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Overview
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has launched
a project to put an end to violence against
children. The first step is to get a picture
of exactly what is happening, and he has appointed
Professor Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro to head
a global study on violence against children.
The study will map out what is happening today
in four different settings – the school,
the home, institutions and the community. Information
on each of these appears in this resource package
– showing what data we now have, what
steps have been taken to tackle the problems,
and what needs to be done in the future. Some
of the issues – such as bullying and abuse
– are already on the agenda of many governments;
others, such as harmful traditional practices
and violence in institutions and youth training,
are newer. But one thing is common to all topics,
the lack of sound data. Facts and figures on
violence are hard to come by, but without them,
it is hard to find the appropriate solutions
to ensure that our actions are really effective.
Nine regional consultations will feed the Study.
A Regional Consultation on Violence against
Children in Europe and Central Asia has been
held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 5-7 July 2005.
The Consultation is hosted by the Government
of Slovenia and supported by the Council of
Europe, UNICEF, WHO, OHCHR, and the NGO advisory
panel. It responded to concerns in the European
and Central Asian region about violence against
children and helped shape the debate about the
issue.
This Consultation brought together experts,
academics, practitioners and children to look
at what’s going wrong and to find a way
to begin to put it right. Their work is a call
to action – to break the silence, mobilize,
motivate and put in place the political agenda
which will change the world for children today
and tomorrow – creating a world where
violence against children is no longer tolerated.
The
Ljubljana final conclusions
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UNICEF/SWZK/00178/Pirozzi
Children in a kindergarten, Azerbaijan
Consultation's
programme
Statements
from the contributing agencies
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