One billion children experience violence and abuse every year. That shocking figure has risen even higher during the COVID-19 pandemic. Violence prevention and response services have been disrupted...
CHILD-FOCUSED AGENCIES STATEMENT ON THE 2021 MINISTERIAL DECLARATION The United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) is responsible for ensuring progress towards the...
Introduction For caregivers and teachers Welcome to the Children’s Climate Cards Climate change is happening. Impacts are projected to become increasingly severe across the world. Children have a...
2021 is designated as the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, as unanimously adopted in a UN General Assembly resolution in 2019 and launched by the International Labour...
Dear Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator, The lack of predictable and accountable coordination arrangements for humanitarian cash continues to hamper the scale, quality and...
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Over the past year, anniversaries of the conflicts in Syria, Libya, Yemen, and new outbreaks of violence elsewhere, have served as grim reminders of the international community’s lack of meaningful...
Following a State of Emergency declared on 1 February 2021, mass protests began taking place throughout Myanmar. Many individuals taking to the streets are children and young people, peacefully...
Introduction Although children have been spared the worst of the direct health effects of COVID-19, the pandemic has disrupted the delivery of essential health services and lives of hundreds of...
Less than 1% of international aid money used to end violence against children Of ODA, less than 1 per cent (under 75p per child) went directly towards ending violence against children in 2018 Over...
Contact Information: Lisa MacSpaddenlmacspadden@childfundalliance.org ChildFund directs nearly $80 million to help stop spread of virus, provide nutrition and educational support, and prevent...
Joint News Release Bangkok, 11 October 2020 - Six of the world’s largest child-focused international development sector organisations comprised of World Vision International, ChildFund Alliance, Plan...
Dear Chair, This statement is on behalf of Save the Children and 9 international civil society organisations. We welcome the comprehensive report of the Group of Eminent International and Regional...
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Dear Under-Secretary-General Lowcock, The below 553 concerned agencies are calling for urgent action to make gender-based violence (GBV) a key response priority of humanitarian response plans, moving...
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the greatest shocks to global stability since World War II. Before the pandemic, more than half of all children worldwide lived in daily exposure to...
“Children’s press conference” speaks out on the devastating impact of Covid-19 - New report shows increasing threats to children’s protection and wellbeing Children from all over Uganda are taking...
The Priorities For children in poor countries, the primary risk is less COVID-19 itself than it is the collateral damage it brings, and this damage is manifold. Whether families lose their income...
Will we listen to them? – Children and young people tell us about the massive impacts that the COVID19 crisis has already had on their lives and what we still need to do to win the fight against the...
As COVID-19 continues to progress around the world, Cambodia has emerged as one of the rare success stories. With zero known community transmission and only two imported cases in more than 6 weeks,...
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In the more than 20 years of consideration and prioritization of the protection of civilians in armed conflict by the UN Security Council, significant progress has been made in building an...
Dear Mr. Secretary-General, We, the undersigned organizations, are writing with regard to your forthcoming annual report on children and armed conflict and its annexes. As you finalize your decisions...