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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 83
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- Responses to young people associated with violent acts often emphasize punitive approaches. That is especially the case when they belong to a gang, although with little distinction between levels of responsibility within such groups.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2015
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- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 75b
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- [Recent research on this topic has revealed a number of significant and worrying developments:] A higher proportion of the content depicting this age group was assessed as being of a higher "severity level" than for the 16- to 20-year-old age group;
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 41c
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- [To leverage progress in the years to come, three important steps remain critical:] Third, to continue to include in the process those who are most affected: children and young people. They need to be given genuine opportunities and platforms to help shape the road ahead as true partners and agents of change.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 44
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- Thirdly, it is imperative to include in this process those who are most affected. Children and young people need to be provided with genuine opportunities and platforms to share their views and experience of violence, and to actively influence the shaping of the future agenda, as true partners and agents of change.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on children and armed conflict: Annual report 2012, para. 45
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- [Empowering children through education, skills and livelihood opportunities]: Ensuring children’s access to education is itself a powerful means of protecting them from becoming involved with armed forces or groups in conflict-affected countries or fragile situations. If children attend school, they are busy and less likely to join armed forces or groups because they have other alternatives. In contrast, a lack of access to education leads many young people to see military training as their only opportunity to learn. In situations of armed conflict, when the protective function of schools is most required, schools often become targets for attacks. The use of schools for military purposes equally reduces the likelihood of children attending school, and thus may increase the likelihood of voluntary association of children with armed groups. All stakeholders must therefore ensure that schools are protected. Measures that field-based practitioners in conflict settings have used to prevent schools from being attacked include physical protection, community involvement in protection of schools, alternative delivery of education, negotiations with stakeholders to make schools conflict-free zones, restrictions on the military and political use of schools, and advocacy initiatives.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 73
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- Young people may produce sexually explicit material as a result of peer pressure or as part of an "intimate" relationship. In both cases there is a real risk of the material being viewed by people for whom it was not intended. When such material falls into the wrong hands it can be used to blackmail children and young people into engaging in further risky behaviour, a criminal strategy commonly referred to as sextortion.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 19
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- Younger children are at high risk of violence, especially when they are placed in residential care. They are heavily dependent on caregivers for their development and well-being, and when neglected, injured or abused, they have less ability to speak up and seek support. If they are surrounded by violence and stress, they can suffer long-lasting emotional trauma and harm to their health, including irreversible damage to brain development.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Older persons
- Youth
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 96
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- In many countries, cooperation with civil society organizations has been critical to widen online literacy and safety among children and their families, and to promote responses to harm. It has also helped to capture children's experiences, fears, expectations and online behaviour through surveys conducted with young people. Those efforts have in turn informed important advocacy and action by children themselves.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 84
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- Children and young people want to be able to navigate the online world in safety and, as they often stress, they call for solutions that to go beyond simply avoiding online threats. That is reflected in many initiatives, including a manifesto developed by teenagers from Latin America, along with a regional online awareness-raising campaign to promote safer Internet use.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 63
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- Younger children are particularly concerned about risks related to the online content they may encounter. As they get older, they become more concerned by contact and conduct risks linked to the use of social networking sites. Adolescents may face unusually high risks of exposure to harmful material and cyberbullying. A considerable proportion of the victims of online sexual abuse are children under the age of 12.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Older persons
- Youth
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 59
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- Online safety and a sense of online responsibility are becoming increasingly important for young people. As those participating in the thematic report stressed, "We are a click away from producing positive situations and avoiding bad ones … The way in which we connect using technologies is a personal choice, and we undertake to do this without causing harm to others".
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 115
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- In many countries, cooperation with civil society organizations has been critical to widen online literacy and safety, especially among children and their families; to raise awareness and enhance children's digital citizenship; to promote responses to harm when it is committed, as well as to capture, through surveys conducted with young people, children's experiences, fears, expectations and online behaviour. In turn, these efforts have generated important advocacy and action by children themselves.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 88
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- A degree of risk is inherent in the use of ICTs, but the risk does not inevitably translate to harm for children and young people. The more children engage in online activities, the more they gain skills and resilience, and become self-confident. In turn, the more skills they possess, the more opportunities they explore with greater chances to become confronted with associated risks. More skills can, however, also reduce the harm that children experience, and help children better cope with such risks.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 71
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- ICTs have profound effects upon societies around the world. They bridge physical distance, create new ways of communicating, learning, doing business and delivering services. For children and young people, ICTs represent an enormous opportunity, offering new means of experiencing creative processes of education, social interaction and entertainment. Children recognize the potential of online information, and many understand digital literacy to be an important skill for their adult life.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 139
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- The Special Representative will continue to mobilize support for these important efforts and for the identification of goals and targets to accelerate progress in the protection of children from all forms of violence. We need to measure what we treasure. And if we are to succeed, it is critical that children and young people enjoy genuine participation in this process - not as accidental partners, but as real agents of change.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 109
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- The Special Representative will continue to mobilize support for these important efforts and for the identification of specific goals and indicators so as to accelerate progress in children's protection from violence. Indeed, it is high time to measure what we treasure! And if we are to succeed, it is critical that children and young people enjoy genuine participation in this process - not as accidental partners, but as real agents of change.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 44
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- Significant research highlights the serious impact of violence on young children, including on their brain development. There is also sound evidence on the valuable contribution of early childhood initiatives to the prevention of violence, as well as to the reduction of inequalities and the prevention of discrimination and social exclusion.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 41c
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- [The meeting included the participation of a cross-regional group of experts, including young people, and highlighted the urgency of:] Ensuring gender-sensitive approaches and child-sensitive support to young children through well-resourced institutions and services and well-trained professionals, taking into account children's perceptions and experiences in the light of their evolving capacities;
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on children and armed conflict: Annual report 2012, para. 49
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- [Empowering children through education, skills and livelihood opportunities]: Ensuring children’s access to education is itself a powerful means of reducing the risk of joining armed forces or groups in conflict-affected countries or fragile situations. Research has suggested that, in some contexts, the higher the level of education received, the less likely a child is to mobilize voluntarily. If children attend school, they are less likely to join armed forces or groups because they have other alternatives. In contrast, a lack of access to education leads many young people to see military training as their only opportunity to provide for themselves and their families. In situations of armed conflict, when the protective function of schools is most required, schools often become targets for attacks. The use of schools for military purposes equally reduces the likelihood of children attending school. All stakeholders must therefore ensure that schools are protected. Measures that field-based practitioners in conflict settings have used to prevent schools from being attacked include physical protection, community involvement in protection of schools, alternative delivery of education, negotiations with stakeholders to make schools zones of peace, restrictions on the military and political use of schools, and advocacy initiatives.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 61
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- Age has a significant influence on how children operate online. Children are beginning to interact with ICTs and use the Internet at an increasingly young age. The relative simplicity of mobile devices, such as touchscreen tablets and smartphones, is making digital entertainment and Internet content available and easily used by children, including in their very early years. At the same time, younger children may be particularly vulnerable as they lack appropriate technical expertise or ability to identify risks.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on children and armed conflict: Annual report 2013, para. 77
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- The Special Representative encourages national and international partners to focus on developing national capacity for the establishment of community structures to protect children, economic stabilization and the creation of livelihood opportunities, including youth-oriented employment strategies and programmes. Coordinated and holistic interventions are required to build effective and accountable institutions that provide people, in particular children and young people, with education, security, justice and jobs.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 72
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- Young people may feel inclined to share personal details without taking into account the consequences of their online actions or fail to identify online dangers. For example, children may not appreciate that information or images they share online may be disseminated in ways they do not anticipate; equally, they may not realize that once they share such material they lose control over it. This can be especially problematic when young people produce revealing images or videos of themselves engaging in sexual activity and intentionally share it by any electronic means.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 99
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- The promotion of social inclusion, empathy and anger management, mediation and peaceful conflict resolution at school and in the community helps to build spaces of coexistence and dialogue, to address grief and to overcome differences, tensions and the stigmatization of children at risk. Age-, gender- and culturally sensitive initiatives provide opportunities to invest in young people's potential and self-esteem, to express diversity and gain leadership skills through sports and art and to offer a better chance in education and a different path in life.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 107
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- As young people stressed during the 2013 Global Youth Summit promoted by the International Telecommunication Union, more than simply trying to avoid online threats, it is important to develop children's capacities as digital citizens; and promote solid values and life skills, including a strong sense of responsibility, respect and concern for others. Rather than curtailing children's natural curiosity and sense of innovation for fear of encountering risks online, it is critical to tap into children's resourcefulness and enhance their resilience while exploring the potential of the Internet.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 99
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- Self-exposure. Sending explicit self-generated text or images by mobile phone or instant messenger, known as "sexting", is becoming widespread. As a result of peer pressure or as part of online interaction, there is a real risk of such material falling into the wrong hands and used to harass young people, or blackmailing them into engaging in further risky behaviour. According to the Internet Watch Foundation, up to 88 per cent of self-generated sexually explicit content online has been taken from its original location and uploaded elsewhere on the Internet.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 56
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- Thirdly, it is imperative to include in this process those who are most affected. Children and young people need to be provided with genuine opportunities and platforms to influence the road ahead - not simply on accidental occasions, but as true partners and agents of change. Recognizing the value of their contribution, the Special Representative joined civil society partners in the development of a report which captures the concerns and recommendations conveyed by child participants in the post-2015 sustainable development process.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 45
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- Significant work has been promoted in this area by civil society partners. With their support, children and young people are participating in consultations on the future development agenda. In Costa Rica, for example, young people shared the vision of their country as a nation where people can live in safety and without fear; a nation where everyone shares a deep commitment to eliminate all forms of violence in the home, in education spaces and in the community - from physical maltreatment to gender-based violence, bullying and abuse, including sexual abuse.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on children and armed conflict: Annual report 2013, para. 74
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- Addressing the structural causes of fragility to escape "conflict traps" can be achieved only if a country's long-term recovery efforts include priorities for the successful rehabilitation of the lives of conflict-affected children and young people. While there are several reasons why children join armed forces and groups, poverty a lack of education and limited socioeconomic opportunities have been recognized as an important factor for children's association with armed forces and groups in conflict-affected and fragile countries.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 100
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- The mandate of the Special Representative also honours the best of humankind; this comes, not surprisingly, from children themselves. Time and time again, the Special Representative has met children who have emerged from the most terrible nightmares and who yet remain resilient, confident, generous and eager to show the way ahead. In all regions of the world, young advocates join hands with national authorities, civil society and many other allies in raising awareness about the detrimental impact of violence, empowering young people to be the first line of protection from abuse and exploitation, and inspiring many others to build a world where children can grow up respected, nurtured and supported to achieve their ambitions and dreams. Even in the most desperate of situations, children demonstrate hope for a better world and determination to achieve lasting change. This is much more than positive thinking; this is about achieving positive change.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. Box, p. 5
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- Bullying has long been part of the social, community and school life of children. With the growing access to information and communications technologies and the wide use of smartphones by children and young people, online bullying - cyberbullying - has also become a source of concern. Spreading rumours, and posting false information, hurtful messages, embarrassing comments or photos, or being excluded from online networks can affect victims deeply. Anonymity may aggravate cyberbullying by encouraging young people to act in ways they would not in face-to-face interactions. In addition, cyberbullying can strike its victims at any time, and the harmful messages or materials can spread fast and far to an exponentially growing audience, multiplying the risks and its damaging impact.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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