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Violence against children

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.
girls-playing
Report
01 June 2022
Global Annual Results Report 2021: Every child is protected
Goal Area 3: Progress, results achieved and lessons from 2021

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Statement
29 May 2022
Thirteen Palestinian children killed in the West Bank since January 2022
Statement attributable to Adele Khodr, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa
Statement
22 January 2022
Violence in Yemen rapidly escalates leaving a heavy toll on children
Statement by From Ted Chaiban, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa 
Statement
19 January 2022
Child rights violations against children in Sudan must stop
Nine children killed and 13 injured in violence since October 2021
Press release
28 December 2021
UNICEF condemns reported killing of at least 35 people, including four children and two humanitarian workers, in Kayah State, Myanmar
Remarks
19 November 2021
Remarks by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore at the launch of the Spotlight Initiative Impact Report 2020-2021
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News Release
Press release
21 October 2021
Alarming spike in abductions of women and children in Haiti - UNICEF
More than 100 women and children kidnapped so far this year
News note
05 October 2021
Geneva Palais briefing note on reports of abduction of minors in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province
This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder – to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva
Niger. A young girl sits with her mother.
Appeal
26 August 2021
Humanitarian crisis grows for world’s children
As UNICEF launches record appeal, converging forces of conflict, climate change, poverty, and the impact of COVID-19 are undoing decades of progress