Child Protection
The child protection programme aims to strengthen the protective environment for all children in Yemen
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The Challenge
Children are the primary victims of the crisis. Since the conflict escalated in Yemen nearly seven years ago, the UN verified that more than 10,200 children have been killed or injured. This includes over 3,470 children have been killed and more than 6,750 injured. The actual numbers are likely much higher. Children remain under extreme risk of death or injury from unexploded ordinances, landmines, and explosive remnants of war.
More than 10,200 children have been verified as killed or maimed since the start of the conflict.
Since the escalation of the conflict in March 2015, the UN Country Task Force on Monitoring and Reporting verified that 3,476 children have been killed (2,467 boys; 959 girls; 49 unknown) and 6751 children have been injured (4,928 boys; 1,822 girls). In addition, there have been 502 attacks and military use of education facilities and 199 attacks and military use of health facilities.
The Solution
Despite the operational challenges, UNICEF has continued to provide lifesaving education on the risks posed by mines, unexploded ordnances and explosive remnants of war reaching 5.5 million children and community members. Additionally, more than 410,000 children and caregivers in conflict-affected areas received psychosocial support and another 4.1 million children and women had access to gender-based violence risk mitigation, prevention, or response interventions.
Vulnerable children are supported through survivor assistance, education on mines/ explosive remnants of war and resilience building.
Through the case management programme, UNICEF supported the referral and provision of critical services for the most vulnerable children.
12,617 children (4,685 girls; 7,932 boys) were identified by trained case managers. 11,940 children (4,408 girls and 7,532 boys) received critical services, which included victims’ assistance, individual counselling, temporary shelter service, family tracing, reunification, economic empowerment and livelihood support, legal support, education services, birth certificates, community and family based psychosocial support, focused non-specialized psychosocial support, rehabilitation, and reintegration, one on one/group therapy, and medical services.
In total, UNICEF HAC 2022 response requires US$37 million to deliver its child protection programming. Urgent needs total US$22.5 million.