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Child protection

A smiling mother in Zambia holds her 10-month-old son on her back in 2020.
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08/10/2020
Child Protection
Every child has the right to live free from violence, exploitation and abuse
A newly displaced woman walks with two children at a check point in Qayyara, south of Mosul, Iraq, in 2016.
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08/05/2020
Protecting children in humanitarian action
During violent conflicts, natural disasters and other emergencies, children are the first victims.
A young girl in Amman, Jordan, sits among other children, smiling, in 2018.
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06/12/2020
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.
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03/31/2020
Violence against children
No violence against children is justifiable. All violence against children is preventable.
Two Syrian boys embrace and kiss their mother.
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11/18/2019
Social protection
Nearly two thirds of children worldwide are not shielded from the lifelong effects of poverty and discrimination.
Girls in Narok town, Kenya.
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01/08/2019
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.
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01/08/2019
Female Genital Mutilation
Female genital mutilation is an extreme form of violence against girls and women.
Adolescent girls
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01/08/2019
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).
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01/08/2019
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.
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01/07/2019
Harmful practices
Child marriage and female genital mutilation are internationally recognized human rights violations.