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UNICEF statement on violence against children in Afghanistan

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An adolescents’ girl journey to championship

She never gave up, despite all tragedies she went through in her life.

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Let the girl be a child

Together let us put an end to child marriage!

Report

Child marriage in Afghanistan

Changing the narrative

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Press release

Child marriage is declining in Afghanistan - yet, more is needed to end the practice

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When the bubble burst

Married off so young, Laila became a mother at 13. She experienced a tough life but now devotes her time to change the status quo for other women and girls.

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Child protection

A young girl raises her finger in class at a a primary school in the northwestern city of Herat, Afghanistan.

A mother holds her two days old son’s hand after giving birth in the Herat Maternity Hospital in western Afghanistan.

A baby eats Ready-To-Use Therapeutic Food to complement the therapeutic milk she received as part of her treatment for severe acute malnutrition.

A young girl receives polio vaccine drops at the Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Polio eradication

A boy drinks clean water from a hand pump at a school in Faizabad in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, Afghanistan.

Water, sanitation and hygiene