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Child protection

Two children play on a swing on the beach.
Programme
07 February 2019
Climate change and disaster risk reduction
Learn how UNICEF is mitigating climate change in the Maldives.
Mother with baby
Programme
07 February 2019
Child protection
Learn more about how UNICEF protects children in the Maldives.
Mission from the Maldives in Georgia
Article
19 July 2022
Strengthening Child Protection systems in the Maldives
Strengthening Child Protection systems with a multi-stakeholder approach – a priority for the Maldives
Boss of My Body
Document
27 December 2021
Boss of My Body
How to talk to children about safe and unsafe touch

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Boss of My Body (PDF, 5 MB)
Child playing with tablet
Press release
14 April 2020
Children at increased risk of harm online during global COVID-19 pandemic - UNICEF
Newly released technical note aims to help governments, ICT companies, educators and parents protect children in lockdown
Child looking behind a wall
Press release
09 April 2020
Don’t let children be the hidden victims of COVID-19 pandemic—UNICEF
Ninety-nine per cent of the world’s children live with some form of pandemic-related movement restrictions; Sixty per cent live in countries with full or partial lockdowns
child looking at camera
Press release
21 March 2020
COVID-19: Children at heightened risk of abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence amidst intensifying containment measures – UNICEF
Newly released technical guidance aims to help authorities strengthen protection measures for children during pandemic
Mother holding baby's hand
Press release
20 February 2020
Maldives ratifies Child Rights Protection Act
The new Act prohibits marrying any child in Maldives below the age of 18
Press release
13 February 2020
Towards Zero Female Genital Mutilation
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) 2020
Press release
26 January 2020
UNICEF Maldives Office press statement on the case of a 2-year old child being sexually abused and the many similar cases that have come to the public’s attention in the days since 
Statement