07 April 2021|
Media articles
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Youth Justice System Worsened During Pandemic
7 April 2021
March 29 2021 – The pandemic has made it more difficult for justice-involved youth to receive fair treatment in the justice system, according to a […]
Myanmar : Joint Statement by UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict & the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children
6 April 2021
New York, 1 April 2021 – The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, and the UN Special Representative of […]
Mozambique : UN officials alarmed at escalating violence against civilians, including women and children
31 March 2021
31 March 2021 – The three United Nations (UN) High-Level Officials express serious concerns about the rapid degradation in the humanitarian situation in the northern […]
Children as agents of positive change. A mapping of children’s initiatives across regions, towards an inclusive and healthy world free from violence
11 March 2021
11 March 2021 – Between April and November 2020, 245 case studies from 86 countries3 were reviewed,4 and in-depth dialogues were taken forward with 36 […]
Nigeria : missing schoolgirls must be immediately released, concerns at increased abduction incidents – UN Representative for Children & Armed Conflict
2 March 2021
1 March 2021 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (SRSG CAAC), Virginia Gamba, called for the immediate release of some […]
NEW IASC Guidelines – With Us and For Us: IASC Guidelines on Working with and for Young People in Humanitarian Emergencies and Protracted Crises
23 February 2021
November 2020 – The IASC Youth Guidelines aim to mobilize commitment and action with and for young people in humanitarian and protracted contexts. It also […]
Laundering of Proceeds from Online Child Sexual Exploitation – Operational Alert
23 February 2021
December 2020 – FINTRAC-2020-OA001 The purpose of this Operational Alert is to support reporting entities in recognizing financial transactions suspected of being related to the […]
International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers : Joint statement by EU High Representative Josep Borrell and UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba
11 February 2021
11 February 2021 – Despite global commitments and efforts, children around the world continue to suffer from the consequences of conflicts and are still being […]
Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
1 February 2021
23 décembre 2020 – In her report, which covers the period from December 2019 to December 2020, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children […]
Social workers’ efforts to protect children in lockdown have gone unnoticed
22 January 2021
11 November 2020 –The news that the numbers of babies in England that have suffered serious injury or neglect during the pandemic has increased by a […]
How to be accountable to women and girls while addressing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA)
20 January 2021
Jan 12, 2021 – UNICEF GBViE Podcast Episode 19 In the last 20 years, successive SEA scandals have made media headlines: revelations that peacekeepers in Bosnia […]
UNICEF and Microsoft scale Azure-based platform Primero to empower social workers and help more children
20 January 2021
December 2, 2020 – UNICEF works in more than 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their […]
Mali: Deteriorating Security Situation Leads to Dramatic Increase in Grave Violations Against Children
17 December 2020
New York, 10 December 2020 – Children in Mali suffered a sharp increase in grave violations, particularly linked to the worsening security situation throughout the country. This […]
04 December 2020|
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New Findings About Children’s Mental Health During COVID-19
4 December 2020
COVID-19 has brought about a complex array of factors (uncertainty, social isolation, and parental angst) that have an impact on the mental health of children and adolescents. […]
26 November 2020|
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Child sex trafficking: It’s probably not what you think it is
26 November 2020
“You just have to dance, we can make a little money like that.” That’s what Shandel, then 13, said her boyfriend told her at a […]
Children with autism, caregivers lack support during COVID-19 pandemic in B.C., advocates say
16 November 2020
The fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has cut off supports for children with autism and their caregivers, leaving them feeling abandoned by the British Columbia […]
The pandemic has created a second crisis in India — the rise of child trafficking
27 October 2020
In recent years, India has strengthened its laws on child labour, but in the past six months — with COVID-19 taking a toll on the economy […]
Parents of 545 migrant children separated at U.S. border still can’t be found: lawyers
22 October 2020
Court-appointed lawyers said Tuesday that they have been unable to find parents of 545 children who were separated at the U.S. border with Mexico early […]
15 October 2020|
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Children Betrayed by Our Judicial Systems
15 October 2020
The past decade has seen a gradual increase in terrorism-related crimes; a phenomenon that is accompanied by a growing trend of involvement of children and youth […]
Quebec rights commission to examine deaths of two children in Wendake
14 October 2020
Quebec’s human rights commission is investigating the recent deaths of two children in Wendake, whose situation had been reported to the province’s youth protection authorities. […]
01 October 2020|
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UN Ratifies First Unanimous Treaty on Child Labor
1 October 2020
A global treaty sponsored by the U.N. International Labor Organization (ILO) calling for greater protection for children against sexual exploitation, forced labor and armed conflict […]
Sudan: Peace Process Presents Opportunity to Better Protect Children as Grave Violations Continue
1 October 2020
Sixth Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict in the Sudan Despite substantial progress in ending the recruitment and use of children by […]
28 September 2020|
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Futures in Peril: The Rise of Child Labor in the Pandemic
28 September 2020
With schools closed and families desperate for income, millions of children are being forced into work that is often dangerous, arduous and illegal. It is […]
10 September 2020|
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The Girls and Women Fighting to Stop Child Marriage
10 September 2020
Twelve million girls are married every year before they reach 18, according to UN estimates. And in its first set of global statistics on child marriage […]
Ottawa agrees to certify 2 class action lawsuits over the treatment of First Nation children
4 September 2020
The federal government has consented to the certification of two class action lawsuits over funding for First Nation child welfare services and the state of […]
40 million children miss out on early education in critical pre-school year due to COVID-19
7 August 2020
NEW YORK, 22 July 2020 – At least 40 million children worldwide have missed out on early childhood education in their critical pre-school year as COVID-19 […]
Nigeria: Boko Haram’s Tactics Continued to Terrorize Children, While Implementation of Commitments by CJTF Strengthened Efforts to Protect Them
28 July 2020
Second Country Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict in Nigeria Boys and girls in northeast Nigeria continued to endure gruesome violations at […]
Urgent to Protect Schools from Military Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic – SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict
17 July 2020
Ensuring the protection of schools and education as the world addresses the COVID-19 pandemic is of utmost importance reminds the Special Representative of the Secretary-General […]
Institutionalisation and deinstitutionalisation of children: policy and practice recommendations for global, national, and local actors
8 July 2020
Worldwide, millions of children live in institutions, which runs counter to both the UN-recognised right of children to be raised in a family environment, and […]
UN Official Welcomes New Legislation Criminalizing Child Recruitment
18 March 2020
Following an extensive period of consultations and advocacy from the United Nations, the National Assembly in the Central African Republic adopted recently the Child […]