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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 21

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This is no time for complacency. Around the world, millions of girls and boys of all ages continue to be exposed to appalling levels of violence, in their neighbourhoods, in their schools, in institutions aimed at their care and protection, and also within the home.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Girls
Year
2017
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 30

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SRSG report
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This is no time for complacency. Around the world, millions of girls and boys of all ages continue to be exposed to appalling levels of violence, in their neighbourhoods, in schools, in institutions aimed at their care and protection and within the home.
Body
SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Girls
Year
2016
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 18

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SRSG report
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The violence-related targets in the 2030 Agenda are achievable, but measuring progress will need to be supported by sound data and stronger national statistical capacity. Along with the consolidation of knowledge and data on children's exposure to sexual, physical and emotional violence, it is crucial to develop enhanced tools and methodologies that can capture the full magnitude and incidence of all forms of violence against all girls and boys under 18 years of age.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Children
  • Girls
Year
2016
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 13

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SRSG report
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There is no time for complacency. Around the world, millions of girls and boys of all ages continue to be exposed to appalling levels of violence, in their neighbourhoods, in their schools, in institutions aimed at their care and protection and within the home.
Body
SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Girls
Year
2016
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 14

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SRSG report
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The results from those surveys press for urgent action. They expose serious levels of violence shaping children's lives and they highlight the gap between the large number of children exposed to violence and the very limited number of victims seeking help and the even smaller number benefiting from the services that are needed. For example, across seven of the countries surveyed, more than 25 per cent of girls and 10 per cent of boys had endured sexual violence, but less than 10 per cent of victims had received support from social services.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Children
  • Girls
Year
2015
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 81

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SRSG report
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The drugs trade typically uses children and adolescents for the most dangerous activities, such as monitoring territory, the transport and retail sale of drugs, or theft. Some children may end up being associated with criminal activities, including human trafficking, kidnapping and extortion and contract killings. Boys and girls may participate in human trafficking from an early age, as guides, lookouts or informants. Thereafter, they may be required to take care of safe houses and prevent escapes and later they may be armed and become involved in more dangerous tasks.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Boys
  • Children
  • Girls
Year
2015
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 39

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SRSG report
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Violence against girls and boys is also a concern echoed by the Secretary-General in his report mentioned in paragraph 3 above.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Girls
Year
2015
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 33

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SRSG report
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In their recommendations, children highlighted three major issues. Firstly, they expressed deep concern at the high levels of violence affecting their lives - in schools, the community, the workplace and the home. Girls underscored the particularly high risk of sexual violence, and boys the special risk of severe forms of physical abuse, crime-related violence and homicide. Children called for their effective protection from violence in all contexts and at all times. They ranked protection from violence as their second highest priority, immediately after education. For them, education is crucial to develop children's talents and skills and to promote healthy lifestyles, and it is important in preventing violence and discrimination, countering intolerance, and enhancing dialogue and critical thinking. As they noted, receiving an inclusive and high-quality education helps prevent fear and abuse, as well as violence-related school dropout, early pregnancy, child marriage and child labour.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Children
  • Girls
Year
2015
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 117

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SRSG report
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Children are particularly vulnerable to those intertwined forms of violence, both as victims and witnesses. While adolescent boys may be at risk of physical aggression and homicide owing to their participation in street fighting, gang membership, possession of arms and manipulation by organized crime networks, girls are more likely to endure violence in the private sphere, in particular sexual violence, which is often associated with shame, fear and distrust.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Boys
  • Children
  • Girls
Year
2015
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 90

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SRSG report
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State policies need to address the root causes of armed violence, including deprivation and social exclusion; undertake gender-sensitive approaches to secure boys' and girls' safety and protection, and the recovery and reintegration of victims; and fight impunity. Special protection measures are also needed for children and young people who try to leave gangs and organized criminal structures, to counter the risks they face and promote long-term options for their reintegration.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Social & Cultural Rights
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Children
  • Girls
  • Youth
Year
2015
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 64

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SRSG report
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Gender differences also influence how children use ICTs and perceive and respond to online risks. In Europe, boys appear more bothered by online violence than girls, while girls are more concerned with contact-related risks. Teenage girls are slightly more likely to receive nasty or hurtful messages online than teenage boys.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Boys
  • Children
  • Girls
Year
2015
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 65

Document type
SRSG report
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There are also indications that boys enjoy more and better quality access to the Internet than girls. That pattern is likely to exist in other regions, especially in contexts where girls may experience discrimination in society. At the same time, ICTs may also provide important tools for those girls to obtain information, participate in social and cultural life, and overcome isolation in their communities.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Girls
Year
2015
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 55

Document type
SRSG report
Paragraph text
Adolescent boys are at high risk of homicide because they are more prone to participating in activities such as street fighting, street crime, gang membership and possession of weapons. For girls, the greatest risk is violence from intimate partners.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Boys
  • Girls
Year
2015
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 21

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SRSG report
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The urgency of this cause has clearly not diminished. Indeed, the magnitude and impact of this phenomenon remains high and deeply distressing. For millions of children, life is defined by one word: fear. In their early years and throughout adolescence, children endure violent disciplinary practices in schools, in care and justice institutions and also within the home. Community violence and organized crime undermines their daily life and development; millions of children experience violence in work settings, including domestic work; child trafficking is on the increase; and in some countries, boys and girls face the risk of inhuman sentencing and harmful practices persist, with long-lasting consequences for the enjoyment of children's rights.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Children
  • Girls
Year
2014
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 20

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SRSG report
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At the same time, however, progress has been too slow, too uneven and too fragmented to make a genuine breakthrough in the protection of children from violence. Countless girls and boys of all ages continue to be exposed to the cumulative impact of different forms of violence as a result of reactive, ill-coordinated and ill-resourced national strategies; dispersed and poorly enforced legislation; and low levels of investment in family support and gender- and child-sensitive approaches and mechanisms to support child victims and fight impunity. Overall, data and research remain scarce and incipient - insufficient to overcome the invisibility and acceptance of this phenomenon and to safeguard children's freedom from violence at all times.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Children
  • Families
  • Girls
Year
2014
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 25

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SRSG report
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We must consolidate the gains that have been made, grasp the lessons we have learned, and redouble our efforts to shape a dynamic, forward-looking strategy to ensure children's freedom from violence everywhere and at all times. With this in mind, the global survey sets out eight imperatives which should be vigorously pursued: - All Governments should develop and promote a national, child-centered, integrated, multidisciplinary and time-bound strategy to prevent and address violence against children. - An explicit legal ban on all forms of violence against children must be enacted as a matter of urgency, backed by detailed measures for implementation and effective enforcement. - Policy initiatives and legal measures should be accompanied by increased efforts to overcome the social acceptance of violence against children. - There must be an ongoing commitment to strengthen children's meaningful participation. - All Governments must invest in the social inclusion of girls and boys who are particularly vulnerable. - Governments must recognize the crucial importance of building strong data systems and sound evidence to prevent and address violence against children. - A stronger focus is needed on the factors that influence levels of violence and the resilience of children, their families and communities. These include poverty, deprivation and inequality; weak rule of law, organized crime and political instability; mass population movements; and environmental degradation and natural disasters. - As the international community considers the future global development agenda beyond 2015, violence against children, including the most vulnerable and marginalized girls and boys, should be recognized as a priority and a cross-cutting concern.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Children
  • Girls
Year
2014
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 41e

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SRSG report
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[In some countries, important legislative initiatives have addressed violence against children with albinism and those accused of witchcraft, criminalizing harmful practices and issuing protective measures to secure children's safety and protection. Legislation is, however, insufficient to change superstition and deeply rooted beliefs. To ensure the protection of these children, the Special Representative has called for a comprehensive strategy highlighting, the following measures:] Enacting a clear legal ban against all forms of violence. In many countries, criminal legislation prohibits serious crimes, such as murder and torture. However, owing to the stigma and superstitious beliefs surrounding children with albinism or accused of witchcraft, additional legislative measures are needed to secure their effective protection. National legislation needs to include a clear and comprehensive prohibition of all forms of violence and harmful practices to protect these marginalized girls and boys, and to provide for means of redress and accountability. Clear provisions on reporting, investigation and prosecution of incidents of violence are essential to fight impunity. Information campaigns and awareness-raising initiatives, and capacity-building of relevant professionals, are equally needed to make the provisions of the law known and effectively enforced, and to overcome deep-rooted social conventions condoning violence.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Children
  • Girls
Year
2014
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 17

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SRSG report
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As the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child draws closer and discussions on the post-2015 global development agenda intensify, the report on the global survey provides strategic insight into how far the international community has come towards ensuring children's protection from violence and, crucially, what still needs to be done to give every girl and boy the opportunity of enjoying a childhood free from violence.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Children
  • Girls
Year
2014
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 14

Document type
SRSG report
Paragraph text
Countless children involved with the criminal justice system as victims, witnesses or alleged offenders have a history of exposure to violence. At times, the criminal justice system is used as a substitute for weak or non-existent child protection systems that lead to the stigmatization and criminalization of girls and boys at risk, including those who are homeless and poor, those living or working on the street, and those who have fled home as a result of violence.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Social & Cultural Rights
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Children
  • Girls
Year
2014
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 38

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SRSG report
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Firstly, it is crucial to mobilize the voice and support of leaders in all areas. In this spirit, on 20 November 2013, the International Day of the Child, the Special Representative together with other United Nations child rights experts issued a call to all Governments to include the protection from violence of all girls and boys, including the most vulnerable and marginalized, as a priority in the post-2015 agenda, and to back this commitment with firm funding.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Children
  • Girls
Year
2014
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 19

Document type
SRSG report
Paragraph text
Secondly, to prevent girls and boys from being targeted by violence or instrumentalized in criminal activities, the Model Strategies call for a strong and cohesive national child protection system, and recognize the need to address the root causes of child social exclusion and promote children's universal access to basic social services of quality (see paras. 12-17).
Body
SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Social & Cultural Rights
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Children
  • Girls
Year
2014
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 35

Document type
SRSG report
Paragraph text
During the period covered by the present report, important global thematic consultations were held to inform the future development agenda. In Helsinki, Monrovia and Panama City, the consultations devoted to violence and citizen security gave prominent attention to human rights and the elimination of all forms of violence. During the Panama consultation, participants specifically called for the inclusion of distinct goals to safeguard the protection of boys and girls from violence.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Girls
Year
2014
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 88

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SRSG report
Paragraph text
Gender influences perceptions and attitudes towards violence, as well as the manner in which violence is perpetrated and experienced. Gender-based violence against girls includes differential access to food and services, domestic or intimate partner violence, sexual exploitation and abuse, deprivation of inheritance or property and harmful practices, such as child marriage, female genital mutilation/cutting and honour killing. Gender-based violence also includes specific types of violence against men and boys, including bullying, fighting, and assault and gun crime.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Harmful Practices
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Children
  • Girls
  • Men
  • Women
Year
2013
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 90

Document type
SRSG report
Paragraph text
At the same time, there is a significant gap between these legal and policy frameworks, and implementation and public response. Working with both boys and girls is critical to overcome prejudice and preconceptions and support victims in seeking help and report incidences of violence. This is an area where incremental efforts are being made, including by engaging men and boys to change social norms of masculinity and encompass gender-equal relations free from violence, including more equal sharing of caregiving activities and domestic work within the household.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Girls
Year
2013
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 23

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SRSG report
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Around the world, countless numbers of girls and boys fall victim to harmful practices. Often violent in nature, these practices compromise the development and education of the child, have serious and long-lasting health and psychological consequences, and may result in disability or death. At the same time, positive experiences have led to the successful abandonment of these practices and a lasting commitment by concerned communities to prevent their occurrence and safeguard the protection of children's rights.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Harmful Practices
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Children
  • Girls
Year
2013
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 121

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SRSG report
Paragraph text
Violence is a frequent dimension in children's lives. It occurs in various forms and contexts and has serious and long-lasting consequences on their well-being and development. Prevention and elimination efforts need to address these dynamics and invest in the social inclusion of girls and boys at special risk, for whom the multiple dimensions of deprivation go hand in hand with a cumulative exposure to violence. Enhancing families' capacity to protect and care for their children, and preventing child abandonment and placement in residential care remain crucial dimensions of this process.
Body
SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Children
  • Families
  • Girls
Year
2013
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 71

Document type
SRSG report
Paragraph text
Less than 30 per cent of respondents indicate 18 as the minimum age for marriage, with younger ages and different thresholds for boys and girls prevalent in a large number of countries.
Body
SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Girls
Year
2013
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
Paragraph

SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 7

Document type
SRSG report
Paragraph text
The urgency of protecting children from violence has clearly not diminished. Indeed, the magnitude and impact of this phenomenon remain high level and deeply distressing. For countless children, life is defined by one word: fear. In their early years and throughout adolescence, children endure violent disciplinary practices in schools, in care and justice institutions and within the home. Armed and community violence undermines their daily life and development; millions of children experience violence in work settings, including domestic work; trafficking is on the increase; in some countries, inhuman sentencing is still imposed on boys and girls; and harmful practices persist, with long-lasting consequences for children's rights.
Body
SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Children
  • Girls
Year
2013
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
Paragraph

SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 56

Document type
SRSG report
Paragraph text
Adolescent boys are at high risk of homicide as a result of participation in violence-prone activities, such as street fighting, street crime, gang membership and possession of weapons. For girls, the incidence of inter-partner violence is particularly high, and in many nations, family-related homicide is the major cause of female deaths.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Boys
  • Families
  • Girls
Year
2013
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 33d

Document type
SRSG report
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[The meeting called for a multidimensional strategy and:] Data and research on violence in schools to capture the hidden face of violence and address its root causes; assess perceptions and attitudes, including among girls and boys of different ages and social backgrounds; identify children at greater risk; and assess the economic cost of violence and the social return that may be achieved with investment in prevention;
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Children
  • Girls
Year
2013
Date modified
Jun 17, 2024
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