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Keeping the Promise: Ending Violence Against Children by 2030 Keeping the Promise: Ending Violence Against Children by 2030 Keeping the Promise: Ending Violence Against Children by 2030 Acknowledgements This thematic report would not have been possible without contributions from a wealth of key players – all of them working to end violence against children. The Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary- General on Violence against Children would like to thank them all. From the United Nations: the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO). The Office is also very grateful to the many other organizations that shared their expert insights: the African Child Policy Forum (ACPF); Arigatou International; Central American Integration System (SICA); Child Helpline International; Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS); Council of Europe (CoE); Civil Society Forum to End Violence against Children (CSO Forum); Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS); ECPAT International; Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism; Inter-American Children’s Institute of the Organization of American States (IIN-OAS); Institute of Public Policies in Human Rights (IPPDH) of MERCOSUR; Movimiento Mundial por la Infancia de Latinoamérica y el Caribe (MMI-LAC); Plan International; and Together for Girls. Cover photo: © UNICEF/UNI45467/Pirozzi Youth leaders stand in a circle, holding hands, to symbolize the slogan ‘We can do it together’, at a child care centre run by Precious Jewels Ministry, a local NGO that supports AIDS-affected children in Manila, the capital. Youth leaders are themselves affected by AIDS. © July 2019, United Nations All rights reserved worldwide Requests to reproduce excerpts or to photocopy should be addressed to the Copyright Clearance Center at copyright.com. All other queries on rights and licenses, including subsidiary rights, should be addressed to: United Nations Publications, 300 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017, United States of America. Title: Keeping the Promise: Ending Violence against Children by 2030 Language: English Sales no.: E.19.I.13 ISBN: 978-92-1-101413-6 eISBN: 978-92-1-004289-5 Design and layout: UNON, Publishing Services Section/Nairobi, ISO 14001:2004-Certified KEEPING THE PROMISE: ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN BY 2030 Contents Abbreviations ......................................................................................................................................................5 Foreword by the United Nations Secretary-General .........................................................................................7 Preface by the Special Representative ..............................................................................................................8 Executive summary ..........................................................................................................................................10 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................20 2. Strengthening legal and policy frameworks ..............................................................................................28 3. Reinforcing the protective shield around children.....................................................................................44 4. More and better data and research ............................................................................................................60 5. Widening partnership: Building the global movement to end violence against children .........................70 6. Amplifying the voice of children .................................................................................................................80 7. Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................................88 References ........................................................................................................................................................90 List of boxes The toll of violence against children .................................................................................................................11 A snapshot of child participation initiatives .....................................................................................................17 Box 1: Overarching recommendations from the 2006 United Nations Study on Violence against Children ..................................................................................................................................22 Box 2. What should be included in a legislative framework to ban violence against children? ...................30 Box 3. What should be included in a policy framework to end violence against children? ..........................31 Box 4. Progress on banning corporal punishment .......................................................................................32 Box 5. A legal imperative and policy mandate for three decades: Article 19 of the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child ................................................................................................33 Box 6. Policy approaches are needed to tackle bullying in schools ............................................................35 Box 7. Working to end child marriage in sub-Saharan Africa ......................................................................36 Box 8. Uruguay: New measures for children in the justice system ..............................................................39 Box 9. Progress on a regional plan of action: Southeast Asia ......................................................................40 Box 10. Independent human rights institutions for children ..........................................................................47 Box 11. Patronage nurses heal a family in Kazakhstan ..................................................................................52 Box 12. Words matter: The Luxembourg Guidelines ......................................................................................55 Box 13. Special protection for children on the move ......................................................................................57 Box 14. A public health approach to knife crime in the UK ............................................................................59 Box 15. Follow the money: Data on the costs of violence against children ....................................................68 3 Box 16. Tackling sexual violence against children in sport ............................................................................74 Box 17. The Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism .............................................................................................................................76 Box 18. The importance of child helplines ......................................................................................................82 List of figures Figure 1. Percentage of females aged 18-24 whose first sexual experience was forced or coerced .............24 Figure 2: Percentage of males aged 18-24 who experienced sexual violence prior to age 18 .......................66 Figure 3. The consequences of sexual violence against boys .........................................................................67 Figure 4. Pathfinder countries working with the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children .......72 4 KEEPING THE PROMISE: ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN BY 2030 Abbreviations ABK Pag-Aaral ng Bata para sa Kinabukasa (Children’s Education for the Future) ACERWC African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child ACPF African Child Policy Forum ACWC ASEAN Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children AMS ASEAN Member States ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations AU African Union CAHENF Ad Hoc Committee for the Rights of the Child CARICOM Caribbean Community CBSS Council of the Baltic Sea States CDC United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CoE Council of Europe CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child CSO Civil Society Organizations CSO Forum Civil Society Forum to End Violence against Children DHS Demographic Health Surveys EAC East African Community ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States ENOC European Network of Ombudspersons for Children ENYA European Network of Young Advisors FGM/C Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting GDP Gross Domestic Product GSHS Global School-based Student Health Surveys HBSC Health Behaviour in School-aged Children HLPF High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development ICTs Information and Communication Technologies IIN-OAS Inter-American Children’s Institute of the Organization of American States ILO International Labour Organization INEB International Network of Engaged Buddhists IPPDH Institute of Public Policies in Human Rights of MERCOSUR 5 IPV Intimate Partner Violence LGBTI Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex LGBTQI Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex MICS Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys MMI-LAC Movimiento Mundial por la Infancia de Latinoamérica y el Caribe (Global Movement for Children in Latin America and the Caribbean) MNR Model National Response NGO Non-governmental Organization OAS Organization
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