SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 22
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The roots of violence against children are multifaceted, and preventing and eliminating it require a multisectoral and integrated approach, as recognized in the 2030 Agenda. Indeed, violence goes hand in hand with vulnerability and deprivation, with high risks of poor health, poor school performance and, at times, long-term welfare dependency. Children exposed to violence - at home, in schools, in the community, at work, in care and justice institutions or online - are at greater risk of enduring cumulative acts of violence and engaging in aggressive and violent behaviour later in life.
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children