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Child protection

Two Syrian boys embrace and kiss their mother.

Social protection

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

Girls in Narok town, Kenya.

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.

Female Genital Mutilation

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

Adolescent girls

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).

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.

Harmful practices

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

A woman dressed in blue smiles with a young baby sitting on her lap

Global annual results report 2019: Humanitarian action

The key humanitarian results achieved for children by UNICEF and partners in 2019

A new-born baby swaddled in blankets

Global annual results reports 2019: Goal Area 3

Progress and results from 2019 by Goal Area 3: Every child is protected from violence and exploitation

Bangladesh. A man stands with a teenager.

In Bangladesh, virtual courts ease COVID-19 risk

Virtual courts are helping expedite the release of young people from overcrowded detention centres

Bangladesh. A group of children gather on a street in Dhaka.

For many in Bangladesh, staying home isn’t an option

Children living on the streets have few safe places to go during the COVID-19 lockdowns