07 May 2018

Violence Against Children

With our partners, UNICEF supports the implementation of the Violence against Children strategy and action plan. Regarding this:  We promote non-violent disciplining through capacity building of key professionals, campaigns for behaviour change and advocacy for legislative and regulatory framework improvement.  We support strengthening the efforts…, Programme Area Goals, To enable caregivers and children to have the knowledge and means to seek support relating to violence against children, and professionals to have the capacity to provide inclusive, cross-sectoral support and rehabilitation, our specific goals include:  That parents consistently and increasingly practice alternative, non-violent child disciplining…, CPD Target, Our goal is that by 2025:  80 per cent of all case-managers and supervisors within the social welfare system are certified for non-violent, positive parenting.  The proportion of victim-reported violence within the total number of reported cases of violence increases from 7.5 to 15 per cent.  A national, multisectoral coordination mechanism to…, Challenge, Intensified reporting of all forms of violence in recent years suggests an empowering awareness on the issue. However, prevention of and response to violence remain weak, with some of the most critical bottlenecks still to be addressed.  Negative social norms and beliefs, including on gender, shared by the general population, caregivers and…, Solution, Violence against children 3 UNICEF Srbija / 2021 / Pančić   Development of programmes that address negative gender norms and support parents to practise non-violent disciplining, and capacity building of professionals reaching out to parents from social welfare, education and health.  Scaling up local intersectoral cooperation to address…