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Sofia, 20 November 2022 Every child has the right to be included and protected against all forms of discrimination. This is UNICEF’s message on World Children’s Day, 20 November. The date marks the anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This year it coincides with the start of the World Cup which is another occasion to…

Job Number: 520883 |  Vacancy Link Locations: Europe and Central Asia Region: Bulgaria Work Type: Consultancy   UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for…

BRUSSELS - Children and young people aged 10 and above in over 20 European countries are most worried about not finding a job according to the findings of the ‘Europe Kids Want’ online survey released by UNICEF and Eurochild.  Children from Italy, Serbia, Spain, Ireland and Bulgaria fear the most about not finding a job.  Violence and climate…

The challenge, Children face the same obstacles in accessing justice and support as all the other citizens, but in addition, they are confronted with specific legal and social barriers due to their particular status as minors. The justice system in Bulgaria is not yet adapted to the rights and special needs of children for support and protection. Complex and…, Resources, CRC_en.pdf The full text of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. CRC_ChildFriendly_2017.pdf UN Convention on the Rights of the Child child-friendly version in Bulgarian. General Comments of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child explaining the Convention: GC_10_EN.pdf General comment No. 10 (2007) Children’s rights in juvenile…, Solutions, UNICEF Bulgaria works in partnership with the Government, local authorities, professionals from the police, prosecutor’s offices and the courts, as well as the social services, bar associations, children and young people, civil society, media and business to ensure the right of every child to equitable access to justice., Our efforts are aimed at:, Legislative change in accordance to international and European standards, so that the best interests of all children participants in legal proceedings are guaranteed, which includes: - introducing adapted and child-sensitive procedures and appropriate environment for forensic interviews of children victims and witnesses of violence and crime that…

UNICEF Bulgaria and the State Agency for Child Protection, in partnership with the Committee on Children, Youth and Sports Matters of the 44th National Assembly, celebrated the 29th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The event took place in the National Assembly with the participation of Mr.…

Voices of Children is a national representative survey carried out by Market LINKS Agency. The survey was commissioned by UNICEF Bulgaria. The objective is to study the attitudes of children and young people in Bulgaria to a wide range of topics: how happy they are, how they feel at school and at home, to what extent they are integrated in today’s…

Sofia, 6 July 2018 - Dr. Jane Muita, the newly-appointed UNICEF Representative in Bulgaria, made her first field visit in the country in the region of Montana. She wanted to personally learn about several joint projects of UNICEF, the Montana Region Administration and all municipalities in the area. These joint projects started in 2013 with the…

A year and a half after the joint charity and advocacy campaign of UNICEF and bTV “Together from the Kindergarten”, 35 kindergartens in 4 regions in Bulgaria – Sofia-city, Shumen, Sliven and Montana – have implemented the inclusive practices and have made their first steps towards higher quality preschool education for children with specific needs…

The challenge, For every adolescent participation The right of the child to be heard, embodied in art. 12 of the UN Convention on the right of the child provides that every child shall be afforded the right to be heard in matters affecting her or him including in any judicial or administrative proceedings, and for those views to be given due weight. Child…, See the programme in action, Recommendations-results-conclusions-My-voice-matters-EN.pdf Child friendly report from the campaign "My Voice Matters" - conclusions and recommendations My_voice_matters-a-full-report-EN-2016.pdf Consultation with children in relation to the update of the National strategy for the child 2008-2018 General-Comment-12_EN.pdf Convention on the right…, The solution, UNICEF Bulgaria works in partnership with children and young people with the government, local authorities, schools and universities, civil society and private sector for ensuring the right to participation of all children and young people. Our activities aimed at: Raising public awareness and understanding of the importance of child participation…

Campaign on adolescence - the age of opportunities, Watch a record  of the Conference on adolescence that was livestreamed on Facebook:  First part  and  Second part .   Sofia, 20 September 2017: UNICEF Bulgaria launches a long-term initiative to direct public attention to children in adolescence – as this is an age of turbulent development associated with challenges, but also with exclusive…

The National Television Bulgaria ON AIR and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) launch a long-term campaign "My voice matters". Its aim is to promote the right of children to express voluntary, freely and safely their views on all matters that affect them directly or indirectly, and to set the agenda for ethical coverage of children in…

UNICEF Ambassadors Orlando Bloom, Liam Neeson, Sir Roger Moore, Shakira, Ricky Martin, Priyanka Chopra, Novak Djokovic, Mia Farrow, Ishmael Beah, Susan Sarandon and Angelique Kidjo join forces to fight today’s unfair world for children, NEW YORK, 20 November 2015 – The world remains a deeply unfair place for the poorest and most disadvantaged children despite major advances since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, according to a UNICEF report released today.  “In just over a generation, the world has cut child death rates by half, put over 90 per…