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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.
Youth in Ouahigouya, in the north of Burkina Faso, participate in a youth caravan.
Programme
08 January 2019
UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme
Learn how UNICEF and UNFPA are accelerating the elimination of this harmful practice.
Nejat Workicho and Kemeriya Awol outside their home in Ethiopia.
Programme
08 January 2019
Female Genital Mutilation
Female genital mutilation is an extreme form of violence against girls and women.
Aminata Sawadogo (right), 16, and Sandrine (left), 17, hugging each other and smiling in Burkina Faso.
Programme
08 January 2019
UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme
Learn how UNICEF and UNFPA are reaching the girls at greatest risk.
Barira Mamoudou, an 18 years old girl, with her daughter Jamilla, in Diffa, Niger.
Programme
08 January 2019
Child marriage
Child marriage threatens the lives, well-being and futures of girls around the world
16 year old Lucy got pregnant at 14, returned to school, got pregnant again and married at 16 during COVID-19 school closures in Malawi. Lucy is now back in school in at Mlale primary school in Lilongwe, Malawi.
Programme
07 January 2019
Harmful practices
Child marriage and female genital mutilation are internationally recognized human rights violations.
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Biography
01 February 2023
Naysán Sahba
Director, Division of Global Communication and Advocacy
Statement
27 January 2023
UNICEF calls for immediate and unconditional release of abducted children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo