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UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s
Fund, is a driving force behind a movement to
build a world where the rights of every child
are realized. We have the global authority to
influence decision-makers, and the variety of
partners at grassroots level to turn the most
innovative ideas into reality. That makes us
unique among world organizations, and unique
among those working with children.
We believe that everyone has
a responsibility to see that children are safe.
We work with individuals, civic groups, governments
and the private sector to help create protective
environments for them.
Protection of children against
violence, abuse, neglect, exploitation, trafficking
and deprivation of parental care is essential
for every aspect of their survival, growth and
development. We support programmes to prevent
such violations, and to identify and help their
victims. But we go further, working with governments,
civil society, individuals and the private sector
to build a protective environment around every
child.
UNICEF programmes across Europe
and Central Asia aim to strengthen different
aspects of the protective environment, helping
Governments fulfil their obligations on child
protection. We urge them to develop national
child protection policies and have helped to
bring national child protection legislation
into line with international human rights standards
in 11 countries in Central and Eastern Europe
and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Real
lives stories from UNICEF |
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Breaking the wall of silence:
child abuse and neglect in
Armenia |
Story
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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Vanja
and Anna find refuge in Mostar
The story of two girls trafficked from
Russia and Moldova who have found refuge
in Mostar |
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Georgia: alternatives to orphanages
-- a shelter for mothers and children
An article on the Mother
and Child Shelter at the Tbilisi Infants'
Home, Georgia |
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Kyrgyzstan: The reality of child
poverty An article on the
first Child Poverty Conference in Kyrgyzstan
in 2004. |
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Moldova: Students visit young
detainees An article on high
school students who visit young detainees
in Moldova |
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Romania: A nursery where kids
flourish, teachers are inspired, and parents
are delighted
An article on the Step by Step programme
for nursery children in Romania |
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Azerbaijan Diary: a sting in
the tale Lynn Geldof reports
from Azerbaijan, March 2005 |
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UNICEF/SWZK/00051/Pirozzi
Press
releases |
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Children in residential
institutions desperately vulnerable to
abuse,
31 May 2005, UNICEF
Spanish
- Russian
- French
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UN Independant
Expert pleased with response to child
violence study
3 April 2003, UNICEF
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UNICEF
resources |
Innocenti Report Card
Child poverty in rich countries,
2005
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IRC Changing harmful
social convention
Femal genital mutilation/cutting, 2005 |
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Trafficking in Human
Beings in South Eastern Europe,
2004
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Innocenti Social Monitor,
2004
Economic growth and child poverty in CEE/CIS
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Innocenti Report Card
A league table of child deaths by injury
in rich nations, 2001
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Young
Voices: Opinion Survey in
Europe and Central Asia, 2001
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Study on children
in residential care in Romania
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Creating a protective
environment for children
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Information note
on the observance of legislation on fighting
and preventing violence and abuse against
children
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Evaluation study on
child abuse in the Republic of Moldova
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Beyond child labour,
Affirming Rights
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Child
Protection: A Handbook
for Parliamentarians, (IPU)
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Handbook
for Parliamentarians on Child Trafficking
(n°9)
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UNICEF's priorities
for children 2002-2005
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Changing Minds,
Policies and Lives, Executive
Summary
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Implementation
Handbook for the Convention on the Rights
of the Child
Implementation checklists
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The media and children's
rights |
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Young people in changing
societies, UNICEF Innocenti Research
Centre (2000): |
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Leaving institutional
care, Romania |
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Young people in conflict
with the law, Czech Republic |
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