The  INSPIRE handbook: action for implementing the seven strategies for ending violence against children  explains in detail how to choose and implement interventions that will fit your needs and context. The seven strategy-specific chapters address the Implementation and enforcement of laws; Norms and values; Safe environments; Parent and…

INSPIRE: Seven strategies for ending violence against children  identifies a select group of strategies that have shown success in reducing violence against children. They are: implementation and enforcement of laws; norms and values; safe environments; parent and caregiver support; income and economic strengthening; response and support services…

UNICEF supports local governments and communities in Nepal to identify over-age out-of-school girls and help them build the foundational literacy, numeracy and life skills they need to enrol in formal education. Download file (PDF, 956,76 KB)

On the 25-28 of November 2008, the World Congress III against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Congress, which was organized by the Brazilian Government, UNICEF, ECPAT International and the NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child, gathered more than 3,000 participants from…

The Internet, mobile phones and other electronic media provide children and young people with levels of access to information, culture, communication and entertainment impossible to imagine just 20 years ago. With many of their extraordinary benefits, however, come hazards. The Internet and associated technologies have made abusive images of …

NEW YORK/GENEVA, 2 April 2020 – Much-loved children’s authors are joining an initiative to read extracts of their books to millions of children and young people currently living in isolation amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the World is a collaboration between the International Publishers Association (IPA), the World Health Organization (WHO) and…

Intro text, Almost 90 per cent of the world’s students are now affected by nationwide school closures due to the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) – that’s more than 1.5 billion children and young people. Combined with the physical distancing being practiced across the globe it’s not surprising that many young people are feeling more isolated, anxious…, Alan Durant reads from his book ‘Quill Soup’,  , UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore reads ‘Olivia’, by Ian Falconer,  , Julia Donaldson performs a version of her book ‘The Cook and the King’,  , Ishmael Beah reads ‘The Day You Begin’, by Jacqueline Woodson,   Cressida Cowell reads Chapter 15 of ‘How to Train Your Dragon’  , Andy Stanton reads ‘Mr. Gum and the Goblins’,  , Roger Mello reads ‘Controdança’,  , Fatima Sharafeddine reads ‘Adel’s Coloured Birds’,  , Claire Culliford reads ‘Paula Helps Prevent Air Pollution’,  , Ursula Dubosarsky reads ‘The Terrible Plop’,    , Watch all the latest readings  here .

The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is supplemented by two Optional Protocols; one addresses the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and the other the involvement of children in armed conflict. This handbook addresses the former issue. The handbook offers guidance to States Parties and others who support the…

Child Helpline International (CHI) is committed to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse in all its forms, and is proud to be a partner in the WePROTECT Global Alliance to End Child Sexual Exploitation Online. Child Helpline International undertook the Leadership in Empowering and Activating Child Helplines to Protect Children Online (LEAP)…

Information and communications technologies (ICTs) and the Internet have become an integral part of modern life, and play an important role in the educational and social development of children. However, they also expose children to new and evolving forms of sexual exploitation. Child sexual exploitation has soared in recent years as reflected by…