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COVID 19 Policy Brief Series
Introduction, UNICEF Malaysia’s Policy Brief Series are concise and informative analyses on Malaysia’s most pressing policy challenges impacting children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each Policy Brief within this series targets a specific audience in order to draw together the impact of COVID-19 on children from ...
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Tips for social workers & social welfare practitioners
Simplified guidance for remote case management, packaged into digestible ‘bites’ that can be disseminated easily online. These tips focus on case management[1] to protect children from violence including VAC prevention and response and mental health care in the context of COVID-19. The tips provide guidance for h...
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Keeping children safe online during the COVID-19 pandemic
A short, 9 page handbook for parents and caregivers. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all aspects of our lives. With schools closed and lockdowns imposed, many children and young people are spending all their time at home. Much of that time may be spent online, often for much longer than is usual. Being able to ...
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Sabah state government acts to end child marriage
KOTA KINABALU, 3 JULY 2019 –, Ministry of Law and Native Affairs is committed to end child marriage in Sabah by setting 18 as the minimum age of marriage through legal reforms, and has begun development of a state action plan with stakeholders in a 3-day workshop from 1-3 July 2019 that is jointly organised by the...
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Parents determine child’s early experience online
KUALA LUMPUR,, 20 JUNE 2019, – On the occasion of the Parenting Month, National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN), UNICEF, parents, and other government partners concerned with child well-being came together at a forum to discuss digital parenting for better child online protection. Parents have reco...
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Working Together For Better Online Child Protection
CYBERJAYA, 24 April 2019 ---, The Internet provides children and young people with unprecedented levels of access to information, culture, communication and entertainment. However, without adult supervision and proper guidance, children can be exposed to threats such as online child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA), which includes live streaming of child abuse, cybersex…, About Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), The Ma...
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Why you shouldn’t share photos of children who have suffered abuse on social media
A day does not go by without UNICEF Malaysia receiving photos or videos on social media, via private message or wall posts featuring heinous acts of children being abused. Some of the photos are new to us but many have been shared numerous times before with often erroneous information attached. These photos are se...
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Standing together to curb bullying
It made me feel like I was nothing to anyone else. Kadira, 10, victim of bullying Ten year old Kadira (not her real name) experienced bullying at school. Despite complaining to teachers many times, nothing changed. The bullying caused her much stress and she started feeling depressed even worthless. Bullying can h...