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Child protection

A young girl in Amman, Jordan, sits among other children, smiling, in 2018.
Programme
12 June 2020
Protecting children from exclusion
Every child has the right to access vital social services and fair justice systems
Four-year-old Mirjeta (name changed) holds her toys while getting ready to go out with her mother in Tirana, Albania, in June 2018. Mirjeta’s mother was physically and mentally abused by her husband, who became violent after discovering that she was pregnant with a girl.
Programme
31 March 2020
Violence against children
No violence against children is justifiable. All violence against children is preventable.
Two Syrian boys embrace and kiss their mother.
Programme
18 November 2019
Social protection
Nearly every three out of four children worldwide are not shielded from the lifelong effects of poverty and discrimination.
Girls in Narok town, Kenya.
Programme
08 January 2019
UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme
Learn how UNICEF and UNFPA are accelerating the elimination of this harmful practice.
Model girls are trained to teach their communities in Afar region, at Erubti woreda, about the harmful practice of FGM in collaboration with the Ethiopian Government, UNICEF Ethiopia and other partners.
Programme
08 January 2019
Female Genital Mutilation
Female genital mutilation is an extreme form of violence against girls and women.
Adolescent girls
Programme
08 January 2019
UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme
Learn how UNICEF and UNFPA are reaching the girls at greatest risk.
Un grupo de niñas que se han opuesto al matrimonio infantil se dirigen a la escuela en la aldea de Berhabad (India).
Programme
08 January 2019
Child marriage
Child marriage threatens the lives, well-being and futures of girls around the world
A girl, 5, stands in her home in Aroma Village, near the city of Kassala.
Programme
07 January 2019
Harmful practices
Child marriage and female genital mutilation are internationally recognized human rights violations.
Four boys in Moussadougou village, in the Southwest of Côte d'Ivoire
Report
15 June 2022
Child labour and responsible business conduct
Guidance to businesses, policy makers and other stakeholders to advance progress towards SDG Target 8.7 on eradicating child labour by 2025

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school-girls
Report
06 June 2022
Global Annual Results Report 2021: Humanitarian action
Progress, results achieved and lessons from 2021 in UNICEF humanitarian action

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