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Violence against children

UNICEF works with partners to prevent and respond to violence against children. It aims to reduce violence at home, at school, in the community and online,

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Children separated from their families

A child has the right to know her/his parents, and be raised in a family environment. However, children can be separated from their families for a variety o

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Civil registration

Across the region, UNICEF is working to ensure that by 2030, all births that happen within a country are registered.

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Child marriage

At UNICEF, we believe that child marriage is a form of violence against children. Our aim is to avert 500,000 child marriages in the region by 2021.

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Child protection

ALL children have a right to grow up in a family environment, protected from violence, abuse and exploitation.

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Collaborating across South Asia to improve civil...

Highlights from the 2nd CR8 meeting

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Unaccompanied minors crossing borders in search...

Herat, Afghanistan, 6 July 2020 - For 13 year-old Alif, life has not been easy. At a very prime age, Alif had no choice but to leave his home in Ghor...

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Financial Benchmark for Child Protection

This manual provides the user with a methodology to develop a robust measurement of child protection expenditure in a country, and thereby engage...

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COVID-19 may push millions more children into child labour – ILO and UNICEF

Child labour down by 94 million since 2000, a gain now under threat

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Deafening silence and uncertainty in Afghanistan

As parts of the country have locked down to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the situation has become even more dire for internally-displaced children