A very timely dialogue on safety by design for generative AI & online risks for children❗️

UNICEF Specialist afrooz, Digital Coalition, Thorn & All Tech Is Human discuss innovations & need for whole of society approach to keep pace with the challenges.

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Over 30,000 children crossed the dangerous Darien Gap in the first four months of 2024. Nearly 2,000 of them were unaccompanied or separated from families.

“The dangers to children and their unmet needs are increasing as we speak.” - UNICEF’s Ted Chaiban.
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“I was barefoot in the street. I was hungry and thirsty. I thought it was the end for me.”

This is the haunting story of 9-year-old Jean, who is receiving UNICEF support after fleeing violence in Haiti. uni.cf/3UFMl2s

Families are central to #ChildProtection , but they need support to reduce violence against women & children.

On this Intl Day of the Family, let's ensure the importance of parenting support in creating safe families is widely known.

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Education.
Well-being.
Support.

Families have a unique role in helping to achieve the #GlobalGoals , including to #EndChildMarriage . #DayofFamilies

Sign language: a game changer for over 1M people with hearing impairments in the mine-contaminated Yemen.

Children and adults with disabilities have the right to accessible and inclusive explosive ordnance risk education!

#NDMUN27

🎆Perfect news to mark the International Day to #EndCorporalPunishment !

2015: the world promises to end violence against children by 2030.

Today-2024 International Day to #EndCorporalPunishment : corporal punishment against children is still lawful in 130+ countries.

The time to #EndViolence is NOW for this generation & those to come!

#SDG16

From 29 April to 1 May, 800 mine action experts from 100+ countries are meeting in Geneva to discuss and act on how to “Protect Lives and Build Peace”.

#NDMUN27

Learn More 👉🏾: ndmun.org/#tab-c11289

🙌🏾And now with the link to the recording for those who missed the webinar on using norms and behaviour strategies to #EndCorporalPunishment .

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For Intl Day to #EndCorporalPunishment , UNICEF co-hosted this webinar with End Corporal Punishment to discuss norms & behaviour change strategies to prevent violence against children.

Challenging the social acceptability of violence against children is critical to #EndCorporalPunishment .

It was energizing to meet with Committee on the Rights of the Child Member VanKeirsbilck Benoit to discuss the development of a much awaited General Comment on Children’s Rights to Access Justice & Effective Remedies.

More on this #UNCRC initiative here 👉🏾 : bit.ly/3W7XThm

Explosions cannot be reversed in real life.

Join us in calling on governments to #ProtectChildrenInConflict and end the use of explosive weapons in populated areas.

Children bear the brunt of explosive weapons.

We need to #ProtectChildrenInConflict .

Join us in calling on countries to stop their use in populated areas.

#NotATarget

The Oslo conference this week provides an important moment to #ProtectChildrenInConflict and to help end the use of explosive weapons in populated areas.

It’s a key step in safeguarding the rights of all children caught in conflict.

Matthew, who suffered child sexual abuse, says the Barnhaus model, an integrated service model for violence survivors & witnesses, is “...the closest thing humanity has developed to deliver what child victims truly need. It helps them feel believed...” unicef.org/eca/stories/ti…

Montenegro introduces Barnahus - a child-centered support model for child survivors and witnesses of violence, abuse, and exploitation. The initiative is supported by UNICEF, Council of Europe, and EU in Montenegro 🇪🇺: uni.cf/3Jmz3mo.

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Introducing Barnahus: a revolutionary approach to caring for child survivors and witnesses of violence, abuse, and exploitation. It provides comprehensive support under one roof, putting the child's needs first.

At our Global Migration & Displacement Meeting this week, colleagues & partners shared solutions & identified opportunities to include, protect & empower migrant & displaced children in a world of growing conflicts & crises-in which 41% of the forcefully displaced are children.

This week in Bogota we planned w/partners for the FIRST EVER Global Ministerial Conference on Violence against Children.

We can't wait to gather forces, including govts., youth & survivors, to elevate solutions & redouble efforts for a 🆕 generation free of violence!