SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 8
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Violence and deprivation are strongly interconnected and pave the way towards high risk of poor health, poor school performance and long-term welfare dependency. But beyond the cost to each individual victim, violence has serious costs for households, communities and national economies.
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children