Child protection

Two Syrian boys embrace and kiss their mother.

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Social protection

Nearly two thirds of children worldwide are not shielded from the lifelong effects of poverty and discrimination.

18/11/2019

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UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme

Learn how UNICEF and UNFPA are accelerating the elimination of this harmful practice.

08/01/2019

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.

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Female Genital Mutilation

Female genital mutilation is an extreme form of violence against girls and women.

08/01/2019

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UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme

Learn how UNICEF and UNFPA are reaching the girls at greatest risk.

08/01/2019

Un grupo de niñas que se han opuesto al matrimonio infantil se dirigen a la escuela en la aldea de Berhabad (India).

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Child marriage

Child marriage threatens girls' lives, well-being and futures.

08/01/2019

A girl, 5, stands in her home in Aroma Village, near the city of Kassala.

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Harmful practices

Child marriage and female genital mutilation are internationally recognized human rights violations.

07/01/2019

Omar (17), left, plays football with his housemate Youssouf (17) at a piazza in the small village of Naro, in Sicily, Italy. Omar migrated from Senegal and has been in Italy for about a year.

Press release

More than 6,100 unaccompanied refugee and migrant children in Italy in need of community and family-based care

UNICEF calls for investments to increase alternative care

05/12/2019

Marawi. A girl stands next to her family’s temporary home in a tented evacuation site.

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Humanitarian Action for Children 2020 appeal launched

UNICEF issues largest-ever emergency funding appeal to reach historic numbers of children in need

29/11/2019

Ukraine. A boy looks out of the window of his home.

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Growing up in eastern Ukraine, danger is never far away

In one of the world’s most heavily mined regions, simple childhood games can have devastating consequences

27/11/2019

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Statement

Governments should repatriate foreign children stranded in Syria before it’s too late

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

04/11/2019

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