’ – the whole girl
The roots of female genital cutting are deeply intertwined with the Sudan’s religious and cultural traditions and the concept of female honour.   Read more »

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Bangladesh – Ending sexual harassment of girls and women
Hundreds of people, many of them adolescents, rallied in the streets of Narsingdi district recently to call for an end to ‘Eve teasing’.  Read more »

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Georgia – Juvenile justice system focuses on rehabilitation
On a warm day in early spring, groups of adolescent boys congregate outside a large, well-kept building.  Read more »

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India – Ending child marriage
Even though child marriage is illegal in India there is enormous social and economic pressure in rural areas for families to marry their daughters young.   Read more >

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Senegal – Leading FGM/C abandonment
Senegal is at the forefront of the campaign to stop female genital cutting.  practice.  Read more »

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Multimedia

  • Global – Protecting girls’ rights

  • Egypt – Villagers Say No to FGM/C

  • Ethiopia – A community decides to end FGM/C

  • Sudan – Celebrating ‘Saleema’ – the whole girl

  • Ending Child Marriage

  • Bangladesh – Ending sexual harassment of girls and women

  • Abandoning FGM/C

  • Georgia – Juvenile justice system and rehabilitation

  • India – Ending child marriage

  • Senegal – Leading FGM/C abandonment

Stories

In Yemen, abuse at home can lead to life on the street

SANA’A, Yemen, 19 November 2010 – Life on the street can be very hard, especially if, like Khaled, you are only 16 years old and have no money and nowhere to go. For this teenager, however, anything seemed better than living at home with his family.

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Working to reduce violence and abuse against children in Swaziland

Swaziland, 11 May 2010 – Three years ago, a massive survey supported by UNICEF and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed an alarming level of sexual and physical abuse affecting girls in Swaziland. As many as one in three girls surveyed reported a history of abuse.

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