Results 2013-2016 Edition

RESULTS 2013-2016 EDITION

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UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition RESULTS 2013-2016 EDITION

Reducing inequalities and advancing the rights 3 of children and adolescents in the municipalities of the Semi-Arid and Amazon regions in Brazil

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition Credits and acknowledgements

Execution United Nations Children’s Fund – UNICEF UNICEF Representative in Brazil Florence Bauer UNICEF Deputy Representative in Brazil Esperanza Vives Coordinator for the Public Policy Quality Improvement Program in Brazil Mario Volpi Coordinator for the Amazon Region in Brazil Anyoli Sanabria Coordinator for the Semi-Arid Region in Brazil Robert Gass Office of UNICEF Representative in Brazil SEPN 510 – Bloco A – 2º– andar Brasília, DF – 60750-521 www.unicef.org.br – [email protected]

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition Development 4 UNICEF Brazil and P&B Comunicação Writing and editing Fabiana Pereira e Solange A. Barreira Coordination and review Ida Pietricovsky Oliveira e Bruno Viécili Graphic design, art and computer graphics editing Alex Silva Design Layout and art assistance Ronald Capristo Trapino Photos Márcia Alves (all photos); UNICEF (p. 5); Rayssa Coe (p. 36); Jackson Souza (p. 67); João Paulo Martins (p. 77, top)

Thanks Special thanks to the government and municipal teams of the Semi-Arid and Amazon regions for their contributions to the UNICEF Seal – 2013-2016 Edition

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UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition Introduction

nyone who has experienced at first hand the emotions of working with the UNICEF Seal would comprehend the significance of this report and its importance in showing how the results of this program have made an impact on the lives of children and adolescents in more than half of the Brazilian territory. That is why this publication is so special: UNICEF understands that it is not just one individual who can re- Aspond to the immense demands required by the implementation of public policies for children and adolescents.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child, the most widely accepted human rights instrument in history, confers upon UNICEF the role of monitoring the circumstances of children and adolescents, assuring that their rights are fulfilled. It seeks to place children and adolescents at the heart of the political agenda, helping Brazil to go even further in assuring the rights of its population and building a better present and future for the whole country. Since 1999, UNICEF in Brazil has been developing the UNICEF Seal, an initiative to promote effective public policies for the rights of children and adolescents precisely where these rights are required: in the municipalities.

The process of examining the initiatives undertaken is much more than recording the results of actions. It is part of a broader practice developed by UNICEF which we refer to as results-based management. It all starts with a diagnosis of the situation, the identification of bottlenecks and the reasons for the inequalities found, to arrive at the definition of a proposal with objectives and expected results and criteria for monitoring and evaluation. This publication is, therefore, the con- clusion of the UNICEF Seal – 2013-2016 Edition; part of a virtuous cycle of successful practices that realize the rights of children and adolescents.

This entire cycle is the essence of the UNICEF Seal. It delivers so much more than results, as will be seen in this publication. It brings excitement, engagement and accountability. The progress observed in previous editions of the UNICEF Seal revealed an overlapping of vulnerabilities and exposed the importance of intersectoral and integrated work. To this end, the 504 5 certificated municipalities have shown that improvements are possible, especially when there are organized actions.

Behind every story told and every result obtained there is a city hall with committed teams and communities that are mobilized. This perspective of tackling problems together allows municipalities to go beyond merely looking at shortages in human and financial resources; it permits them to understand the factors that lead to social exclusion and then take intersectoral action through shared responsibility, working towards an organized agenda based on values and the political and ethical commitment to put children and adolescents at the heart of the political agenda.

Therefore, I invite you, technicians, municipal managers, community leaders and adolescents who have already participated in the UNICEF Seal, to see and recognize yourselves in the work described here. I offer my congratulations to everyone who has been involved in this immense work, many of whom commit their daily lives to social undertakings. I also want to acknowledge the partnerships with state governments, organizations and companies that have believed and continue to believe in the UNICEF Seal. To those of you who still do not know about the UNICEF Seal, I also invite you to understand and acquaint yourself of the unrelenting work undertaken by thousands of people who, not always with the necessary conditions, and together with us, make a difference in the life of each and every child and adolescent.

I hope you enjoy reading this report.

Florence Bauer, UNICEF representative in Brazil

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition About these results

These results record the legacy of the UNICEF Seal – 2013-2016 Edition, which has benefited from the participation of 1,745 municipalities throughout 19 states of the Bra- zilian Legal Amazon and the Semi-Arid regions. This legacy is not limited exclusively to the 504 municipalities that have achieved the most in reducing the inequalities that afflict children and adolescents, thereby gaining the UNICEF Seal at the end of the cycle. It goes much further: it is possible to identify significant results for all the municipalities that participated in at least part of this edition. This includes concrete results and successful experiences related to the civil registry of newborns, care during Early Childhood, access to and attendance at school, prevention of child labor and violence, encouragement of social participation for adolescents, access to educational sport and much more. To be familiar with these stories and experiences, perhaps there is nothing better than 6 hearing directly from those who have participated: the people in their municipalities. These results unite reports, testimonies and stories from mayors, secretariats, and municipal and state administrators, as well as children and adolescents. They, ultimately, are the key players in this story and have rightly made the UNICEF Seal a reality. There are also registers, indicators, examples of good practices and many tips to inspire other municipal, state and community administrative teams to ensure the rights of children and adolescents enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and ratified by Brazil in the form of the Child and Adolescent Statute (ECA). Other key figures are the thousands of individual donors and private sector partners, without whom the initiative could never have progressed so far. UNICEF is particularly grateful to Celpa, Cemar and Energisa, in the Amazon region, and Coelba, Celpe, Cosern, Enel, Fundação Telefônica and Petrobrás in the Semi-Arid region. Unquestionably, they are also part of these results and their inspiring stories. This publication is, therefore, the consolidated experience of two territories and goes into more individual detail for each: The Amazon and Semi-Arid regions of Brazil, with their particularities and challenges that sometimes require different and innovative ap- proaches to reach children and adolescents who are most in need of public policies. It is intended for all who are interested in the rights of our children and who can and will do even more to make life better for them. We hope this knowledge can inspire many more people to this cause.

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition Contents

Chapter 1 – The UNICEF Seal Historical continuance and scope 09

Chapter 2 – Progression of results in the Semi-Arid and Amazon 12 Why the indicators must be monitored 16 Municipal adherence and commitment 20 Effects of intersectoral management 20 Methodology and processes 22 Virtual platforms for monitoring the municipalities 23 Essential government support 25 Chapter 3 – Semi-Arid 26 Less inequality in education 27 Fall in age-grade distortion 30 Each and every one in school 31 Daycare and preschool 34 Inclusion for students with disabilities 34 Quality water, restrooms and kitchens in schools 35 NUCA: knowing rights is essential to guaranteeing them 36 More care for expectant mothers and baby 38 Essential prenatal care 40 Attention to childbirth 41 Baby week: an example of mobilization 43 Combating Aedes aegypti 44 Supporting the Rights Guarantee System 46 7 Mobilization against child labor 47 Multiplier articulators 48 Systemic vision to ensure children’s rights 50

Chapter 4 – Amazon 52 Advances in management 57 Fall in infant mortality and improvement in prenatal care 59 More research into deaths and birth registration 61 Integrated care until age 6 61 Local engagement in Baby Weeks 64 Adolescent health and prevention of early pregnancy 65 JUVA: connecting juvenile forces 65 More councils reactivated and the fight against child exploitation 66 Water and sewage treatment 70 Eliminating dengue mosquito breeding grounds 72 Less school dropout and age-grade distortion 73 Daycare and preschool 76 Chapter 5 – New achievements require new efforts 78 Acronyms 80 Partners 80 Certified municipalities 82

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition Chapter 1

The UNICEF Seal

he municipalities are home to mil- a set of social indicators marked for im- lions of Brazilian children and ad- provement and a list of strategic actions Tolescents. They are where young to be implemented (in public policies and people develop bonds, attachments, con- with social participation), all aligned with nections and plan their future. Life goes on the MDGs. These were established when in every neighborhood, in homes, schools, the UNICEF Seal methodology was de- healthcare centers, churches, parks. Ensur- veloped and have evolved into the Sus- ing the rights of this population from age tainable Development Goals (SDGs), with 0 to 17 years and reducing inequalities is the implementation of the UNICEF Seal. the purpose of the UNICEF Seal, an initia- Both the MDGs (2000-2015) and SDGs tive of the United Nations Children’s Fund (2016-2030) are part of the 2030 Agenda, in Brazil. a UN plan of action for global sustainable Mayors, secretariats, technicians, social development in the economic, social and leaders, articulators, governors, and ad- environmental fields. olescents are all encouraged to practice At all times in partnership with munic- 8 joint management, within a very clear pro- ipal administrations, the UNICEF Seal’s posal: to monitor official indicators in the purpose is to inspire, stimulate, enable locality while ensuring the participation of and mobilize teams to work together to communities, children and adolescents in reduce vulnerabilities and inequalities in the construction and implementation of childhood and adolescence. The intention local policies. is that local public policies should pay at- Each edition of the Seal deals with a set tention to each and every child, especially of rights. The 2013-2016 period was con- those who are most excluded, exposed cerned with the eight Millennium Devel- to multi-causal risks, and to offer more opment Goals (MDGs) – defined in 2000 to those who have less, thereby reducing by 189 member states of the United Na- disparities. tions, including Brazil – according to seven One of the main contributions of the groups of rights: UNICEF Seal has been to improve intersectoral and planning dynamics, leading 1) to survive and develop; to greater effectiveness in municipal man- 2) to learn; agement, with continuous achievement. 3) to protect oneself and be protected The strategy is part of the understanding from HIV/Aids; that in order to develop fully, children and 4) to grow up free from violence; adolescents need integral care. Acting in 5) to be an adolescent; isolation, the various management bodies 6) to be a top priority in public policies; have proved insufficient in guaranteeing all 7) to practice sports, play and have fun. the rights of this group, as determined by Each group had its own objectives: the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition Child and the 1990 Child and Adolescent CERTIFICATION IN FOUR YEARS Statute (ECA). Here are just some of the most visible results of the UNICEF Seal’s long-term 1 Call for eligible municipalities strategy that is carried out by thousands of people in the municipalities: • technicians, articulators and counselors 2 Membership and registration striving for committed rights, working Monitoring together and being attentive to indicators and goals, as well as society in general being observant of the rights of 3 Intersectoral children and adolescents; commission • aptitude of the local public administration, and promotion of results-based management, development of a culture 4 Diagnostics & 1st Community of planning, implementation, monitor- Forum ing and evaluation; • institutionalization of advancement, with 5 Plan of Action policies promoted by the UNICEF Seal being transformed into laws and municipal decrees; • guarantee of fundamental rights, with 6 Cycles of training in rights and better local understanding of the policies for 9 rights of children and adolescents, children and consolidation of policies for infancy adolescents and adolescence, understanding gen- 7 Strategic actions in der, race, ethnicity and special needs public and social issues and the stimulation of policies participation policies directed at these; • promotion of participatory bodies, strengthening the work of the Municipal 2nd Community 8 Forum Councils for the Rights of Children and Adolescents (CMDCA) and the Guard- ianship Council, essentials to the effective guarantee of rights. 9 Evaluation

Historical continuance and scope 10 CERTIFICATION The UNICEF Seal channels part of UNICEF’s efforts in Brazil into the Semi-Ar- id and Legal Amazon so that more children and adolescents can develop in full compliance with what the 1988 Constitution assigns as the municipalities’ responsibili-

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ties for education and healthcare and assis- erage. The combined size of the Amazon tance, as well as protective legislation for and the Semi-Arid regions is equal to two the 0 to 17 age group, such as the Child Indias and represents 70.47% of the Brazil- and Adolescent Statute (ECA). ian national territory: of the 8,516,000 km2 The initiative has a history of partner- in Brazil, 5,020,000 km² (58,94%) are the ships and engagement that has been re- Amazon and 982,563.3 km² (11.53%) com- vised and improved since its inception in prise the Semi-Arid region, according to 1999 at the UNICEF office in the state of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Ceará. It arrived in the Amazon in 2008 as Statistics (IBGE). a four-year plan, coinciding with the Bra- The scope of the municipalities is huge zilian municipal election calendar at the and extremely heterogeneous: the 2013- request of the city halls and welcomed by 2016 Edition alone counted on 1,745 en- UNICEF, in order to carry out more actions tries from 19 states. This amounts to more aimed at improving the social indicators. than 31% of all municipalities in Brazil; In December 2016, another chapter was proof positive that each year the UNICEF concluded: the Semi-Arid region finalized Seal grows in stature. its fourth edition, and those of the Ama- If the scale is immense, there are chal- zon, their second. lenges to match: a veritable universe of The process of designing methodolo- millions of children and adolescents – in gies that match local circumstances was 2013 about 16.5 million, only among partic- carried out by UNICEF from statistical ipating municipalities – who still face gaps data isolated specifically for the Semi-Arid in the scope of their rights and are in need 10 and Amazon regions. Gradually, with each of specific policies, which consider their so- edition, through the tireless support of cioeconomic conditions, gender, race/eth- local partners, the observance and pres- nicity, age group, disability, and location. ence among hundreds of municipalities The good news is that by truly priori- has grown. tizing childhood and adolescence in the Consequently, over time, the UNICEF mechanisms of public management hun- Seal has become one of the largest dreds of municipalities have proven that UNICEF programs in the world in terms of it is possible to make progress in securing prolonged existence and territorial cov- opportunities for each and every child.

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UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition Chapter 2

Progression of the results in the Semi-Arid and Amazon

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition Chapter 2

wo key aspects demonstrate the dif- The advance was greater than the Bra- ference exerted by the UNICEF Seal zilian average for virtually all the indica- T– 2013-2016 Edition in the municipal- tors of the certificated municipalities for ities, helping to assure the rights of children both regions. Moreover, the participating and adolescents and reduce inequalities: municipalities did better than the nation- 1) the results were better in the certified al average by about 60% of the indicators municipalities of the Semi-Arid and Am- measured. In addition, progress has been azon territories than in those municipali- made in most of the healthcare and edu- ties that did not participate in the initia- cation indicators in both certified and eval- tive in those regions. uated municipalities, which demonstrates 2) the results in the municipalities which did that the two territories have moved in the not gain the UNICEF Seal but, neverthe- right direction. less, participated throughout the cycle Daniel Pereira, Deputy Governor of and were evaluated, also saw progress. Rondônia state, where 85% of municipal-

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Improvement in the averages for indicators of certified UNICEF SEAL municipalities between the beginning and the end of the edition 9% 7.5% Certified 10 Certifiedted Amazon Semi-Arid ADVANCEMENT 2013-2016 8 6

2 RRESS 0

Certiﬁed municipalities have progressed more than the Brazilian average More advances in rights

To survive and To learn Infant mortality Prenatal develop (2011-2014) (2011-2014)

20 20 -14.6% -17.6% 15 -9.8% -8.1% 10 -5.2% -5.4% 5 MS/SIM MS/SINASC 0 0 Brazil Certified Certified Brazil Certified Certified Challenges continue Average Semi-Arid Amazon Average Semi-Arid Amazon To protect oneself To grow up and be protected free from from HIV/Aids violence 14 Evaluated municipalities also progressed in relation to the Brazilian average

Age-grade distortion (6th to 9th grade) (2012-2015) 20 To be an adolescentTo practice sports, play -11% and have fun -7.9% -9.3%

0 MEC/INEP Brazil Evaluated Evaluated Average Semi-Arid Amazon

Infant deaths investigated (2011-2014)

45 41.4%

16.9% The Growing Together 14.1% 98% of those certiﬁed Over 21.5 mil Platform in the Semi-Arid in the Semi-Arid and thousand children and region, and Guidance Amazon regions have

MS/SIM adolescents involved in actions for the Monitoring and Evaluation 0 implementation and the creation and System (SOMA) in the Brazil Evaluated Evaluated adaptation of the Municipal execution of public Amazon, guarantee online Average Semi-Arid Amazon Councils for the Rights of policies in the place data storage for public Children and Adolescents where they live (CMDCAs) and the policy continuity Guardianship Councils to the Child and Adolescent Statute (ECA) UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition Improvement in the averages for indicators of certified UNICEF SEAL municipalities between the beginning and the end of the edition 9% 7.5% Certified 10 Certifiedted Amazon Semi-Arid ADVANCEMENT 2013-2016 8 6

2 RRESS 0

Certiﬁed municipalities have progressed more than the Brazilian average More advances in rights

To survive and To learn Infant mortality Prenatal develop (2011-2014) (2011-2014)

20 20 -14.6% -17.6% 15 -9.8% -8.1% 10 -5.2% -5.4% 5 MS/SIM MS/SINASC 0 0 Brazil Certified Certified Brazil Certified Certified Challenges continue Average Semi-Arid Amazon Average Semi-Arid Amazon To protect oneself To grow up and be protected free from from HIV/Aids violence Evaluated municipalities also progressed in relation 15 to the Brazilian average

Age-grade distortion (6th to 9th grade) (2012-2015) 20 To be an adolescentTo practice sports, play -11% and have fun -7.9% -9.3%

0 MEC/INEP Brazil Evaluated Evaluated Average Semi-Arid Amazon

Infant deaths investigated (2011-2014)

45 41.4%

16.9% The Growing Together 14.1% 98% of those certiﬁed Over 21.5 mil Platform in the Semi-Arid in the Semi-Arid and thousand children and region, and Guidance Amazon regions have

MS/SIM adolescents involved in actions for the Monitoring and Evaluation 0 implementation and the creation and System (SOMA) in the Brazil Evaluated Evaluated adaptation of the Municipal execution of public Amazon, guarantee online Average Semi-Arid Amazon Councils for the Rights of policies in the place data storage for public Children and Adolescents where they live (CMDCAs) and the policy continuity Guardianship Councils to the Child and Adolescent Statute (ECA) UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition Chapter 2 – Progression of the results in the Semi-Arid and Amazon

ities participated, highlights the changes sure, which affect rights to grow without registered at the state level: violence; to be an adolescent; to practice “Everyone who participated in the sports, play and have fun. UNICEF Seal saw gains. Education and The edition brought other positive re- health indicators improved, even sults to the lives of children and adoles- in our municipalities that have not cents: at least 21,500 of them created in- been certified. And most of the certified novative solutions for problems in their municipalities are small, so need more sup- municipalities, with their voices being rec- port. When committed, the city can see the ognized by the public authorities in areas of shortfalls, empower itself, make improves participation and exercising social control and achieve gains.” in the community forums and in the activ- For example, evaluated and certified mu- ities of the Adolescent Citizenship Cluster nicipalities improved care in the first years of (NUCA) in the Semi-Arid region, and the life, lifting thousands of babies and children Youth United for Life in the Amazon (JUVA) from invisibility with regard to public policies, project in the Amazon region. by increasing prenatal care for expectant Hundreds of Municipal Councils for mothers, vaccination coverage and by reduc- the Rights of Children and Adolescents ing child mortality. There was also increases (CMDCAs) and Guardianship Councils in access and adherence of students to basic were encouraged to improve the practice education and the provision of more social of protecting children in an integral man- assistance. Therefore, the municipalities have ner. Of the certified municipalities in the progressed significantly in the right to survive Semi-Arid and Amazon regions, 98% regis- 16 and to develop and to learn. tered actions to implement and adapt the Nevertheless, inequalities and violations councils to the Child and Adolescent Stat- of rights still persist in both regions, as con- ute (ECA). However, the socio-educational firmed by the official indicators. There is policies open to adolescents on probation still concern over the deadly violence that still need to be addressed, since few mu- has curtailed the lives of thousands of ad- nicipalities have the mechanisms in place olescents: mortality due to external causes to fulfill this responsibility. among children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 increased by 19.9% from 2011 to 2014 Why the indicators must in Amazon municipalities participating in the UNICEF Seal and rose 27.7% among be monitored those of the Semi-Arid region. In other words, while municipalities were The 2013-2016 Edition confirmed, saving babies, mothers and children, and again, that indicators are key allies in guaranteeing them better access to health- perfecting policies for childhood and ad- care and education, they were losing adoles- olescence because they highlight which cents to brutal deaths, mainly due to armed areas need improvement, thus helping confrontations or traffic accidents – motorcy- managers: cles and cars – all of which are preventable. • to diagnose a situation; Critical situations that need more at- • to set goals to improve it; tention include child prostitution, teen- • to define actions to comply with these; age pregnancy, misuse of legal and illegal • to verify and record the results of ac- drugs and lack of access to culture and lei- tions;

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition • to decide on the continuity of actions. tors – at the beginning and end of the Progress has been made by those who certification process, and thus managers participated. “Previously, a lot of events could see whether or not improvements went unregistered but with the UNICEF were made. Seal we have begun to document all Municipalities were also en- events, and now we have a culture of con- couraged to go beyond the large tinuous registration and continuous mon- averages, that is, to evaluate data itoring. We work gradually, step-by-step from districts, neighborhoods or and after we have collected the data, we zones, in order to visualize which comprehend our achievements”, says Tás- of them required more public ser- sio Lima Castor, culture coordinator and vices. The exercise made it more evident advisor in control for the municipality of that, in the effective promotion of the Glória (BA). “In the initial diagnosis, the rights of children and adolescents, neigh- municipality looked at its situation and in borhoods with high indicators are of no doing so, it gained a better understanding use if there are others with very low num- of the need to properly record the data bers or no cover. It is necessary to pay at- and so, ultimately, the secretariats gain a tention to all and to the most excluded of notion of its entirety”, says Marcela Cruz, the processes. articulator from Santana (AP). “The UNICEF Seal helps to highlight The evaluations for certification were areas of priority on local agendas. It is developed by UNICEF in a way that in- long-lasting and of high-impact. It must hibits isolated areas of excellence, i.e., to be perpetuated, because without it we will be awarded the UNICEF Seal, the munic- see a considerable setback in the national 17 ipality must show progress in a combined indicators. Of that, I have no doubt”, says way, in all the various axes and themes. João Meirelles, Director General of the Each city hall received a baseline – a type Peabiru Institute, UNICEF Seal partner in of template of the official social indica- the Amazon.

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition Chapter 2 – Progression of the results in the Semi-Arid and Amazon

Semi-Arid Methodology Amazon Methodology DireitosRights ObjectivesObjetivos (until(até 2016) 2016) IndicadoresSocial Impact de Impacto Indicators Social Rights Commitments Impact Indicators Management objectives To survive and Reduce child and maternal mortality. I.1. Infant mortality rate - MS/SIM (sentinel indicator*). develop I.2. % of pregnant women with 7 or more prenatal consultations - MS/SINASC. I.3. % of maternal deaths investigated - MS/SIM. I.4. % of infant deaths investigated - MS/SIM. 1. Infant Mortality Rate - MS/SIM (the a. The Municipality carrying out its respective I.5. Pentavalent vaccine coverage - MS/PNI. By 2016, maternal mortality, chronic * The municipality only scores on the indicator of infant deaths investigated if the IMR has not malnutrition and early pregnancy to municipality only scores if the IMR has not plans for Early Childhood (0 to 6 years). worsened between the initial and final years, as well as on all indicators measured. be reduced in Brazil, especially in the worsened between the initial and final b. Municipality carrying out prenatal care, To learn All children and adolescents I.6. Dropout rate in education (by race, ethnicity and gender) - MEC/INEP. Amazon and among the indigenous, years, as well as on all indicators delivery and postpartum, to reduce accessing, attending and I.7. Age-grade distortion in the final years (1st to 9th grade) of the daytime school in the quilombolas and riverine peoples. measured). maternal and neonatal mortality. completing quality basic education municipal network - MEC/INEP. 2. Percentage of pregnant women with 7 or c. Municipality developing actions to To survive at the right age, with successful I.8. % of children receiving the Continuous Cash Benefit (BPC) who are in school - and develop more prenatal consultations - MS/SINASC. implement or improve SISVAN. learning. MDS/MEC. 3. Percentage of maternal deaths d. Municipality implementing the municipal I.9. Percentage of municipal public schools that met or exceeded the IDEB goal, initial years - MEC/INEP. investigated - MS/SIM. committees for investigation of maternal 4. Percentage of infant deaths investigated– and child deaths. To protect oneself Reduce vertical transmission (from mother I.10. Percentage of pregnant women who underwent HIV and MS/SIM. and be protected to baby) and cases of HIV/Aids among syphilis test until the twentieth week of gestation - MS/Sisprenatal. 5. Pentavalent vaccine coverage – MS/PNI. from HIV/Aids adolescents, especially girls. To grow up free To reduce violence, exploitation and abuse against I.11. % of children up to 1 year of age with civil registry, out of total live births children and adolescents; and strengthen the IBGE/Statistics of the Civil Registry and MS/SINASC. By 2016, all the children and adolescents 6. Dropout rate in the municipal school e. Municipality implementing programs for from violence system of guaranteeing rights in municipalities, I.12. Mortality rate among children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years due to of the Amazon to be accessing, remaining network - MEC/INEP the inclusion and attendance of children in ensuring the equitable realization of rights and external causes - MS/SIM. and completing quality basic education of 7. Age-grade distortion in the final years (1st primary/middle education. taking into account the dimensions of gender, quality at the appropriate age, with to 9th grade of the daytime school of the f. Municipality valuing and offering race/ethnicity and disability. successful learning, especially indigenous, municipal network - MEC/INEP. continuing education opportunities for Adolescents accessing multisectoral public policies I.13. % of live births for women aged 10 to 19 years - MS/SINASC. quilombola and riverine children 8. Percentage of children receiving the primary/middle school teachers. To be an adolescent and being recognized by society for their ability to I.14. % of adolescents aged 16 and 17 enrolled in the Regional Electoral To learn su ering emergencies and disasters. Continuous Cash Benefit (BPC) who are in g. Municipality with school councils installed, contribute to transforming their situation. Tribunal (TRE). school - MDS/MEC. with the effective participation of

9. Percentage of municipal public that met or adolescents. To be a top All communities in the municipality with access to information and knowledge about the circumstances exceeded the IDEB goal, initial years - priority in public MEC/INEP. policies of children and adolescents and promoting initiatives to reduce inequalities. To practice sports, All children and adolescents with the opportunity h. Municipality implementing actions of play and have fun to access safe and inclusive sport, to play and have By 2016, vertical transmission (from mother 10. Percentage of pregnant women who fun in infant education centers, schools and to baby) and cases of Aids to be reduced underwent HIV test - MS. prevention against syphilis, HIV/Aids communities. To protect among adolescents - especially girls through the mobilization of adolescents in oneself and in the Amazon. schools (component II of the PSE). i. Municipality guaranteeing HIV/Aids and Rights Strategic Actions Principles and MDGs be protected from HIV/Aids syphilis tests for pregnant women in both Public Policies Social Participation prenatal and maternity care. To survive A.1. Municipality implementing the Early Childhood P.1. Municipality holding Baby Week in 2014 and 1. To eradicate extreme poverty and and develop Plan for at least 1 year. 2015. hunger. A.2. Municipality implementing prenatal, delivery and P.9. Municipalities carrying out actions to combat the 4. To reduce child mortality. j. Municipality with prevention programs, postpartum care to reduce maternal and neonatal Aedes aegypti mosquito (NEW ACTION!). 5. To improve maternal healthcare. By 2016, the Rights Guarantee System (SGD) 11. percentage of children up to 1 year of age mortality. at state and municipal levels, to be with civil registry, of the total live births. and compulsory notification of violence strengthened, ensuring the equitable IBGE/Statistics of the Civil Registry and and care for cases of sexual violence. A.3. Municipality implementing programs for the inclusion P.2. Municipality promoting mobilization actions in To learn 2. To achieve universal basic education. realization of the rights of children and MS/SINASC. k. Municipality implementing programs for 18 and attendance of children in basic education. schools in support of the UNICEF “For a Childhood 3. To promote gender equality and A.4. Municipality conducting the two steps of the without Racism” campaign. empowerment of women. adolescents, safeguarding the specific 12. Mortality rate among children and prevention and compulsory notification of “Provinha Brasil” exam in schools of the municipal network, 7. To ensure environmental conditions of those living in deficiency and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years due to violence and care for children and with enrollment in the second year of primary school. sustainability. the dimensions of gender, race and external causes - MS/SIM. adolescents in child labor situations. A.5. Municipality promoting access to quality water, male To grow up ethnicity, as well as evidence of real and l. Municipality with organized institutional or

and female restrooms and kitchens in schools. free from positive results in dealing with death, family fostering services. A.6. Municipality implementing Laws 10.639 and 11.645 in violence domestic and community violence, sexual m. Municipality implementing socio-educa- schools (they determine the teaching of history of Africa, Afro-Brazilian and indigenous culture). abuse and exploitation, maltreatment, etc., tional programs to assist adolescents on A.7. Municipality developing educational actions to particularly against the most vulnerable probation coexist with the Semi-Arid in schools. ethnic groups: quilombolas, Afro-Brazilians n. Municipality with committee to deal with and indigenous people. the under-reporting of births. To protect oneself A.8. Municipality implementing actions that guarantee 6. To combat HIV/Aids, and be protected HIV/Aids and syphilis tests for pregnant women. malaria and other diseases. from HIV/Aids A.9. Municipality developing activities in support of sexual and reproductive rights in school.

To grow up free A.10. Municipality implementing programs for the P.3. Municipality carrying out information and Millennium Declaration, Chapter VI from violence prevention and compulsory notification of communication actions to counter sexual 3. To promote gender equality and violence and attendance to cases of sexual violence, child labor and/or death of black and empower women. By 2016, adolescents from the Amazon, 13. % of live births of women aged 10 to o. Municipality using tools and methodolo- violence. indigenous adolescents. especially the quilombolas, 19 years - MS/SINASC. gies to prevent pregnancy, with the A.11. Municipality implementing programs for participation of adolescents. prevention and compulsory notification of Afro-Brazilians and indigenous people, to be p. Municipality with municipal teams trained violence and care for children and adolescents in To be an benefiting from multisectoral public child labor situations. adolescent policies, supported by legal frameworks to use the Adolescent Handbook. A.12. Municipality with its own provision, or with defining areas of participation and partners, of institutional or family foster care. recognized by society for their ability to A.13. Municipality implementing socio-educational programs to assist adolescents on probation. contribute their circumstances.

To be an A.14. Municipality distributing the Adolescent PP.4. Municipality holding the Conference on the 8. To establish a global partnership Health Booklet and training professionals for its adolescent Rights of Children and Adolescents and ensuring the for development. q. Municipality with CMDCA functioning use. participation of adolescents as delegates. By 2016, Amazon states and municipalities 14. Speciﬁc forms will be sent the A.15. Municipality with Anti-Drug Commit- P.5. Municipality implementing the Adolescent to have committed themselves to reducing municipalities. according to the requirements of the Child tee/Council installed and functioning properly. Citizenship Cluster (NUCA) and promoting its regional inequalities, guaranteeing and and Adolescent Statute. commitment to carry out the Strategic Actions for promoting the rights of children and r. Municipality with Guardianship Council Social Participation (mandatory). adolescents, ensuring compliance with the functioning according to the requirements of the Child and Adolescent Statute To be a top A.16. Municipality with Guardianship Council P.6. Municipality holding the 1st Community Forum of 8. To establish a global partnership To be a top International Convention on the Rights of s. Municipality implementing actions to priority in functioning according to the requirements of the the UNICEF Seal Approved Municipality 2013-2016 for development. priority in the Child, as well as the Child and public policies Child and Adolescent Statute. Edition (mandatory). public policies Adolescent Statute, to contribute to the protect children and adolescents before, A.17. Municipality with CMDCA functioning P.7. Municipality holding the 2nd Community Forum improvement of social indicators. during and after disasters/emergencies. according to the requirements of the Child and of the UNICEF Seal - 2013-2016 Edition (mandatory). Adolescent Statute. A.18. Municipality implementing actions to protect children and adolescents.

To practice A.19. Municipality implementing Municipal P.8. Municipality carrying out mobilization actions 8. To establish a global partnership sports, play and Educational Sports Plans for at least one year. for educational, safe and inclusive sports. for development. have fun

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition Semi-Arid Methodology Amazon Methodology DireitosRights ObjectivesObjetivos (until(até 2016) 2016) IndicadoresSocial Impact de Impacto Indicators Social Rights Commitments Impact Indicators Management objectives To survive and Reduce child and maternal mortality. I.1. Infant mortality rate - MS/SIM (sentinel indicator*). develop I.2. % of pregnant women with 7 or more prenatal consultations - MS/SINASC. I.3. % of maternal deaths investigated - MS/SIM. I.4. % of infant deaths investigated - MS/SIM. 1. Infant Mortality Rate - MS/SIM (the a. The Municipality carrying out its respective I.5. Pentavalent vaccine coverage - MS/PNI. By 2016, maternal mortality, chronic * The municipality only scores on the indicator of infant deaths investigated if the IMR has not malnutrition and early pregnancy to municipality only scores if the IMR has not plans for Early Childhood (0 to 6 years). worsened between the initial and final years, as well as on all indicators measured. be reduced in Brazil, especially in the worsened between the initial and final b. Municipality carrying out prenatal care, To learn All children and adolescents I.6. Dropout rate in education (by race, ethnicity and gender) - MEC/INEP. Amazon and among the indigenous, years, as well as on all indicators delivery and postpartum, to reduce accessing, attending and I.7. Age-grade distortion in the final years (1st to 9th grade) of the daytime school in the quilombolas and riverine peoples. measured). maternal and neonatal mortality. completing quality basic education municipal network - MEC/INEP. 2. Percentage of pregnant women with 7 or c. Municipality developing actions to To survive at the right age, with successful I.8. % of children receiving the Continuous Cash Benefit (BPC) who are in school - and develop more prenatal consultations - MS/SINASC. implement or improve SISVAN. learning. MDS/MEC. 3. Percentage of maternal deaths d. Municipality implementing the municipal I.9. Percentage of municipal public schools that met or exceeded the IDEB goal, initial years - MEC/INEP. investigated - MS/SIM. committees for investigation of maternal 4. Percentage of infant deaths investigated– and child deaths. To protect oneself Reduce vertical transmission (from mother I.10. Percentage of pregnant women who underwent HIV and MS/SIM. and be protected to baby) and cases of HIV/Aids among syphilis test until the twentieth week of gestation - MS/Sisprenatal. 5. Pentavalent vaccine coverage – MS/PNI. from HIV/Aids adolescents, especially girls. To grow up free To reduce violence, exploitation and abuse against I.11. % of children up to 1 year of age with civil registry, out of total live births children and adolescents; and strengthen the IBGE/Statistics of the Civil Registry and MS/SINASC. By 2016, all the children and adolescents 6. Dropout rate in the municipal school e. Municipality implementing programs for from violence system of guaranteeing rights in municipalities, I.12. Mortality rate among children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years due to of the Amazon to be accessing, remaining network - MEC/INEP the inclusion and attendance of children in ensuring the equitable realization of rights and external causes - MS/SIM. and completing quality basic education of 7. Age-grade distortion in the final years (1st primary/middle education. taking into account the dimensions of gender, quality at the appropriate age, with to 9th grade of the daytime school of the f. Municipality valuing and offering race/ethnicity and disability. successful learning, especially indigenous, municipal network - MEC/INEP. continuing education opportunities for Adolescents accessing multisectoral public policies I.13. % of live births for women aged 10 to 19 years - MS/SINASC. quilombola and riverine children 8. Percentage of children receiving the primary/middle school teachers. To be an adolescent and being recognized by society for their ability to I.14. % of adolescents aged 16 and 17 enrolled in the Regional Electoral To learn su ering emergencies and disasters. Continuous Cash Benefit (BPC) who are in g. Municipality with school councils installed, contribute to transforming their situation. Tribunal (TRE). school - MDS/MEC. with the effective participation of

9. Percentage of municipal public that met or adolescents. To be a top All communities in the municipality with access to information and knowledge about the circumstances exceeded the IDEB goal, initial years - priority in public MEC/INEP. policies of children and adolescents and promoting initiatives to reduce inequalities. To practice sports, All children and adolescents with the opportunity h. Municipality implementing actions of play and have fun to access safe and inclusive sport, to play and have By 2016, vertical transmission (from mother 10. Percentage of pregnant women who fun in infant education centers, schools and to baby) and cases of Aids to be reduced underwent HIV test - MS. prevention against syphilis, HIV/Aids communities. To protect among adolescents - especially girls through the mobilization of adolescents in oneself and in the Amazon. schools (component II of the PSE). i. Municipality guaranteeing HIV/Aids and Rights Strategic Actions Principles and MDGs be protected from HIV/Aids syphilis tests for pregnant women in both Public Policies Social Participation prenatal and maternity care. To survive A.1. Municipality implementing the Early Childhood P.1. Municipality holding Baby Week in 2014 and 1. To eradicate extreme poverty and and develop Plan for at least 1 year. 2015. hunger. A.2. Municipality implementing prenatal, delivery and P.9. Municipalities carrying out actions to combat the 4. To reduce child mortality. j. Municipality with prevention programs, postpartum care to reduce maternal and neonatal Aedes aegypti mosquito (NEW ACTION!). 5. To improve maternal healthcare. By 2016, the Rights Guarantee System (SGD) 11. percentage of children up to 1 year of age mortality. at state and municipal levels, to be with civil registry, of the total live births. and compulsory notification of violence strengthened, ensuring the equitable IBGE/Statistics of the Civil Registry and and care for cases of sexual violence. A.3. Municipality implementing programs for the inclusion P.2. Municipality promoting mobilization actions in To learn 2. To achieve universal basic education. realization of the rights of children and MS/SINASC. k. Municipality implementing programs for and attendance of children in basic education. schools in support of the UNICEF “For a Childhood 3. To promote gender equality and 19 A.4. Municipality conducting the two steps of the without Racism” campaign. empowerment of women. adolescents, safeguarding the specific 12. Mortality rate among children and prevention and compulsory notification of “Provinha Brasil” exam in schools of the municipal network, 7. To ensure environmental conditions of those living in deficiency and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years due to violence and care for children and with enrollment in the second year of primary school. sustainability. the dimensions of gender, race and external causes - MS/SIM. adolescents in child labor situations. A.5. Municipality promoting access to quality water, male To grow up ethnicity, as well as evidence of real and l. Municipality with organized institutional or and female restrooms and kitchens in schools. free from positive results in dealing with death, family fostering services. A.6. Municipality implementing Laws 10.639 and 11.645 in violence domestic and community violence, sexual m. Municipality implementing socio-educa- schools (they determine the teaching of history of Africa, Afro-Brazilian and indigenous culture). abuse and exploitation, maltreatment, etc., tional programs to assist adolescents on A.7. Municipality developing educational actions to particularly against the most vulnerable probation coexist with the Semi-Arid in schools. ethnic groups: quilombolas, Afro-Brazilians n. Municipality with committee to deal with and indigenous people. the under-reporting of births. To protect oneself A.8. Municipality implementing actions that guarantee 6. To combat HIV/Aids, and be protected HIV/Aids and syphilis tests for pregnant women. malaria and other diseases. from HIV/Aids A.9. Municipality developing activities in support of sexual and reproductive rights in school.

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Municipal adherence and zon endured a period of heavy floods, al- ternated in some states by drought. commitment Federal programs suffered losses, with budgetary constraints or reduction of re- In relation to the previous editions, sources. There were changes in the munic- 2013-2016 recorded the highest number, ipal teams. Regional and national political to date, of municipalities that were regis- pressures have affected local mobilization tered (1,745) and certified (504), which ev- and participation, sensed in the training idences the commitment of managers to and in the forums. The 2013-2016 Edition implement better policies for children and was, therefore, of a test of resilience, en- adolescents. durance and overcoming. In the face of a Higher or lower levels of engagement very challenging picture, advances deserve by mayors, articulators, secretaries and to be celebrated, although they do need to local societies were considered in the be improved. progression of the 1,745 registered municipalities. At the end of four years, 952 Effects of intersectoral municipalities were evaluated (or 54.5% of those registered), of which 504 (or 28.8% management of those registered) gained certification because they achieved more concrete re- Good intersectoral practices in munic- sults in education, healthcare, assistance, ipalities have enabled better implementa- protection and social participation. tion of policies for children and adolescents. 20 For this edition, the commitment and There is no lack of examples: Guardianship dedication from hundreds of managers, Councils sharing the same home visit itin- technicians and counselors, beyond the erary with professionals from the Family demands of their professional obligations, Health Program (PSF); healthcare workers combined with the unquestionable role of in a high dropout neighborhood collab- the adolescents, permitted the improve- orating with school principals to identify ments observed in the Semi-Arid and Am- infrequent students; teachers and social azon municipalities. workers working together to identify stu- It is notable that municipalities have dents with disabilities who still lack access shown progress, albeit at different to the Continuing Cash Benefit (BPC); and speeds and to different degrees, during secretaries from different departments a demanding and adverse scenario in the jointly allocating budget resources for child country. The context was one of economic, and adolescent policies. political, social and climatic turbulence, in Throughout this edition, some munic- which the Semi-Arid region faced its worst ipalities met their teams with greater fre- drought in the last 50 years and the Ama- quency to analyze data, record measures,

Eligible Registered Engaged/Evaluated Total Certified Municipalities Amazon 805 611 (76%) 294 (36.5%) 192 (23.8%) Semi-Arid 1,502 1,134 (75.5%) 658 (43.8%) 312 (20.7%) Total 2,307 1,745 (75.6%) 952 (41.2%) 504 (21.8%)

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monitor processes and institutionalize ac- “We continue to hold meetings and see tions to guarantee the rights of children. social participation from a different per- Municipalities that exercised an intersectoral spective, because we understand that it approach cited the results of this approach. is important for the effectiveness of ac- “Co-responsibility was important in minimiz- tions. The secretariat departed from its ing delayed indicators. Now we carry out in- own sector and went to help in others. tegrated planning and optimize our actions. The UNICEF Seal induces this integrated We have learned to channel efforts and seek action and holistic vision, which should the help of other members of society. We be considered as natural.” need to share, and this is a task that doesn’t Although joint management of end”, says Marisa Rodrigues Silva, articula- the different areas, in discussion tor for the municipality of Guamaré (RN). with the community and special- Aguinaldo Garrido, articulator for Tan- ly with young people, remains an gará da Serra (MT), highlights intersec- important challenge to be faced, toral collaboration among secretariats. the UNICEF Seal dynamics pro-

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duced positive consequences, where it was practiced. Examples Results-based include the training and honing of public management to services and new leaders, which have come to perpetuate the proposal of intersectoral reduce inequalities results-based management in other local affecting children and initiatives besides the UNICEF Seal. adolescents in the municipality: Methodology and processes 1) Intersectoral planning + 2) Of- The UNICEF Seal – Edition 2013-2016 fer of services and communication began by placing the registered munici- about their existence + 3) Active palities of the UNICEF Seal into 5 groups pursuit of those in most need + 4) according to conditions and characteristics Provision of quality services + 5) (population, income, situation of indicators, situation of children and adolescents, System of accountability + 6) Insti- etc.) and similar results in the lives of the tutionalization of services. children. In order to become certified, each municipality followed the UNICEF Seal methodology for intersectoral re- tive involvement, with the participation of 22 sults-based management, which necessar- more than 100 thousand people in both re- ily combines indicators (numerical results gions. Children, adolescents, indigenous, that municipalities must improve), strategic quilombolas, riverine peoples, religious actions (which the municipalities need to leaders, farmers, teachers, advisors, among carry out) and social participation. many others, expressed their hopes and UNICEF’s strategic actions stimulated desires for the municipality to offer better local agendas and valued everyone’s ef- policies for childhood and adolescence. forts to realize them. Baby Week was one Over the course of four years, face-to- of the activities that most stimulated inter- face situational training cycles have united sectoral action in both regions to ensure thousands of municipal technicians and the right of children from 0 to 6 years to adolescents in a valuable exchange. Each survive and develop. region has worked on the UNICEF Seal’s The 1st Community Forum (planning methodological guides and rights-guaran- role) was fertile ground for the indicators tee issues. to address self-examination questions Amazon municipalities have accounts from the participants during the diagnosis: of public servants overcoming the mobil- “Does our municipality has children out of ity challenge of journeying more than 24 school?; Where are they?; How will we re- hours by boat to participate in meetings solve this?” Finally, in the 2nd Community in regional centers in the states. Semi-Arid Forum (evaluation and accountability) the regions have recorded cases of long-term progress was verified. articulators involved for more than 10 years The 1st and 2nd Community Forums re- in the UNICEF Seal who were valuable mul- corded some notable instances of collec- tipliers in this edition.

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition All this methodological commitment halls and partners can develop and grow converged to further consolidate the pro- through the interaction and exchange of cess of public policy decentralization in the information and learning. municipalities with education, healthcare A similar tool, the Guidance Monitoring and assistance, which began in the late and Evaluation System (SOMA), operating 1980s in Brazil. in the Amazon municipalities since 2014, also received data from the municipalities Virtual platforms in this edition, and served as a training and remote guidance tool for more than 500 for monitoring the policymakers in the field of childhood and municipalities adolescence. The PCJ and SOMA have made it possible to share experiences and doubts One of the innovations of the UNICEF among municipalities. In some, the ado- Seal was to make available to municipali- lescents themselves have engaged in data ties, through the internet, virtual and re- provision. As a result, texts, supporting mote systems for the registration of doc- documents and archived photos make up uments that verify the accomplishment of a living memoir of municipalities’ efforts to the Strategic Actions and enable easier make the actions required by this edition. and faster submissions to UNICEF. These are two important mechanisms From 2015, participating municipali- for preventing the discontinuation of pub- ties of the Semi-Arid region began to rely lic policies, since new managers can access on the Growing Together Platform (PCJ), the wealth of ideas and achievements of which permits the online storage of a mu- 23 the municipality and continue to move nicipality’s activities. The name is not by forward from there. At the same time, the chance: its objective is that UNICEF, city new mechanisms have also exposed weaknesses in the culture of systematization: municipalities had difficulty reporting and proving what they had accomplished, and Semi-Arid some ended up missing deadlines and dis- municipalities Guides: Public Policy, To Be an Adolescent in the connected from the certification process. Semi-Arid, Every School To further improve this exchange pro- 7 training with Quality Water, cess between participating municipalities, cycles Restrooms and Kitchens, UNICEF and partners, the two platforms and Map of the Right are being integrated in the next edition. to Sport In a network of solidarity, city halls with questions about the management of the online data were aided by the UNICEF Amazon Guides: Culture and technical team, partners or articulators of municipalities Identity, Sport and neighboring municipalities. Instant mes- Citizenship, Mobilization saging applications for smartphones and against Aedes aegypti, 4 training social networks, such as WhatsApp and cycles Climate Change, Adolescent Participation, Facebook, have also helped to stimu- Public Policy and Baby Week late the broad network of communication among UNICEF Seal´s participants.

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Semi-Arid Municipalities – Two axes evaluated

Axis 1: Strategic Actions for Public Policies and Social Participation – 27 Strategic Actions, 19 of which are Public Policies and 8 are Social Participation, including 3 compulsories: The Adolescent Citizenship Cluster (NUCA) and the 2 Community Forums

Axis 2: Social Impact – municipalities were monitored by the UNICEF technical team in 14 indicators for health, education, protection and political engagement

Score required to be awarded the UNICEF Seal

Axis 1: 19 Strategic Actions in green (out of a total of 28) in at least 5 different objectives, with at least 6 Social Participation actions, including 3 compulsories (NUCA and 2 Community Forums)

Axis 2: 8 indicators in green (out of a total of 14) on at least 3 different goals

Amazon Municipalities – Three axes evaluated

Axis1: Social Impact – municipalities were monitored by the UNICEF technical team in 13 indicators for health, education and protection 24 Axis 2: Management of Public Policies – 19 actions in 6 rights

Axis 3: Mobilization, Participation and Social Control

Score needed to be awarded the UNICEF Seal

Axis 1: 5 indicators in green of a total of 13, in at least 3 different goals

Axis 2: 10 strategic actions previewed in the Plan of Action carried out in at least 3 rights

Axis 3: realization of 2 Community Forums and 2 themes of Social Participation (of 4 possible themes).

Scoring logic • Marked by two colors (green and red), which are valid for both the indicators of the Social Impact axis and for the Strategic Actions of Public Policies and Social Participation • Green signals that the municipality’s status or performance is equal to or better than the average of its evaluation group, or that the municipality has performed an activity and obtained positive results. It gains a point. • Red indicates caution. A situation or performance of the municipality is worse than the average of its evaluation group and needs to improve, or it indicates that the municipality did not carry out or achieve positive results in a given activity. It does not gain a point. • In addition, if a municipality indicator improves greatly in the final year compared to the initial year, it is possible to earn the point, even if the municipality is in the red, compared to the other members of the evaluation group. For this, the municipality must be among the 15% who have advanced most in their own group in this indicator.

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition Essential government support

Breaking the cycle of exclusion Both initiatives serve the purpose and poverty affecting children and of supporting Brazil in achieving adolescents is not a mission exclu- the eight Millennium Development sive to the municipality. Which is why Goals. the UNICEF Seal continues to foster In parallel, state governments state and federal support. With this have contributed to the UNICEF Seal in mind, the National Pact entitled, proposal through the appointment of “A World Fit for Children and Ado- articulators, and specific support for lescents in the Brazilian Semi-Arid”, more vulnerable municipalities, or re- aims to include childhood in state inforcement of infrastructure for cer- and national policies and to promote tified municipalities. In the Amazon, the exchange of information and ex- the training was preceded by meet- periences between governments, ings with the articulation teams from civil society organizations, compa- the states. For example, the state of nies and citizens. Amazonas has carried out citizenship Articulated by UNICEF since 2004, and inclusion seminars in the priori- in the context of the UNICEF Seal, ty municipalities, issuing identifica- it brings together leaders from the tion documents, public audiences, 25 federal government and 11 Semi-Ar- training for the protection network, id states. It also mobilizes society among other actions. to improve the lives of children and “The UNICEF Seal is a very im- adolescents in this region, through a portant tool used to define social relationship between public power, assistance policies and for the en- civil society and business. Renewed hancement of the child support poli- in 2007 and 2012, it signifies an inte- cies. We see an awakening – among grated, coordinated and intersectoral mayors, secretaries and public commitment that combines efforts to agents – of the will to establish fruit- reduce national disparities. ful partnerships to optimize actions A similar alliance, the Amazon directed at children and adolescents Child Agenda emerged in 2009, fol- at risk or situations of social vulner- lowing methodological adaptation ability”, says Zezinho Sobral, the to the specificities of the region. It Secretary for Social Inclusion of the was renegotiated in 2015, when nine state of Sergipe. “The support of an Amazon governors signed an accord institution like UNICEF, with an inter- with commitments and indicators to national Seal, qualifies the work and promote, protect and guarantee the acknowledges that the policies are rights of each child and adolescent. being implemented.”

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Semi-Arid

In the certified municipalities of the children with disabilities in the classroom, Semi-Arid, and in almost all the evaluated improving the ways local students and also, the progression of the social indica- schools deal with permanent water short- tors measured in this edition was greater ages, promoting the social participation of than the Brazilian average. The 312 mu- adolescents through NUCA and mobiliza- nicipalities in the Semi-Arid region that re- tion against the Aedes aegypti mosquito. ceived the UNICEF Seal stood out in sev- Many of the Semi-Arid municipalities that eral sectors: improving integral care in the had already achieved UNICEF Seal certifi- first years of life, improving attendance and cation continue to be registered, as well as learning at the right age in schools, tack- municipalities that have not yet been recog- ling school exclusion, increasing access for nized. The assumption is that the technicians

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in these localities have, yet again, relied on to the challenge of raising the percentage results-based management, systemic vision of schools in the municipal public network and social participation to continue assuring that reached or surpassed the IDEB goal in the rights of their children and adolescents, the initial years of primary/middle school. albeit in the face of financial, structural and The Basic Education Development In- climate constraints in the region. dex (IDEB) is a national qualitative indicator that influences learning and permanence Less inequality in of children in school. The more a municipality lowers differences in performance education among its educational establishments, the less educationally unequal it becomes. A high point for this edition of the Among the certified municipalities in UNICEF Seal was the positive result from the Semi-Arid region, the percentage of the Semi-Arid municipalities in facing up schools that reached the goal in the ini-

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RioR Grande do Norte SEMI-ARID Ceará 515 municipalities certiﬁed 838 municipalities Fortaleza 312 municipalities Natal Population of the Semi-Arid municipalities participating PaP raíba in the edition: more than 28.4 million people, of whom Teresina about 9.4 million were 0 to 18 years old. 323 municipalities João Pessoa Piauí 414 municipalities Recife PeP rnambuco 353 municipalities

Maceió AlagoasA 101 municipalities Aracaju SerS gipe 8 municipalities BahiaB 282 municipalities 28 Salvador

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161 municipalities The Brazilian Semi-Arid region is defined by ordinance No 89 of the Ministry of National Integration of 2005.

EspíritoE Santo 8 municipalities Belo Horizonte Vitória RioR Grande do Norte SEMI-ARID Ceará 515 municipalities certiﬁed 838 municipalities Fortaleza 312 municipalities Natal Population of the Semi-Arid municipalities participating PaP raíba in the edition: more than 28.4 million people, of whom Teresina about 9.4 million were 0 to 18 years old. 323 municipalities João Pessoa Piauí 414 municipalities Recife PeP rnambuco 353 municipalities

Maceió AlagoasA 101 municipalities Aracaju SerS gipe 8 municipalities BahiaB 282 municipalities Salvador 29

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MinasM Gerais Illustrations of mamulengos, popular puppets in Northeastern culture in Brazil and extremely present in most of the Semi-Arid municipalities. They have been used to 161 municipalities represent the UNICEF Seal in the Semi-Arid for several years. The Brazilian Semi-Arid region is defined by ordinance No 89 of the Ministry of National Integration of 2005.

EspíritoE Santo 8 municipalities Belo Horizonte Vitória Chapter 3 – Semi-Arid

tial years of primary education increased dramatically, with a progression of almost 6% between 2011 and 2015, while Brazil wors- SOCIAL IMPACT AXIS ened, with a decrease of 1.8%. The evaluat- To ensure learning ed municipalities also progressed: 4.6%. From 2011 to 2015, the municipality of Buriti dos Montes (PI) maintained at 100% the number of schools (3 out of 3 units) in the municipal public network that met or exceeded IDEB’s target in the initial years of primary education. And the educational dropout rate in the elementary school All children and adolescents in the municipality must be accessing, for the municipal network continued to be attending and completing quality zero between 2012 and 2015. basic education at the right age, with The municipal Secretary of Education successful learning and Social Assistance and articulator, Maria de Lourdes da Silva Soares, attributes the advances to a “combination of actions”. Among them, initial and continuous teach- The municipality has to achieve er training, reinforcement outside school improvements in: dropout rate in middle school, age-grade distortion in hours, play activities (such as capoeira, soc- the final years (5th-9th year) of munici- cer, ballet and hip hop), active pursuit of pal daytime school, percentage of children and adolescents in situations of children benefited by the Continuous 30 Cash Benefit (BPC) in the school, child labor or drug use, conversations with percentage of schools in the munici- families, partnerships with social organiza- pal public network that reached or exceeded the goal of the Basic tions, and ongoing support from the mayor. Education Development Index (IDEB) The municipality also equated rural in the initial years classrooms with those of the urban zone, counted with the National Pact for Literacy at the Right Age (Pnaic) and More Educa- tion Program (PME), both federal initiatives, as well as the promotion of reading and The municipality has to achieve improvements in: dropout rate in writing competitions. “Here we explore middle school, and age-grade distor- the books, rather than just reading them; tion in the final years (5th to 9th grade) of learning carrying out various activities derived from them and, in the end, we hold everything in our memory”, says Alexandre Torres, 16, a ninth-grade student in 2015.

Fall in age-grade distortion (6th to 9th grade) of middle school in the municipal network by 13% between 2012 and Certified municipalities reduced the 2015, and evaluated localities decreased age-grade distortion rate in the final years by 11%, greater than the country’s fall of

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition 7.9%. This implies fewer students in a sit- ity, often with the help of the community uation where the difference between their and the teens themselves. UNICEF’s “Bra- age and the expected age for their grade is zilian Out of School Children Initiative” has two years or more. promoted local initiatives to put an end to Distortion in Brazil is especially pres- the unacceptable waste of school exclu- ent in the final years of middle school, sion and guarantees the right to learn. which requires specific policies to follow This is an urgent measure that requires the stages, so that every child continues municipal policies to focus on more re- to study and learn at the appropriate age. mote communities, more vulnerable fami- Delays in grade progression discourage lies, child laborers and quilombola, riverine students and prompts dropout. Therefore, and indigenous populations, who have his- municipalities that intervened to improve torically been denied school attendance. these rates helped to prevent dropout Factors such as teenage pregnancy and abandonment. or loss of interest due to lack of contextualization of school material also Each and every one in influence dropout from studies. The municipal efforts of the UNICEF Seal school to combat this problem contributed to the fall in the dropout rate in daytime primary/ Finding children and adolescents who middle schools: from 3.2% to 2.1%, during are out of school was carried out by 395 2012 to 2015, among the municipalities cer- municipalities in the Semi-Arid region. They tified in the Semi-Arid. This percentage rep- identified the name, age, sex, race/ethnic- resents an advance of almost 34%. To get an 31

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IMPROVEMENT IN EDUCATION Dropout rate in primary/middle schools of the municipal network (MEC/INEP) Percentage of municipal public schools that met or exceeded the IDEB goal in the initial years – MEC/INEP Although they are still above the Brazilian average, the certified municipalities had a considerable advance of 33.8% and the evaluated 30.4%, while the country progressed only 26% 2011 2015 Progression % Brazil 65.4 64.3 -1.8 Evaluated 69.1 72.2 4.6 Certified 72.3 76.4 5.7 MORE CARE FOR MOTHER AND BABY

Percentage of pregnant women with 7 or more 32 prenatal consultations – MS/SINASC

2011 2015 Progression % Age-grade distortion (1st to 9th grade) daytime primary/middle schools of the municipal network – MEC/INEP Brazil 61.3 64.6 5.4 Evaluated 55.0 63.1 14.8 2012 2015 Progression % Certified 58.1 66.6 14.6 Brazil 37.5 34.6 -7.9 Evaluated 41.3 36.8 -11. 0 Certified 38.9 33.9 -13.0 Percentage of live births with civil 484 municipalities of the Semi-Arid have registration increased from 94.7% to transformed Baby Week into a municipal 96.9% among certified municipalities from law, ensuring future action. Between 2014 2011 to 2014. Even below the national and 2016 it was conducted by 523 average (from 96.4% to 97.5%), they municipalities with significant social were double the progression of Brazilian mobilization municipalities in general

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition IMPROVEMENT IN EDUCATION Dropout rate in primary/middle schools of the municipal network (MEC/INEP) Percentage of municipal public schools that met or exceeded the IDEB goal in the initial years – MEC/INEP Although they are still above the Brazilian average, the certified municipalities had a considerable advance of 33.8% and the evaluated 30.4%, while the country progressed only 26% 2011 2015 Progression % Brazil 65.4 64.3 -1.8 Evaluated 69.1 72.2 4.6 Certified 72.3 76.4 5.7 MORE CARE FOR MOTHER AND BABY

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idea, in Brazil as a whole, the improvement Education, city halls have created educa- was 26%. Among the evaluated municipali- tional units in districts farthest from central ties, there was also a 30.4% progression. regions or in rural areas with structures that Like other localities, Teotônio Vilela (AL) are more conducive to learning. The atti- has perfected the mapping of infrequent tude has demonstrated the concern to de- students. Six teachers were engaged to find centralize the provision of Basic Education absent children and mobilize the “Brazilian and guarantee the right to learn for the Out of School Children Initiative”. As a re- most vulnerable. sult, the municipality reduced the dropout Some of the municipalities had full-time rate in primary/middle schools of the mu- education in these facilities, a fundamental nicipal network from 6.6% in 2013 to 0.5% measure because it increases the exposure in 2016. Every week the officers checked of children to situations of care, coexistence the attendance at municipal schools and, and learning. Early Childhood education (0 after five absences, visited the residence to 5 years and 11 months) is the responsibility of those who were absent, directing then of the municipalities and consists of first con- to return to class. The success has exceed- tact with the formal places of Basic Education, ed 85% per year. When necessary, health which the student must follow up to 17 years. professionals or the Guardianship Council The goal of improving enrollment levels were called upon to assist. has led the municipality of Arcoverde (PE) Teacher Mirasmar Siqueira managed to to increase the number of daycares and get Leticia Silva Santana Oliveira and José preschools, to invest in the continuing ed- Kauan Silva de Araújo back to their stud- ucation of teachers and to provide full-time 34 ies after talking to the youngsters, their education in all stages of municipal edu- families and acquaintances. Leticia, 15, cation. “Other secretariats integrate returned to eighth grade and Kauan, 16, with educational ones, the health- the seventh. The strategy with Leticia was care agent is extremely present, par- understanding that she was having trouble ents are more aware that the place waking up early and had undergone two for a child is in school, and we have surgeries, so she changed her school pe- managed to train great readers”, says riod to afternoons. With Kauan, the teach- Zulmira Cavalcanti, Executive Secretary of er asked for help from a neighbor, whom Education for the city. Together, the mea- the youth respects and listens to, who ad- sures have helped the municipality raise vised the youngster to return to school. “I the IDEB of municipal schools (14 edu- changed and started attending school,” cation units) from 3.9 to 5.3, from 2011 to says the adolescent. 2015, an advance of almost 36%. Daycare and preschool Inclusion for students In this edition of the UNICEF Seal, the with disabilities dedication to Early Childhood by certified municipalities of the Semi-Arid was veri- Like dozens of certified municipalities, fied, among other factors, by the provision the city of Arcoverde also improved school of new daycare centers and preschools – attendance for children with different dis- a right of every child. Drawing on federal abilities: 8 went on to attend the regular funds from the National Education Devel- school network in 2014, 38 in in 2015 and opment Fund (FNDE) of the Ministry of 84 in 2016.

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition José Davi dos Santos, 7 years old, is one Quality water, restrooms 35 of these. He has motor difficulties, is con- fined to a wheelchair and was left isolated and kitchens at school at home. He escaped this isolation when, in 2106, he started attending the first year of In the Semi-Arid region, there are an primary at the Alfabeto Municipal School, estimated 3,700 thousand schools without water and more than 1,500 without proper which installed a ramp to facilitate wheel- sewers. To cope better with this situation, chair students in the class. Among the re- the strategic action “Every School with sults, the principals of the local schools Quality Water, Restrooms and Kitchens” highlighted reports of mothers who ob- encouraged the creation and execution of served better cognitive, autonomy and so- a plan of action. Having good-quality water ciability in their children. coming out of the faucets, adequate toilets, This same concern for inclusion was pres- distinguished by gender, and a kitchen and ent in other municipalities in the Semi-Arid re- refectory capable of preparing and serving gion: 427 of them carried out an active search school meals are fundamental conditions in this edition of the UNICEF Seal to update for student learning. their percentages of children with special ed- As a result, 2,710 schools in 241 mu- ucational needs, a fundamental measure to nicipalities have gained new infrastructure ensure access to learning. Municipal secre- during the UNICEF Seal, mainly reforms or tariats provided dozens of disabled students new constructions, in order to offer better with specialized educational service rooms sanitation and water supplies, generating complete with educators able to adapt the a positive impact on the school life of over regular content for each student profile. 500 thousand students.

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An entire world in Pau dos Ferros (RN)

“Until the NUCA appeared I was blind to the political sphere. Through it, I have strengthened my own identity, as this coincided with my own process of gender transition, and I grew politically. It was a welcoming space for those who experience marginalized identities: blacks, women and gays.” Thus, Clarice Telles, 19 years, summarizes the NUCA learning experience that has mobilized her city of about 30 thousand inhabitants. There, all the schools participated actively in the seminar “Being an Adolescent in the Semi-Arid”, students spoke via confidential communication (“letter from a friend”) about the school structure, adolescents created libraries in the prison and in a rehabilitation center for drug dependents and placed candidates for mayor in the matrix to discuss the Multiannual Participatory Plan. Clarice intends to become a judge and indicates: “My dream would be that we knock down all the walls between public power and civil society.”

3636 At the same time, the municipal teach- Sanitation Plan, repairs to the water net- ing units were stimulated to address the work, remodeling of restrooms or kitchens, students’ concepts about Education for construction of cisterns, water and filters, Coexistence with the Semi-Arid, through informative classes on natural resources, the dissemination of data and pathways among other initiatives. Relevant advances that promote the development of the re- were recorded in schools in 241 municipal- gion and value its identity and tradition. Of ities. the total, 491 cities accepted the challenge, thus contributing to education whose con- NUCA: knowing rights is text better matches the local reality. “This perspective of coexistence around essential to guaranteeing the human right to water has rescued the them local potential, created knowledge in the municipal networks and a sense of pride Children between the ages of 12 and in all”, assesses Germano de Barros, presi- 17 played a key role in the UNICEF Seal dent of the Alternative Technology Service – 2013-2016 Edition. They contributed to (Serta), a UNICEF Seal partner in the states their municipalities in the Semi-Arid re- of Alagoas, Paraíba and Pernambuco. gion through dozens of initiatives in the Of the 312 certified municipalities in the Adolescent Citizenship Cluster (NUCA), a Semi-Arid region, 72 stood out for present- mandatory action in the edition cycle. In ing best practices related to water and san- turn, NUCA supported the development itation, such as the creation of a Municipal of these young people and strengthened

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition their capacity to participate in public policy. The activities have embodied Article In a welcoming environment, at least 525 12 of the International Convention on the municipalities involved 11,500 adolescents Rights of the Child, which encourages all to in rounds of conversation, discussions with express their opinions and be considered experts, seminars and forums in communi- in any matter that affects them. Notewor- ties and schools. These were occasions for thy examples were the demand for rights reflection on the diversity and inequalities letters sent to the mayors. of the municipality and, in the process, the The significant involvement of adoles- groups cultivated feelings of community, cents in efforts to combat the Aedes ae- belonging and pride in their region. gypti mosquito were also highlighted. “We Each group mapped out opportunities understand each other better, and we can for local youth participation and identified speak in a more informal, more relaxed how they could be used, found new neigh- way. This encapsulates the young person”, borhoods, promoted a minimum of ten says Miriã Oliveira, 15, who participated in thematic workshops, and worked with the a week of mobilizations in the municipality UNICEF “Skills for Life” tool, followed by of Araçuaí (MG). awareness-raising campaigns such as “For One of the most emblematic moments a Childhood Without Racism” and “Brazil- involving NUCA took place in the “Being ian Out of School Children Initiative.” At an Adolescent in My City” seminar, with NUCA, black girls began to reclaim their celebration and accountability of actions. natural Afro hair, which previously had been The edition also recorded the harmonious combed straight, in authentic recognition coexistence and diversity of identities (gen- of their identity. der, race/ethnicity, disability, age group, 37

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Right (and left) arm of the City Hall

In the small city of Rodolfo Fernandes (RN), with 4,500 inhabitants, João Everton Oliveira, 24 years old accounting undergraduate, was introduced to the UNICEF Seal at 12, and since then has fully immersed himself in youth participation to such an extent that he was promoted to articulator due to his great performance during the Seal certification process. He reversed a situation of unmotivated technicians, and the municipality grained certification. Next, the management invited him to be chief of staff. “I have discovered that to work on public policies, it is only a matter of willpower, the calling and the doing. I became more human, humble, mature, and began to put myself in the situation of the child.” Among the most important moments celebrated by João is the day that rural children started to attend school. He also welcomes the approval of the Early Childhood Municipal Plan, the inclusion of Baby Week in the local calendar, and colleagues from NUCA who have gone to university.

38 housing), as well as the achievements of emplifies how, in this edition, the Semi-Ar- young people who, after learning in the id municipalities were focused on the first Cluster, took seats in councils, secretariats years of life that will influence all the others. or offices of city halls, appeared at various The set of advances for the population public conferences and attended the uni- aged 0 to 6 years was relevant in the re- versity. The emergence of public policies gion, which led to a decrease in the infant has also stimulated professional choices in mortality rate, an increase in access to pre- the areas of human rights. natal care, training of professionals to care for pregnant women and children, and im- More care for mother and provement in birth registration in the first year of life. baby The collaboration between Education, Healthcare and Assistance has taken shape “A fall in mortality rate, more vac- in the 331 municipalities that have imple- cination coverage, Baby Week, Mu- mented their Early Childhood Municipal nicipal Plan for Children, actions be- Plan, an intersectoral device with diagno- coming legislation, and integration sis, actions and goals to ensure full compli- between Education, Healthcare and ance with the rights of children. Assistance. All of this has improved Certified and evaluated municipalities the child’s right to survive and devel- have reduced their infant mortality rate op”. Thus, Wilmarques Santos, articulator from 2011 to 2014, showing progress high- from the municipality of Itabaiana (SE), exer than the Brazilian average. In order to

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition 638 municipalities reported having Guardianship Councils with at least the minimum standard of functionality according to the Child and Adolescent Statute

491 localities with information and communicative actions to prevent sexual violence

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346 cities with actions of prevention and care for children and adolescents in child labor situations

More than 11,500 adolescents, from at least 525 municipalities, strengthened their capacity to participate in public policies in the activities of the Adolescent Citizenship Cluster (NUCA)

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Soundtrack of the protagonist

Pop artist Katy Perry has captured the heart of adolescent Jennyfer Emanuelly de Souza Ferreira, of the municipality of Monsenhor Hipólito (PI), both for music and attitude. “She suffered prejudice early in her career and did not give up. With Jennyfer it’s the same: we have to stop thinking about ‘I cannot’ and think of ‘how can I?’”, reflects the 17-year-old student, singer and Katy cover artist. “Before NUCA, I did not know the power of my voice. Talking to the politicians in Brasília [Brazil´s capital] I realized that this was where I should really be.” In her city, with about 50 adolescents from NUCAs in urban and rural areas, she discussed adolescent pregnancy, sexual exploitation, drug use prevention, bullying, participated in a dengue campaign and, whenever possible, sang at events such as Baby Week.

detect the causes of child deaths – which and trained 416 professionals to care for helps to improve public policies – certi- pregnant women and children to avoid fied localities investigated, in 2014, 93% of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, hepa- 40 the deaths of children under 1 year of age, titis B and syphilis. while in Brazil the average was 82%. Based Birth certification in the first year of on the UNICEF Seal guidelines, small cities life, a right of every child, was also aug- such as Viçosa (RN) have maintained zero mented in the UNICEF Seal certified mu- infant mortality rates and others like Serra nicipalities in the region. Even below the Dourada (BA) have come close to this. national average, these locations have Preventive and continuous care for doubled the advancement of Brazilian pregnant women and the unborn child municipalities in general. also improved among certified municipalities: the percentage of women undergoing Essential prenatal care seven or more prenatal consultations increased between 2011 to 2014, benefiting The community of Araçuaí (MG) in- more than 14.2 thousand pregnant women. tensified care actions for pregnant wom- This progress, 14.6% in the certified munic- en, increasing the number of expectant ipalities, surpassed the national improve- mothers in the municipal pregnant moth- ment of 5.4%. The percentage of investi- ers’ group, more medical follow-ups, and gated deaths for women of fertile age (10 improving indicators. Between 2013 and to 49 years) also increased by 5.6% among 2015, the percentage of pregnant women the certified municipalities – the same pro- who had 7 or more prenatal consultations gression as Brazil. rose from 55% to 72.5% and no maternal In order to increase care for pregnant deaths were recorded. women, mothers and infants, 383 munici- “Infant deaths are few and, when they palities implemented prenatal care actions happen, they tend to be perinatal prob-

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition lems, bad congenital development or ge- Attention to childbirth netic alterations”, explains Cássia Lopes Elias, Coordinator of Primary Care for the Maracanaú, a municipality of Ceará with municipality. Sônia Matos, the mother of an estimated population of 225 thousand Luzia Vitoria, recalls: “I did all the prena- inhabitants, increased, between 2011 and tal exams. In the consultations in the PSF 2014, the percentage of pregnant women [Family Health Program], I was encouraged with seven or more prenatal consultations to have a natural birth and also participat- from 49.7% to 62% and the percentage ed in lectures on how to breastfeed.” of infant deaths investigated from 94.4% As well as Araçuaí, other municipali- to 100%. The management team also im- ties from the state of Minas Gerais cer- proved its facilitation of humanized birth, tified in the UNICEF Seal progressed in offered at the Eneida Soares Pessoa Wom- the reduction of infant mortality: a fall of en’s and Children’s Hospital. 24%, dropping from 17.9 per thousand Part of the Federal Network of Child live births in 2011 to 13.6 in 2014. The and Maternal Health Care (Rede Cegonha), evaluated municipalities also advanced, the public facilities carried out an average with a decrease of 22.7%. 350 births per month and served eight oth-

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er neighboring municipalities. From the of risk; surgical center; presence of a com- dialogs during the Baby Week strategic panion of choice; kangaroo mother care action, the idea was created for pregnant (KMC), so that the premature baby gains women to opt for natural childbirth under weight, with a reduction in the use of in- warm water. cubators; as well as family planning and In 2015, a water birth was installed in encouragement of breastfeeding and nat- the Natural Birth Center (NPC) of the hos- ural birth. “Here the father is not a visitor; pital. The birthing process without surgery he can accompany his partner throughout or medication is supervised by multidisci- the whole process”, explains Luciana Car- plinary professionals and relies on thera- neiro, Nursing Manager. pies to reduce pain and stress. The attentive aspects at the birth al- Pregnant women in the region have lowed Pedro Henrique da Silva Mendes to access to a range of prenatal, childbirth enter the world safely during a natural birth and postnatal (puerperium) care which, to- by his mother, student Maria Gabriele da gether with prenatal care, help reduce ma- Silva Felix, 18 years old. “It went well and I’m ternal and neonatal mortality rates. Exam- breastfeeding,” she said, lying in bed with a ples: specific beds, according to the level smile on her face, as she held the baby.

42 The art of politics. Politics in art

Icaro Cássio dos Santos Marques, 15, and Leandro Barros da Silva, 20, both from the municipality of Bananeiras (PB), have diverse desires. Icaro wants to rise in the political world as a town councilor and mayor, working for the city. Leandro intends to become an art teacher and transform people. Two friends, two wishes for the future, connected by a NUCA that is very active in UNICEF Seal. Icaro says that before the NUCA experience he had “empty thoughts”, of “sameness”, even being in favor of reducing the penal age. This has changed. “I have to fight for the child to be in school, and not fight for the young person to go to jail.” Leandro reports that he learned to share his ideas and lost the fear of espousing them in public thanks to NUCA activities. “I was silent, I became talkative. I had heated debates with my teachers about graffiti. Today, I teach with ease and I want to be innovative in teaching the arts.”

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition From deprivation to the Guardianship Council

From his impeccable desk at the Guardianship Council of the municipality of Eusebio (CE), the 24-year-old Makciel Castro, a law student, proudly details his trajectory from a quiet schoolboy to a guidance tutor, a post he has occupied since 2016. It started at age 12, when teachers appointed him to a municipal project with the purpose of alerting other adolescents about STD prevention. On discovering that he could be popular in school, he created the student council and never stopped participating in childhood and adolescence policies. With other colleagues, he helped design the Adolescent Health Agency (ASA), “I realized this when organizing the 9th National Conference on the Rights of Children and Adolescents.” What motivates him? “Breaking the eternal cycle of stories like mine: illiterate grandmother and domestic cleaner mother. I am what I am because the public policies gave me the chance to speak, to err, to get it right. Politics requires work, but it also works well.”

Baby Week: an example of Considerable awareness concerning the care of pregnant women, mothers and 43 mobilization their children took place in municipalities, in talks, in conversations, in workshops Studies prove that the first years are and in public spaces. These creative and fundamental for the development of the vibrant events included parades of moth- physical and psychological well-being of ers with strollers, concerts, theater, cultural children and their social skills. Experienc- evenings, distribution of plant seedlings, es during this period can be influential homage to grandparents, toys for hospitals throughout life as well as becoming deci- and even window-dressing competitions sive in relationships with people. For this between shops. reason, the Baby Week strategic action is Baby Week discussions encouraged the a significant opportunity for the municipal- Semi-Arid municipalities to substantially ity to consider how to improve and fulfill its improve the coverage of the pentavalent responsibilities and to elaborate new inte- vaccine (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, grated public policies for the population hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenzae from 0 to 6 years old. type B (Hib)), distributed by the federal In this edition of the UNICEF Seal, the government and essential to immunize all transformation of Baby Week into a mu- children less than one year old. nicipal law was extremely important to en- Iracilda Almeida, articulator for the sure its continuity: 523 municipalities of the municipality of Teotônio Vilela (AL), re- Semi-Arid region held it at least once be- ports that mothers have changed their tween 2014 and 2016, and from this, 484 lo- perspective regarding their babies. “Af- calities added it into the municipal calendar. ter learning about shantala massage,

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several said, ‘Now, I know how to cuddle.’ beginning of the zika epidemic which They also said that they began to pay affected thousands of Brazilian families, more attention in the plays. Today, moth- most of them in the Northeast, UNICEF ers and fathers participate in our Baby challenged the municipalities participat- Week.” In this edition, the municipality ing in the UNICEF Seal to implement a of Alagoas increased the percentage of new Strategic Action. Even with only a few pregnant women with 7 or more prenatal months remaining in which to complete consultations from 50.8% in 2011 to 66.7% the process of sending verification docu- in 2014, a progress of almost 16%. ments, 716 municipalities made this commitment: deploying managers and agents to jointly combat the Aedes aegypti mos- Combating Aedes aegypti quito which transmits dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya and zika virus. One of the characteristics that marks Municipalities of the Semi-Arid re- the history of the UNICEF Seal is the ad- gion mobilized efforts to eliminate Aedes aptation and evolution of its methodol- breeding sites. This was in response to the ogy. In early 2016, when Brazil faced the accelerated increase, over a few months,

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition Loud voice calling for an end to child labor

Anyone who has heard Felipe Caetano, age 15, from the municipality of Aquiraz (CE), describing his more than one hundred lectures given in the last two years, may well doubt his true age. His awakening at NUCA to political participation and the cause of child labor led him to activism: he was active in creating the first adolescent committee to discuss child labor in Brazil and in the world, as well as attending regional, state and national conferences. He was annoyed by the fact that only adults talked to adults about child labor. “Why are those who are being abused not speaking? It is the same as having women’s rights debated only by men”, he argues. For him, “The NUCA family unites brothers in arms and has taught me that the right to participate is the way to secure all other rights.”

of cases of microcephaly in newborns re- In the municipality of Água Branca (PI), lated to zika virus infection, in addition to student Daniely Oliveira da Silva, 20, now the endemic dengue. lives free from Aedes aegypti. The munic- 45 The measures assuring children the ipality has defeated dengue fever, count- right to survive and develop were intro- ing only two cases in 2016. Previously in duced to the UNICEF Seal strategic ac- 2013, the city reached the high level of 7 tions in 2016, in the Social Participation in the Survey of Aedes aegypti Infestation axis, and counted as an extra point to- Index (LIRAa), where level 5 is already an wards certification for the municipalities alert. The solution was integrated surveil- that verified a reduction of the number of lance: community-based agents joined mosquitoes and the risk of proliferation of the Family Health Program (PSF) team the diseases transmitted. surveying 9,500 households to combat At least 2,300 municipal mobilizers mosquito outbreaks, while the Secretariat in the Semi-Arid region participated in of Works cleared roads and tracks. training, managers created and support- Each house received a green seal ed the Intersectoral Municipal Committee (free from breeding), or yellow (breed- to Combat Aedes aegypti and promoted ing, but without larvae), or red (with larva weekly cleanups to eradicate mosquito and pupa). Public schools were also mo- breeding sites in homes, public institu- bilized, and the Maria do Carmo Ennes tions and public spaces. In the Semi-Ar- Fonseca school won a trophy for having id region, 516 municipalities carried out the largest number of students, teachers joint efforts to combat Aedes aegypti in and employees with green seal homes the communities and 482 municipalities (according to the picture). Subsequently, promoted mosquito prevention activities a new municipal law granted an incentive in municipal schools. to housing that maintained green seals

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after three surveys: a 30% discount on the Urban Building and Land Tax (IPTU). Thus, it ensured more sustainability to public health policy. SOCIAL IMPACT AXIS To ensure the adolescent stage of life Supporting the Rights Guarantee System

Preventing and coping with sexual violence and child labor have been on the agenda of municipalities engaged in the All the children and adolescents of UNICEF Seal in recent years, but the re- the municipality must have access to multisectoral public policies and be sults are still evolving. The progress re- recognized by society for their ability quires further strengthening of the Rights to contribute their circumstances Guarantee System in municipalities, with initiatives that effectively reduce exploitation and abuse and consider the dimensions of gender, race/ethnicity, housing To carry out eﬀective actions to ensure the distribution of the and disabilities for each child. Adolescent Health Handbook and the In the Semi-Arid region, 491 munici- training of professionals in its use, the installation and proper functioning of palities promoted information and com- 46 the Drug Control Committee/Council munication to prevent sexual violence on Combating Drugs, the implementation of the Conference on and 451 tackled child labor, which affects the Rights of Children and Adolescents, children from the most vulnerable fam- with adolescents as delegates, the implementation of the Adolescent ilies. In addition, 186 localities reported Citizenship Cluster (NUCA) and the implementation of prevention initia- promoting their engagement in the tives for the violent death of adolescents. implementation of the Strategic Actions for Social Participation Also, 346 municipalities implemented prevention and care actions for children and adolescents in child labor situations, thus interrupting an acute routine of lack The municipality has to of responsibilities and protection; and 158 improve: decreasing the percentage of live births of women from 10 to 19 implemented programs of prevention and years; increasing the percentage of compulsory notification of domestic and adolescents aged 16 and 17 enrolled sexual violence. in the Regional Electoral Tribunal (TRE) Yet again, the edition’s methodology emphasized the harmonious work of the CMDCA, in the formulation, monitoring and evaluation of policies, and the Guard- ianship Councils in the proper care and referral of cases of violence, abuse and exploitation. Of the municipalities participating in the Semi-Arid region, 638 reported having Guardianship Councils with

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition at least the minimum standard of function- Mobilization against child ing. As a result, there was broader understanding by managers and the population labor about the importance of counselors and The animated short film Vida Maria vigilant monitoring of each child and ad- (Márcio Ramos, 2006) tells the story of olescent. Maria José, girl from a low-income family In spite of everything, children on pro- who is forced to abandon school in order bation have few municipal policies for ad- to work. The years go by, she grows up, equate socio-educational assistance: only marries, has children and grows old. The 252 municipalities in the Semi-Arid region film reflects on the persistence of child reported having the minimum instruments labor that still removes thousands of Ma- to implement this policy. rias from the right to learn, to develop Active and participatory CMDCA and and to be a child. Guardianship Council can substantially Preventing and combating child labor assist in advancing the various policies has been gaining ground in the munici- for children and adolescents. This is what palities participating in the UNICEF Seal the municipality of Paulo Afonso (BA), in recent years. Free markets, where there with around 120 thousand residents, has are cases of exploited children, have been putting into practice. CMDCA ad- been the target of campaigns in many visers participated in hearings with the municipalities. local population for the collective con- Nova Cruz (RN) is one of many ex- struction of the Multiannual Plans (PPA) amples. In 2015, on June 12, World Day and the Annual Budget Law (LOA). “In Against Child Labor, it united adoles- 47 these meetings, we also looked at in- cents and technicians from the Secretari- dicators within the UNICEF Seal and at of Social Assistance of the municipality, said: we need to implement this policy who collected data on children working here for our children,” says Bruno Diniz at street markets for inclusion in protec- Gomes da Silva, articulator, president of tion initiatives. In the same year, the city the CMDCA and coordinator of the Ad- approved its Municipal Plan for the Erad- vice Center, a body of the local Social ication of Child Labor, while dozens of Assistance policy. primary students took part in the First Counselors also contributed to deci- Challenge to Combat Child Labor – a sions to expand daycare and preschools: competition between colleges, with per- “The Guardianship Council itself indicat- formances of parodies, pamphlets, ban- ed to the CMDCA the number of children ners, rallying cries and food donations. who required daycare. Here we have a “I noticed a decrease in the number differential, which is dialogue, and our as- of children hauling goods at the market. pirations are brought to the Secre- But society and public administrations tariats of Healthcare, Education and still need to encourage more education. Assistance”. The priority for the adoles- A child’s place should not be working. If cent in Paulo Afonso municipality can be children do not go to school to learn, they observed in the Living Youth federal pro- will suffer from illiteracy, poor employment gram, which aims to reduce the number of options and low wages”, analyzes Danilo violent deaths of young blacks, as well as Ambrosio, a 17-year-old, which was ninth being active in the CRAS and CREAS. grader at the mobilization period.

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Multiplier articulators it to neighboring locations their municipalities. Qualified and committed to the cause One of the results of the participation of childhood and adolescence, Gilda, Ma- by municipal technicians in the UNICEF ria Claudeia and Maria Edivane became a Seal was the increase in their level of knowl- benchmark and began to encourage oth- edge about the rights of children and ado- er technicians to use the methodology to lescents. Among others, three articulators improve healthcare, education, assistance multiplied what they learned and brought and other indicators.

“I started as an articulator in 2006, I have been through three different political groups and I have remained in the position. The UNICEF Seal makes a big difference. It’s our university. It brings the ability to look at families and communities and to raise awareness 48 about various issues. We begin see the causes: situations of previous vulnerability with people not having access to the social opportunities. But if they have the minimum commitment, municipalities can, through the methodology, progress in guaranteeing rights for the most vulnerable. And the UNICEF Seal helps management in general: here, for example, we have greatly em- powered the CMDCA, and our Multiannual Plan has become participative and decentralized”. Maria Edivane da Silva Gomes, social assistant and articulator for Arcoverde (PE)

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition “Participating in the UNICEF Seal is more than a public management commitment, it’s a moral commitment. Raising my son during this edition has given impetus to all my indignation and annoyance with the situation of children. It has increased my thirst for change, the will to make pearls from the sand. We press the authorities, including the Justice, to form a network of protection; we are the active voice of that child who suffers abuse or neglect and generally does not speak out”. Maria Claudeia de Lima e Sousa, social assistant, ex-articulator for Sussuapara (PI) and articulator for Picos (PI) for this edition

“Enabling, training, documents, conversations; all of this humanized me to community leadership in the rural area. Life was more rigid, and I lived a hard reality, just like some of these children, and then I began to really ob- serve the causes of the problems. I studied the UNICEF Seal and then it came to a point where I had already accomplished everything, so much so that five municipalities came to me in desperation. Of all the joys I had, the biggest was to see Italo running, happy, free as a bird, studying, playing and being a child.” Gilda Tavares, pedagogue and articulator for São João do Piauí (PI)

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Bananeiras, Paraíba municipality and primary/middle schools in the municipal four times winner of the UNICEF Seal, network; increase of the percentage of chil- sought to guide the management through dren up to 1 year old with birth registration; planning and action among secretariats among others. during this edition. “This constant planning, In the municipality of Horizonte (CE), on a daily basis, should be something as also a veteran on the UNICEF Seal, the prin- natural as having a good day”, said Mayor ciple that each step contributes one drop of Douglas Lucena Moura de Medeiros, who water to quench a fire led the management was constantly uniting the team to assess to create the Hummingbird Project. Two the progress of the indicators. “The UNICEF committees, intersectoral and technical, Seal obliges people to think in unison, not linked to the mayor’s office and comprising only among the sectors, but also among the secretariats and the local community, met municipalities.” One example came from to build municipal policies in a transverse the ‘Childhood Without Racism’ campaign, and integral way, for the city of 65 thousand a strategic action promoted in partnership residents. with neighboring municipalities. There were varied challenges in the dis- The city has characteristics common cussions: from civil registration of births and to other certified municipalities and has breastfeeding to drugs and adolescents, also embraced integral resulted-based to school dropout. “Everyone contribut- management. Concrete examples of this ed. We learned that doing things together approach include: decentralization and was better than in isolation and we saw the roaming of public services to serve the progress in the lives of the residents”, says 50 most distant and vulnerable child popula- Jô Farias, who created the initiative. The tions; monitoring the progress of policies; practice of intersectoral methodology has use of federal resources for the construc- led Horizonte to reverse negative indicators tion of public facilities or the execution of to zero, such as maternal mortality, and in- health and education programs; support spired the administration of other munici- of state governments in infrastructure or palities in Ceará. programs; partnerships with large founda- Not far from there, another example tions or institutes. of cooperation was also evident. In the “Road paving in the rural area, promot- mountainous region of Ceará, 15 munici- ed in conjunction with the state govern- palities of the Association of Municipalities ment, combined with school transportation, of the Maciço de Baturité (AMAB) regis- with the federal government, guarantees tered in all editions of the UNICEF Seal the right of the child to learn. Now they do and supported each other. Between 2013 not remain out of school for months, as it and 2016, they discussed the methodolo- was previously”, says the mayor. The munic- gy and profile required by the articulator ipality has an extensive territory of 258 km2, and mobilized the mayors’ spouses. Six of with schools up to 50 km from the center. In the 15 municipalities were certified: Barrei- total there are 23 municipal education units ra, Guraramiranga, Ocara, Pacoti, Palma- and 9 Basic Health Units (UBS). cia and Redenção. Evidence of integration in the service Diogenes Luz, articulator for Pacoti, of children’s rights is reflected in the im- spoke about the advances. “Actions like provement of municipal indicators: fall in the Aedes aegypti changed our routine. infant mortality rates; investigation of all in- There was a tremendous mobilization of the fant deaths; 100% coverage of pentavalent public powers through the secretariats and vaccination; decreases in the dropout rate schools, in addition to the youth and the in primary/middle school in the municipal population. From what UNICEF advised, network; reductions in the age-grade dis- guided and suggested, they actively partic- tortion in the final years (6th to 9th grade) of ipated to reverse the negative picture.

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girl in school uniform carrying a cents eager to learn and live fully. backpack standing by the river Around 26 million people live in 808 A waits for the boat that will take municipalities of the Brazilian Legal Ama- her to school. The scene captures the zon, and of this total, around 37% are made “Amazon factor”, where the river is the up of children and adolescents up to the road and there are extensive rural areas age of 17, according to the IBGE National with low population density, with indige- Sample Household Survey (PNAD) 2016. nous, quilombola and riverine territories, It is the largest proportion of children un- that are home to children and adoles- der 18 years of age in the country. Most

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of the social indicators are below national with aggravating factors, such as migra- averages and, for the entire Brazilian in- tion flow, which has an impact on public digenous population, the majority live in administration. the region and face infant mortality and Imbued with the need to guarantee malnutrition, under-registration of births rights to every child in the Amazon, 294 and gaps in the provision of education for municipalities in the region faced the mis- children and adolescents. sion of strengthening their capacity to col- Access to public services is often de- lect, record and systematize data, improve pendent on long journeys, even within a technical skills and advance the quality of single municipality. With the exception public services, often constrained by ru- of the capitals, only 20 municipalities dimentary infrastructure and equipments. have more than 100 thousand inhabi- Ultimately, the 192 certified municipali- tants. Some can be reached only by boat ties in the Amazon region stood out for the or plane. Border cities also have to deal following: reducing child mortality, improv-

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition Chapter 4 – Amazon AMAZON certiﬁed Roraima Amapá 192 municipalities 5 municipalities Population of the Amazon municipalities partici- 4 municipalities pating in the edition: more than 18.5 million people of which around 7 million are 0 to 18 Macapá years of age Boa Vista Belém São Luís Maranhão The Amazon Pará 42 municipalities region 39 municipalities

Amazonas Manaus . 15 municipalities Tocantins 30 municipalities

Palmas

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Illustrations of children and adolescents in the Amazon and the challenges of of the region. They have been used to portray the UNICEF Seal in the Amazon for several years. AMAZON certiﬁed Roraima Amapá 192 municipalities 5 municipalities Population of the Amazon municipalities partici- 4 municipalities pating in the edition: more than 18.5 million people of which around 7 million are 0 to 18 Macapá years of age Boa Vista Belém São Luís Maranhão The Amazon Pará 42 municipalities region 39 municipalities

Amazonas Manaus . 15 municipalities Tocantins 30 municipalities

Palmas

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Rondônia Acre Mato Grosso 18 municipalities 9 municipalities 30 municipalities Rio Branco

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ing birth registration and investigating ma- A concrete example came from the Plan ternal and infant deaths, increasing access of Action, prepared by 397 municipalities to prenatal care, reducing child school drop- as a prerequisite to proceeding with the out and age-grade distortion, promoting certification. It should contain qualitative more sporting practices, mobilizing against diagnosis, indicators and the obstacles Aedes aegypti and promoting the partici- or “bottlenecks”, applicable solutions, pation of adolescents in JUVA. The certified goals, deadlines and list those responsi- municipalities completed the edition with ble. For this edition of the UNICEF Seal, all their indicators higher than others of the a number of municipalities have incor- Amazon, although they need to increase porated the obligatory Multiannual Plan them to equate with Brazil as a whole. (PPA) – long-term municipal planning with “The UNICEF Seal prompts improve- guidelines, goals and objectives –, thus ments because it operates within each collaborating with the institutionalization municipality, where often neither the fed- of policies for children and adolescents in eral nor the state government, with some the cities. exceptions, are able to penetrate. It gives According to academic Hiroshi, in the a new life to the municipality”, says Hi- Amazon the positive impacts of this edi- roshi Matsumoto, professor at the Gov- tion of the UNICEF Seal were extreme- ernors Training School (EFG-MA) in São ly visible in the localities with the lowest Luís (MA), partner in the implementation population, in those where the state gov- of the UNICEF Seal. ernment acted more effectively and in

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition those that had the mayor’s commitment. centage of pregnant women with seven With regard to results-based man- or more prenatal consultations. agement based on evidence, Hiro- In education, the percentage of mu- shi believes that “seeds have been nicipal schools that met or exceeded the planted in Amazon city halls to work IDEB goal in the initial years increased, in a more integrated and planned which means that it became less educa- way, and not only with day-to-day tionally unequal because it reduced the emergencies.” performance gap between its educational units. At the same time, it includ- Advances in management ed more children with disabilities in the

In the municipality of Abaetetuba (PA), a meeting of managers at the end of the Small big steps certification process finished with the Committed and dedicated, the mu- Secretary of Finance being applauded by nicipalities of Amajari (RR), Ipixuna (AM) the team. Reason: for defending resourc- and Jordão (AC) developed the activi- es and actions for the child and the ado- ties of the UNICEF Seal methodology, lescent. At first, he was wary to any initia- improved indicators and achieved cer- tive that might “impact the budget”. “We tification. won over the Secretary of Finance for With a very low Municipal Human childhood and adolescence!” This was Development Index (IDHM), marked one of the undeniable results pointed out mainly by weaknesses in the area of 57 by the mayor and psychologist Francinete education, the three cities participated Carvalho, commemorated at that time as in the Improvement Course (“Planning the first woman elected to run the city and and Management of the UNICEF Seal who is also dedicated to learning more by – 2013-2016“), administered by the attending training cycles. “The UNICEF Governors Training School (EFG-MA). Seal gives something priceless, which is Due to the development achieved, knowledge. It makes the team grow with they demonstrated that municipalities increased horizontal management. And with extremely demanding challenges planning is indispensable: you do not get can do more for their children and ad- anywhere, if you do not know where you olescents. want to go.” In the north of Roraima, bordering Located in northeast of Pará state and Venezuela, Amajari trained health pro- with 72 islands, Abaetetuba has the chal- fessionals to perform a Rapid Diagnos- lenge of mobility and decentralization of tic Test (TRD) for HIV at the Basic Health policies. The locality inspired Pará to ap- Units (UBS), promoted Baby Week, a prove the Municipal Decennial Plan for march against Aedes aegypti, seminars the Human Rights of Children and Ado- in schools on the importance of IDEB, lescents, prepared by municipal secretar- projects and science fairs, as well as iats, civil society, councils and children. extracurricular activities. Together, the As with other city halls that incorporated initiatives have contributed to creating intersectoral results-based management, a more positive atmosphere in public the united efforts managed to reduce the spaces. infant mortality rate and raised the per-

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regular network, accompanied by teacher “We help train municipalities, we work carers. It also created a library and Center with indicators and ‘translate’ rights. Has for Unified Arts and Sports (CEU), in a vul- this improved? But what has improved, nerable neighborhood, sharing manage- and by how much? I started applying the ment with the community. indicators in other areas and I ended up “Gradually the child became a priori- as a mediator in several municipalities”, ty for all secretariats. The Secretary of Fi- reports Letícia de Arruda Monteiro de Al- nance saw that if the budget does not pri- buquerque, social worker of the Associ- oritize it, the indicators do not advance. ation for Social Development of the Mu- The Secretary of Works understood that nicipalities of the State of Mato Grosso a ramp at the school promotes inclusion. (APDM-MT), a state that certified 30 mu- The Agriculture Secretary noted the need nicipalities. for alternative income to combat child From Tocantinópolis (TO), articulator labor” says Mayor Francinete. To bring Emivaldo Aguiar says that before the cer- more resources and knowledge to the tification process, dialogue between the city, technicians signed edicts for new different sectors did not exist in his city. kindergartens or teacher training. And “It used to be a case of every department what was the result of this entire trajec- acting individually. This has changed: tory? “We learned from the UNICEF Seal gradually Sport, Health and Culture were that a good city for a child is good for approaching Education. I even went on everyone.” to use the UNICEF Seal dynamics in areas In the state of Mato Grosso, the may- such as the as the environment and pub- 58 ors’ spouses engaged with the edition lic cleansing”. Above all, he highlighted and acted as methodology multipliers. the activities of Social Participation of the

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition Culture and Identity Guide. “It was a nicipality. She was nursed exclusively by great joy to see the city’s children breast up to 6 months, received all the and indigenous Apinajé interact- vaccines and attended the nursery. The ing, mixing, running and playing mother, Gislane Rosa Batista, appreciat- like old friends. The UNICEF Seal ed the advances. “More equipment has is truly a storehouse for identifying arrived, healthcare workers are more ac- potential.” cessible, and we feel safer. Previously, we needed to go to another municipality for pregnancy tests.” Confident, she dreams Fall in infant mortality about Avila’s future: “I wish for this ‘little and improvement in piece of us’ everything I did not have in my childhood, especially good health and prenatal care good schooling.” The municipality of about 33 thou- nd A symbolic touch marked the 2 Com- sand inhabitants also joined the Health munity Forum in the municipality of Urba- in School Program (PSE), a federal Health no Santos (MA): a thousand birds made of and Education policy for prevention of folded paper (origami), produced by the diseases and attention to the healthcare children in the 66 local schools. On each of Basic Education students. “Before the wing a dream. They were Orizurus, sacred UNICEF Seal, the municipality was func- Japanese birds. Legend says that if one tioning but lacked a strategy. We needed folds a thousand origami Orizurus, with a to organize services and routines. Now we thought turned to a wish, it can be real- are more integrated, with networking and 59 ized. This is how the 513 participants of shared activities. Today, Healthcare helps the forum proceeded, of which 20% were Education and Education helps Social As- from the rural area. sistance”, reports the mayor and nurse, The collective desire for a better Iracema Vale. childhood was reflected in some indica- Among the municipalities engaged in tors. Urbano Santos (MA) decreased the the edition, one of the main advances was infant mortality rate from 15.8% in 2011 the drop in the infant mortality rate. Cer- to 6.1% in 2014, a reduction of 61.4%, tified Amazon municipalities decreased while the Brazilian average was 13.6% to this indicator by 9.8% during 2011 to 2014, 12.9% over the same period. The munic- while in other Brazilian municipalities the ipality researched the cause of all infant decrease was 5.2%. The municipalities deaths in 2014 and raised the percentage of investigations into deaths of women still have the challenge of equaling the of childbearing age, from 50% in 2011 to national rate. 100% in 2014. The percentage of preg- Care for the first year of life stood out nant women with seven or more prenatal in Tocantins, one of the states that has consultations increased by 6.9% between evolved most in decreasing infant mortal- 2011 to 2014. And with the pentavalent ity rates: a decline of 26.8% among rec- vaccine coverage jumped from 29.2% in ognized municipalities and 25.6% among 2012 to 100% in 2015. registered. Of the 32 localities that con- Ávila Batista Souza, born in January ducted Baby Week, 22 of them sanctioned 2015 by natural childbirth, personified a municipal law, assuring the continuity of the care for babies in the Maranhão mu- the mobilizations for survival and devel-

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opment until the age of 6 years. The improvement in pregnant wom- SOCIAL IMPACT AXIS To guarantee healthy mothers en’s access to prenatal care was another and babies one of the results of the UNICEF Seal in the Amazon. Care that is properly provided avoids, among other things, the vertical (mother-to-baby) transmission of HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis, which threatens the survival of newborns. In the evaluated municipalities, as well as in the certified ones, the increase was 17.6%, a significant progression since Brazil only increased by All pregnant women, mothers and 6.5%. Even so, coverage needs to multi- babies in the municipality to have ply in the region. access to quality health services From Oriximiná, in western Pará, came an inspiration in the care of the newborn. Bathed by the Trombetas River, the vast municipality, bordered on the north by To carry out eﬀective actions to ensure French Guiana and Suriname, has re- the reduction of maternal and infant duced the infant mortality rate from 16.1 mortality, chronic malnutrition and per thousand live births in 2011 to 13.5 in early pregnancy, especially among indigenous, quilombola and riverine 2014, approximating the Brazilian aver- 60 peoples, through appropriate age of 12.9. In addition, it investigated, assistance to prenatal, childbirth and in the year 2014, all deaths of infants and postnatal and the municipal committee for the investigation of maternal women of childbearing age. and child deaths The mobilization concerning Ear- ly Childhood resulted in actions that, in combination, have generated advances: decentralization of the prenatal care to the rural area – which has more than one The municipality must hundred communities, including indige- improve: infant mortality rate; nous and quilombola –, roaming health percentage of pregnant women with seven or more prenatal consultations; posts, substantial improvement in pen- percentage of maternal deaths and tavalent vaccine coverage and HIV testing infantile deaths investigated; pentava- for pregnant women. The São Domingos lent vaccine coverage Savio Maternity Hospital also obtained equipment for deliveries and post-birth became more humanized, and began to carry out more tests, such as the Neonatal heel prick and red reflex. Creuzarina Barreto says that she dedicates her time to being a full-time UNICEF Seal articulator in Oriximiná. “We had meetings twice a week to plan our actions. The community and the young

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition people have become very involved. I Amazon localities, with a significant pro- learned that the child has to be an gression of 43.6%. Pará registered a sig- absolute priority here and now, so nificant improvement among his certified that later on, he or she can be bet- cities: an advance of 88.9%. ter in society.” Managers in the Amazon region also For the teacher, it was very relevant enhanced investigation into the deaths of to hold Baby Week in the rural area, with women of childbearing age, with a con- cultural presentations on the importance siderable improvement of 28.9% among of caring and educating from the early the recognized Amazon municipalities, years. For the recognized mobilization in while Brazil showed a 7.4% improvement. the various Weeks, Oriximiná represented Acre achieved a remarkable increase: the the North region at the 2nd International number of investigations into the deaths Baby Week Show in 2014, in Belém, along of women of childbearing age grew with 11 other municipalities. 144.6% in the registered municipalities of Acre, reaching 99.3% in 2014. More research into Certified municipalities also advanced the right of every child to have a birth deaths and birth registration by the age of one year, with registration an increase of 3.4% between 2011 and 2014. Locations in Roraima registered on the UNICEF Seal increased by 49.1% the Knowing the causes of infant and ma- number of children up to 1 year of age. ternal mortality helps public managers The challenge for the Amazon region as understand at which point they should 61 intervene to improve healthcare services a whole is to approximate with the Brazil- that protect mother and child, since the ian average, as well as the increase of the determinants of death may be related to indigenous population, which is still low. the prenatal period or to the environment in which newborn and mother live. Integrated care until 6 Municipalities in the Amazon that participated in the UNICEF Seal understood years the reasons for this assessment, promoted verification and improved the two in- As in many certified municipalities, dicators, with a more significant advance Early Childhood was a priority in the cre- among the certified municipalities fol- ation of public policies in Boa Vista, capi- lowed closely by the evaluated. tal of Roraima state. By 2013, the city be- One of the UNICEF Seal strategic ac- gan to integrate Healthcare, Education tions that led to more positive results was and Assistance Services, in an attempt to the establishment of the municipal com- monitor mothers and children from gesta- mittee for the investigation of infant and tion to 6 years of age. maternal death. Among the participating By 2015, partnerships with social or- Amazon municipalities, 171 established ganizations had enabled the networking the committee or had a professional re- of about 4.6 thousand professionals from sponsible for this investigation. As a re- multidisciplinary services. The integration sult, the percentage of investigations into included Secretariats of Social Assistance, infant death rose among the certified Health, Education, Communications and

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MORE CARE FOR PARTICIPATION, CULTURE, SPORT PREGNANT AND NEWBORN Four regional meetings on the Fall in infant mortality UNICEF Seal mobilized more than From 2011 to 2014, the infant 10 thousand children and mortality rate fell 3.8% in the adolescents in defense of the Amazon as a whole against rights of the population 5.2%, in Brazil. In the aged 12 to 17 Amazon municipalities certiﬁed by the UNICEF Seal, the decrease was approximately twice of Brazil: 9.8%

The greatest progression of the indicator for evaluated and certiﬁed municipalities of Amazon region occurred in the percentage of investigated infant Youth United for Life in the deaths investigated (MS/SIM) between 2011 and 2014 Amazon (JUVA) allowed personal expression and exchanges Percentage of investigated for boys and girls in the region infant deaths – MS/SIM 50 41.4% 43.6% 40 62 30 20 12.2% 10

0 Brazil Evaluated Certiﬁed Ongoing Education for Primary/Middle School Percentage of investigated deaths of women of 18,374 teachers accessed childbearing age (10 to 49 years) – MS/SIM 238 Amazon knowledge about ethnic-racial municipalities performed 2011 2014 relations, Afro-Brazilian, African and Baby Week at least once during indigenous peoples' history and the edition. Of these, 155 culture in the Amazon 100 88% 89% 82% 83.2% sanctioned the Baby Weeks 80 65.9% 69.1% into Law, ensuring its 19,868 teachers learned about 60 the education of children and continuity adolescents with disabilities 40

0 Brazil Evaluated Certiﬁed Progression in % 7.4 26.2 28.9

Attention to water and sewage 207 municipalities recorded 181 municipalities reported the promotion of playful, safe and improvement measures, including access inclusive activities in school to water (75%), basic sanitation environments and community (71%), refuse/waste collection (80%) spaces, in order to guarantee the and control of vectors that transmit right to practice sports for all diseases (87%) UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition

!"#$%&'#$%("#%)#$*+'+,%'+-%+$./"#+ % MORE CARE FOR PARTICIPATION, CULTURE, SPORT PREGNANT AND NEWBORN Four regional meetings on the Fall in infant mortality UNICEF Seal mobilized more than From 2011 to 2014, the infant 10 thousand children and mortality rate fell 3.8% in the adolescents in defense of the Amazon as a whole against rights of the population 5.2%, in Brazil. In the aged 12 to 17 Amazon municipalities certiﬁed by the UNICEF Seal, the decrease was approximately twice of Brazil: 9.8%

0 Brazil Evaluated Certiﬁed Progression in % 7.4 26.2 28.9

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64 Finance, and improved the organization mation pertaining to child psychosocial of the total number of medical consulta- development, participated in music and tions, examinations, procedures and va- choral workshops, and were encouraged cancy calculation in daycare centers. to read from the cradle, to strengthen the “We have learned from the UNICEF bond between parent and child. “I came Seal that investing in the first 6 years of life to live, play and read to my children and I is a guarantee of lower-cost social return feel that the three are now closer to me,” and a higher quality human development. says Teobaldo Magalhães, who began at- Resources applied in Early Childhood tending lectures on Early Childhood after lead to economy in social reintegration the birth of his new daughter in 2015, and programs in adulthood”, according to the became assiduous in the meetings. Mayor Teresa Surita. Among other results, Boa Vista increased the number of prena- Local engagement in tal consultations, coverage in the number of infant vaccinations and visits to daycare Baby Weeks and preschools. Families enrolled in the Single Regis- Baby Week was the most participated try for Social Programs (CadÚnico) and in Social Action in the Amazon in the edi- direct income transfer programs have had tion and counted a high level of commu- priority. In the so-called Baby University, nity engagement. In the region, 238 mu- at least 7,500 pregnant women, moth- nicipalities held at least one event during ers and family members accessed infor- the edition and, of these, 155 sanctioned

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition the Baby Week into law, ensuring its in- old – higher in the Amazon region than stitutionalized continuance. “I am proud in the rest of the country – has a negative that, with my mobilization efforts, I have impact on the development cycle of chil- helped Pará to create a state law for Baby dren and adolescents. To reduce the inci- Week”, said Adelma Dantas, articulator dence, more than two thousand schools for the municipality of Castanhal (PA) and in the Amazon region were involved in in- an enthusiast of strategic action. formation and prevention campaigns. In The combined efforts in the areas of Mato Grosso, the participating municipal- Healthcare, Education, Culture and Assis- ities used methodology to prevent teen- tance during the Baby weeks held in ur- age pregnancy with the presence and co- ban and rural areas, including indigenous operation of the students. In all, 31 joined communities, have contributed to the in- the Health in School Program (PSE), and crease of awareness for the 0 to 6 years of these, 21 went on to train and empow- care and to the improvement of the Early ered multiplier groups for peer education Childhood indicators in the certified and in schools. evaluated municipalities. The actions resulted in a decrease of The profusion of good examples in 5.1% in the number of live births for chil- the UNICEF Seal editions was such that dren and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years in 2014, Belém, the capital of the Pará among the municipalities registered in state, hosted the 2nd International Baby the UNICEF Seal in the state, compared Week Show. Managers, specialists and to a decrease of 1.3% in the other Brazil- representatives of governments and so- ian municipalities. The 18 certified munic- cial movements discussed issues such as ipalities in Rondônia also registered a sig- 65 the humanization of childbirth, premature nificant reduction of 16%. birth, maternal health, supplementary and complementary feeding, and the im- JUVA - Connecting portance of social care. Juvenile forces Adolescent health and Named and structured by the adoles- prevention of early cents themselves, the Youth United for pregnancy Life in the Amazon (JUVA) has proven to be a network of expression and exchange On the themes of the Adolescent among young people, reducing distanc- Health Handbook, Amazon municipali- es between the common challenges of ties registered in the UNICEF Seal report- this territory. Four regional meetings in ed 186 training actions for professionals the UNICEF Seal – 2013-2016 Edition mo- who have direct involvement with this age bilized more than ten thousand children group. More than 3,000 agents from par- and adolescents, through talks, dialogs, ticipating municipalities have increased guides and materials. their knowledge on issues such as: the At each occasion, adolescents exer- rights of adolescents, violence, healthy cised political participation and showed a eating, immunization, oral health, sexuali- strong capacity to understand and be part ty, teenage pregnancy and prevention. of the world, interacting autonomously to Pregnancy between 10 and 19 years guarantee the rights of children and ado-

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66 lescents. When they returned to their mu- public powers and UNICEF, the Live Bet- nicipalities, they became multipliers for ter Knowing Youth movement arose, for others. raising awareness among the adolescents These young people were involved in themselves, which reached more than the UNICEF Seal stages, forming the In- 3,000 young people in Pará and was later tersectoral Commission, participating at implemented in another Amazon states. training sessions and forums, engaging in JUVA arose at the 1st Meeting of Ad- the fight against zika virus or conducting olescents and Young People of the Am- Baby Week events. In the 2nd Community azon, held in Belem, in April 2013. The Forum alone, more than three thousand debates gave rise to the Charter of Princi- adolescents were actively engaged in ples for Adolescents and Young People of Maranhão; and another two thousand in the Legal Amazon, delivered to state gov- Mato Grosso. ernors, which advances for the defense State healthcare secretariats also of rights of the population from 12 to 17 heard suggestions from dozens of chil- years. Among them, the stance against dren concerned about improvements to the reduction of the criminal age and de- the School Health Program (PSE) and the mands for the construction of more public Adolescent Health Handbook. In one of spaces for educational, cultural and pro- the meetings in Belém (PA), adolescents fessional activities, qualification of public were worried about the increase of the school teachers, more effective opportu- HIV-infected youth population and ex- nities for participation, protection of the pressed the desire to work more on pre- environment and respect to indigenous vention. From the conversations with peoples.

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition From the many lessons learned, it was still quite high in the region. time to deepen JUVA’s proposal in each Among the participants, 294 munic- municipality, through the social mobili- ipalities reported having Guardianship zation of school members, which could Councils with at least the minimum stan- create new leaderships that occupy more dards for functioning. However, there are areas of decision, such as the Councils – Councils that still have a high degree of social participation that some young peo- vulnerability, either due to the poor tech- ple have already experienced intensely in nical qualification of the advisors, poor this issue of the UNICEF Seal. infrastructure or little importance con- ferred by municipal management to this More councils reactivated area, which needs to be strengthened. Projects aimed at the provision of and combating child socio-educational measures, including exploitation training of benchmark teams and services, were carried out by 134 municipali- The convocation of the UNICEF Seal ties in the Amazon. Localities in the state in the Amazon meant that, among the of Para have advanced, for example, in registered municipalities, part of the CM- the elaboration of the Municipal Plan for DCAs and Amazon Guardianship Coun- Social and Educational Assistance: in two cils started operating or became more years, the number of state documents active, at the same time being driven by with actions for assisted liberty measures the population, which, in turn, raised their and services to the community rose from 67 level of attention to violations, which are 18 to 45.

Range of new innovations and inquiries

“JUVA introduced me to other networks from the Amazon and brought me closer to my community. I was able to access new opportunities, such as the State Committee to Confront Abuse, Sexual Exploitation and the Trafficking of Children and Adolescents of Roraima, which I did not even know was in existence, besides gaining representation and participating with adults”, says Juliana Carolina da Silva Lima, 18 years. With other young people, the student of technical electronics held a debate about internet safety, discussed affirmative actions, lobbied for a movie theater in a Candomblé (African religion practiced in Brazil) churchyard and cooperated with UNICEF Seal forums in municipalities neighboring Boa Vista. “I ended up questioning things even in my own home. Why the machismo? How do we accept this violence in Brazil? What can I to improve the place where I live? And since then, I have not stopped fighting for rights.”

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- Charter of Principles for Adolescents - and Young People of the Legal Amazon* -

Childhood, adolescence and youth are fundamental stages in a healthy and dignified way. For we know that, Train people from the countryside and indigenous provide speakers to support the organization of these in human development and in the future formation of citizens. although these are basic rights already guaranteed by people in aspects of culture and leisure, technical guilds; On a social level, it is at this generational moment that the law, not everyone has the opportunity to participate in courses and investments in education; Affirm that the budget related to children, adolescents political, social and cultural profiles and historical moments of these projects and get away from violence, crime and Create and guarantee permanent spaces for the and young people, respecting their particularities, the territories are defined. That is why all public and civil mortality; socialization of experiences and information on topics of appear in websites that are created/updated and widely society policies, plans and actions focus their attention to this Include in the schools a discipline that discusses the interest to adolescents, with a view to the rights of disseminated, and that the Municipal Council fulfills its phase of life. Child and Adolescent Statute, as well as violence, drugs children and adolescents and school as a privileged role of overseeing, broadening the dissemination of all Despite these efforts, hundreds of adolescents and and sexuality, and sexual violence against children and place; mobilization spaces; young people around the world are excluded from adolescents, etc.; Support youth social and educational initiatives (such as Make complaints portals more visible and active. access to policies that assure even their most basic Support the holding of the World Social Forum for the the Youth United for Life in the Amazon (JUVA)) that Popularize the portals for denunciation and effect the rights. The young people of the Amazon are living in the guarantee of the rights of children and adolescents, so offer children and adolescents leisure activities, anonymity of the denouncer; context of a region with the worst rates of education, that all society is aware that we are subject to rights and vocational training, among others, in order to seek the Create spaces, cultural centers and leisure areas for the healthcare, cultural and leisure services, in addition to does not stand against what we have already achieved, union of youth by valuing life and dignity within the participation of young people, adolescents and workers; the serious and increasing rates of deadly violence, such as, for example, the penal age at 18 and initiatives Amazon scenario (because we know that not everyone Ensure that, before any major public works are reflected in the fact that several municipalities in the such as Adolescent Apprentice, etc.; has the opportunity to participate in these projects); region are among the most threatening to the lives of implemented, there are public hearings with children, Build public clinics to support adolescents and young Expand and guarantee the health and prevention adolescents and young people. adolescents and young people. That every process is not drug addicts; projects in the state and municipal public schools; only a matter of listening, but also an intervention, In addition to the context of violation, the Amazon is central Enable the performance of qualified and committed Promote and finance the debate in schools with the considering the diversity of our forests; to the interests of large projects, large public and commercial teachers, valuing their role as educators (salaries); presence of adolescents and young people from the investments and large infrastructure works, which, generally, Ensure that all land policy considers children, states for the purpose of explaining the issue of reducing instead of improving the lives of the population, further Support lectures in schools to educate students about adolescents and young people in any public policy the penal age, requiring the non-reduction of criminal accentuates the exclusion and the violence. their rights and responsibilities; project; majority and guarantee the commitment to the laws Create a special body to avoid school dropout; That the media stop oppressing youth; It is for these reasons that we, the adolescents and created with the objective of protecting of children and young people of the Legal Amazon, have gathered in Broaden public policies that encourage the participation adolescents; Develop more on the role of youth that is being Belém to discuss the context in which we live and the of young people in schools; oppressed by capitalist society; Create subsidies for the retention of young people in the problems we face in accessing rights and obstacles to 68 Create free vocational courses and projects for youth rural areas through public policies that provide them Improve the condition of health posts and public healthy development. and adolescents in all municipal and state public schools; with a quality education, in which the rural schools are hospitals, with more professionals for emergency and The goal is for our efforts to be recognized, our Create pre-college courses in public schools, considering autonomous and have a technical and higher education, emergency care, as well as equipment; demands heard and, more than that, to become concrete study models that already have an agreement; promoting employment opportunities in the rural areas Expand and make effective financial resources for youth policies and actions for us and the generations to come. through actions that prioritize the sale of products Create and expand health centers to care for children employment; Considerin produced by young people, also offering security and and adolescents; Ensure health posts and schools in indigenous villages; That all children and adolescents in Brazil have the right creating police posts in settlements with more than 70 Improve socio-educational care; Ensure the training of indigenous teachers; to full protection; families, as well as specialized healthcare centers, Create spaces for sports and leisure that stimulate prioritizing the care for children and adolescents in the Ensure basic sanitation, with adequate sewage treatment That participation in political life and in the discussion culture in the peripheries, in the Indigenous reserves and countryside; and waste/refuse collection, improving streets and roads; on matters of interest is one of the rights guaranteed to settlements; Provide more security in places of leisure Promote more opportunities for participation in all children, both in the Child and Adolescent Statute Create and expand spaces for the participation of (such as the Amazon Portal, in Belém), with attention to programs of learning and insertion in the labor market; (ECA) and in the International Convention on the Rights adolescents, encompassing the different spheres and the conservation of the environment; of the Child; stages of implementation and execution of public Promote and guarantee the implementation of the Child Qualify and invest in public safety professionals to act in policies in all areas that relate to childhood and and Adolescent Statute regarding the guarantee of That we, adolescents, seeking our duty to contribute to a welcoming and respectful manner in the community, adolescence; non-display for images of adolescents in the society, debate, for three days, topics of great relevance including schools; sensationalist media, taking into consideration the to respect for human dignity; Affirm and guarantee the Judiciary's role in Combat abuse of power, guaranteeing the freedom for investigations into the criminalization and homicide of dissemination of programs that stigmatize/criminalize the That we, adolescents, from all the debates held during young people to come and go without repression in adolescents and youth; youth. the Amazon Meeting, are against the reduction of the public places; Guarantee the right to public policies and the realization penal age because we know that it will not solve the Belém (PA), 11th of April, 2013. problem of violence in the country. Effect anti-militia policies; of opportunities, considering the particularities of each region and each people; That the population must understand that young people Fight discrimination by authorities against young people are the ones that die more and not those who kill more. and adolescents; Expand the quotas for admission to the universities for They want to blame us for the violence in the country. Promote development projects for the countryside and blacks, indigenous and students of public schools and That if there are young people who commit an infraction, indigenous reserves (basic sanitation, security, etc.); the rural areas; it is due to a lack of public policies, such as education, Foster public policies aimed at the rural community so Create the Youth Forum (children, adolescents and * The Charter of Principles for Adolescents and Young People housing, healthcare, social projects, etc. that young people can develop their capacities in their youth), with a direct agenda in the Legislature, with the presentation of bills, in addition to building study of the Legal Amazon was discussed, produced and presented * Therefore, we propose that the authorities: place of residence and stay in the countryside; centers, with the promotion of debates in civil society, to the authorities of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Give more value to the environment and respect for branches, during the 1st. Meeting of Adolescents of the Legal addressing the discussion of reality in the Amazon; Build more public spaces with social projects that involve indigenous people; Amazon, held in April 2013, in Belém (PA). Subsequently, the children and adolescents in educational, recreational, Encourage the creation of public school guilds as a form Invest in more housing; document was delivered to several authorities with the same professional, etc. activities, to help them build their lives of participation, and the government of each state powers in the other states of the region.

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- Charter of Principles for Adolescents - and Young People of the Legal Amazon* -

Childhood, adolescence and youth are fundamental stages in a healthy and dignified way. For we know that, Train people from the countryside and indigenous provide speakers to support the organization of these in human development and in the future formation of citizens. although these are basic rights already guaranteed by people in aspects of culture and leisure, technical guilds; On a social level, it is at this generational moment that the law, not everyone has the opportunity to participate in courses and investments in education; Affirm that the budget related to children, adolescents political, social and cultural profiles and historical moments of these projects and get away from violence, crime and Create and guarantee permanent spaces for the and young people, respecting their particularities, the territories are defined. That is why all public and civil mortality; socialization of experiences and information on topics of appear in websites that are created/updated and widely society policies, plans and actions focus their attention to this Include in the schools a discipline that discusses the interest to adolescents, with a view to the rights of disseminated, and that the Municipal Council fulfills its phase of life. Child and Adolescent Statute, as well as violence, drugs children and adolescents and school as a privileged role of overseeing, broadening the dissemination of all Despite these efforts, hundreds of adolescents and and sexuality, and sexual violence against children and place; mobilization spaces; young people around the world are excluded from adolescents, etc.; Support youth social and educational initiatives (such as Make complaints portals more visible and active. access to policies that assure even their most basic Support the holding of the World Social Forum for the the Youth United for Life in the Amazon (JUVA)) that Popularize the portals for denunciation and effect the rights. The young people of the Amazon are living in the guarantee of the rights of children and adolescents, so offer children and adolescents leisure activities, anonymity of the denouncer; context of a region with the worst rates of education, that all society is aware that we are subject to rights and vocational training, among others, in order to seek the Create spaces, cultural centers and leisure areas for the healthcare, cultural and leisure services, in addition to does not stand against what we have already achieved, union of youth by valuing life and dignity within the participation of young people, adolescents and workers; the serious and increasing rates of deadly violence, such as, for example, the penal age at 18 and initiatives Amazon scenario (because we know that not everyone Ensure that, before any major public works are reflected in the fact that several municipalities in the such as Adolescent Apprentice, etc.; has the opportunity to participate in these projects); region are among the most threatening to the lives of implemented, there are public hearings with children, Build public clinics to support adolescents and young Expand and guarantee the health and prevention adolescents and young people. adolescents and young people. That every process is not drug addicts; projects in the state and municipal public schools; only a matter of listening, but also an intervention, In addition to the context of violation, the Amazon is central Enable the performance of qualified and committed Promote and finance the debate in schools with the considering the diversity of our forests; to the interests of large projects, large public and commercial teachers, valuing their role as educators (salaries); presence of adolescents and young people from the investments and large infrastructure works, which, generally, Ensure that all land policy considers children, states for the purpose of explaining the issue of reducing instead of improving the lives of the population, further Support lectures in schools to educate students about adolescents and young people in any public policy the penal age, requiring the non-reduction of criminal accentuates the exclusion and the violence. their rights and responsibilities; project; majority and guarantee the commitment to the laws Create a special body to avoid school dropout; That the media stop oppressing youth; It is for these reasons that we, the adolescents and created with the objective of protecting of children and young people of the Legal Amazon, have gathered in Broaden public policies that encourage the participation adolescents; Develop more on the role of youth that is being Belém to discuss the context in which we live and the of young people in schools; oppressed by capitalist society; Create subsidies for the retention of young people in the problems we face in accessing rights and obstacles to Create free vocational courses and projects for youth rural areas through public policies that provide them Improve the condition of health posts and public 69 healthy development. and adolescents in all municipal and state public schools; with a quality education, in which the rural schools are hospitals, with more professionals for emergency and The goal is for our efforts to be recognized, our Create pre-college courses in public schools, considering autonomous and have a technical and higher education, emergency care, as well as equipment; demands heard and, more than that, to become concrete study models that already have an agreement; promoting employment opportunities in the rural areas Expand and make effective financial resources for youth policies and actions for us and the generations to come. through actions that prioritize the sale of products Create and expand health centers to care for children employment; Considerin produced by young people, also offering security and and adolescents; Ensure health posts and schools in indigenous villages; That all children and adolescents in Brazil have the right creating police posts in settlements with more than 70 Improve socio-educational care; Ensure the training of indigenous teachers; to full protection; families, as well as specialized healthcare centers, Create spaces for sports and leisure that stimulate prioritizing the care for children and adolescents in the Ensure basic sanitation, with adequate sewage treatment That participation in political life and in the discussion culture in the peripheries, in the Indigenous reserves and countryside; and waste/refuse collection, improving streets and roads; on matters of interest is one of the rights guaranteed to settlements; Provide more security in places of leisure Promote more opportunities for participation in all children, both in the Child and Adolescent Statute Create and expand spaces for the participation of (such as the Amazon Portal, in Belém), with attention to programs of learning and insertion in the labor market; (ECA) and in the International Convention on the Rights adolescents, encompassing the different spheres and the conservation of the environment; of the Child; stages of implementation and execution of public Promote and guarantee the implementation of the Child Qualify and invest in public safety professionals to act in policies in all areas that relate to childhood and and Adolescent Statute regarding the guarantee of That we, adolescents, seeking our duty to contribute to a welcoming and respectful manner in the community, adolescence; non-display for images of adolescents in the society, debate, for three days, topics of great relevance including schools; sensationalist media, taking into consideration the to respect for human dignity; Affirm and guarantee the Judiciary's role in Combat abuse of power, guaranteeing the freedom for investigations into the criminalization and homicide of dissemination of programs that stigmatize/criminalize the That we, adolescents, from all the debates held during young people to come and go without repression in adolescents and youth; youth. the Amazon Meeting, are against the reduction of the public places; Guarantee the right to public policies and the realization penal age because we know that it will not solve the Belém (PA), 11th of April, 2013. problem of violence in the country. Effect anti-militia policies; of opportunities, considering the particularities of each region and each people; That the population must understand that young people Fight discrimination by authorities against young people are the ones that die more and not those who kill more. and adolescents; Expand the quotas for admission to the universities for They want to blame us for the violence in the country. Promote development projects for the countryside and blacks, indigenous and students of public schools and That if there are young people who commit an infraction, indigenous reserves (basic sanitation, security, etc.); the rural areas; it is due to a lack of public policies, such as education, Foster public policies aimed at the rural community so Create the Youth Forum (children, adolescents and * The Charter of Principles for Adolescents and Young People housing, healthcare, social projects, etc. that young people can develop their capacities in their youth), with a direct agenda in the Legislature, with the presentation of bills, in addition to building study of the Legal Amazon was discussed, produced and presented * Therefore, we propose that the authorities: place of residence and stay in the countryside; centers, with the promotion of debates in civil society, to the authorities of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Give more value to the environment and respect for branches, during the 1st. Meeting of Adolescents of the Legal addressing the discussion of reality in the Amazon; Build more public spaces with social projects that involve indigenous people; Amazon, held in April 2013, in Belém (PA). Subsequently, the children and adolescents in educational, recreational, Encourage the creation of public school guilds as a form Invest in more housing; document was delivered to several authorities with the same professional, etc. activities, to help them build their lives of participation, and the government of each state powers in the other states of the region.

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Local and global change

“My first experience with people from outside my state and with other ways of thinking was at JUVA. I saw that my world was bigger and that I needed to do something. It’s quite a shock to wake up and see who I am today.” From that realization, Rodman da Silva Santos, from the municipality of Abaetetuba (PA), was present in councils, commissions and conferences. “I was opening spaces and entering in the discussions, such as the battle against reducing the penal age.” He saw the effect of his engagement when allegations of abuse in Marajó increased after he discussed the issue with students in schools. In Brasilia, he represented Pará in G38, a group formed by an adolescent from each state and 11 more representatives of segments, such as indigenous and quilombolas. At age 21, after two terms in the UNICEF Seal, he wants a country where children are a matter of absolute priority, “not just on paper, in a lobby or during one week of action”.

70 “The collective construction of city. There was also a small decrease in the UNICEF Seal, which brought the number of early pregnancies among together and articulated public pol- adolescents. “We’ve carried out a lot of icies, helped us to develop better campaigns. Every year, in the Week to structured programs and support Combat Abuse and Sexual Exploitation of municipalities in their plans”, says Children and Adolescents, in May, we walk Simão Bastos, State articulator in Pará through the streets, with cries of warning, and President of the Foundation of So- banners and posters. And the communi- cio-Educational Service of Pará (Fasepa). ty today recognizes the services that the In the municipality of Santa Bárbara do municipality performs”, says Marcia. Pará (PA), Márcia Góes, Social Assistance In addition, 147 municipalities report- Secretary and articulator, says that the ed having carried out campaigns to com- UNICEF Seal helped her to improve her role, bat child labor in the Amazon, where more “with a more technical and scientific quali- than 80,000 children aged 12 to 17 years ty.” Thus, CRAS professionals deepened ties only work, some of them harvesting crops with those of healthcare and also increased such as açaí and chestnut. The city halls the frequency of visits to communities further recorded 228 campaigns for child labor, away from the larger municipality. 219 active searches of children and ado- As a result, cases of neglect, abuse and lescents in this situation, with enrollment sexual violence against children and ado- in the Single Register for Social Programs lescents have been recorded with more (CadÚnico), and 132 compulsory notifica- frequency, thus reducing under-notifica- tions of children and adolescents in situation, a hitherto recurring problem in that tions of child labor.

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition 147 localities reported having campaigns to combat child labor

294 municipalities reported having Guardianship Councils with at least the minimum functioning standards in accordance with the ECA

71 186 initiatives for training health professionals in the use of the Adolescent Health Handbook

More than 3 thousand municipal agents have increased their knowledge about adolescent rights, violence, healthy eating, immunization, oral health, sexuality, teenage pregnancy and prevention

Age-grade distortion in the ﬁnal years (6th to 9th grade) of the municipal school network improved 7.7% between 2012 and 2015 among certiﬁed municipalities, while Brazil as a whole increased by 7.6%

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Among other Amazon cities, Tangará wells and 35%, wells dug by hand. da Serra (MT) drew attention to the fight In order to improve this scenario, against child labor in 2016, through a pa- UNICEF Seal training programs in 2016 rade on the main avenue of 500 children led to information for municipal and and adolescents, aged 7 to 14 years who state managers on water treatment, solid brought pinwheels, which has become waste management, waste cleaning and the symbol of the fight against child labor. drainage. The purpose was to make them The objective was to raise the awareness more aware of the basic human right to of trade and industry and increase the as- clean water and guide them to action, similation of citizens to the fulfillment of which involves the integration of several rights already guaranteed by law. secretariats such as Health, Environment, Infrastructure and Works. Of the participants in the edition, 181 municipalities Water and sewage recorded improvement measures among treatment access to water (75% of municipalities), basic sanitation (71%), refuse/waste col- Sanitation and health go hand in hand. lection and disposal (80%) and control of The access a mother and baby have to vectors that transmit diseases (87%). treated water and sewage contributes to UNICEF mobilization was also present on “Global Handwashing Day”, which, on the child’s right to survive and thrive be- October 15, highlights the importance of cause it lessens the chances of transmis- good hygiene practices to prevent disease. sion of diseases that can lead to infant One of these, diarrhea, still affects a large and maternal deaths. The lack of ade- 72 part of the population up to 6 years of age quate water for consumption and sanitary in the Amazon region. In order to minimize sewage affects not only health, but also pollution of streams and rivers, UNICEF’s the learning conditions and the dignity of social participation actions included re- children and adolescents, limiting their fuse/waste collection, with the involvement development. of adolescents and the Community. In the Amazon this is a priority theme, since there is plenty of water in the territory, but little is treated. Few municipali- Eliminating dengue ties in the region have approved their Ba- mosquito breeding sic Municipal Sanitation Plan (PMSB), but without it, they are prevented from receiv- grounds ing funds from the federal government for projects in the area. The plans are provid- In the Amazon, at least 215 munici- ed for in Federal Law No. 11,445 of 2007, pal and state technicians participated in or Basic Sanitation Law. training programs to deal with mosqui- According to data from the IBGE toes transmitting dengue fever, yellow fe- PNAD 2013, only 11% of the children liv- ver, chikungunya and the zika virus. They ing in poverty in the Amazon reside in set up and supported the Intersectoral places with sanitary sewage or rainwater Municipal Committee to Combat Aedes collection systems, 35% of which have Aegypti and promoted clean-up mobili- access to a septic tank not connected to zations. a sewage system, 46% use rudimentary Children, adolescents and their fami-

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition lies participated in thousands of activities affects the flow of schooling and learning to clarify the importance of combating in the region. the mosquito, with the participation of In the state of Maranhão alone, 3,623 municipal schools. Local media, such as active searches of children and adoles- radio and newspapers, as well as groups cents were carried out, in Amazonas, 1,693 of healthcare professionals on social net- and Pará, 894. In Acre, technicians went works, also collaborated. from door to door in rural areas. Among In all, 174 Amazon municipalities car- the municipalities registered in Tocantins ried out actions to eliminate mosquito 674 active searches of infrequent or aban- breeding grounds. The significant involve- doned children and adolescents were ment of children and adolescents in these carried out and the dropout rate in pri- actions, in the community and in schools mary/middle schools fell 39.2% from 2012 within the framework of the UNICEF Seal, to 2015. In Mato Grosso, where the drop made a difference in changing individual was 35.6%, 31 cities confirmed the active and community behaviors. search and 30 showed that they had im- The most endemic cities in Maranhão plemented school councils with the par- – such as Buriticupu, Pinheiro, and Timon ticipation of the adolescents and, at the – gave lessons in engagement with the same time, the UNICEF Seal Intersectoral union of different secretariats and in ef- Commissions strengthened these with forts for waste/refuse collection. The mu- the support of the State Department of nicipalities of Paraíso do Tocantins (TO) Education. and Apiacás (MT) distributed and plant- In the Amazon, the flood season can ed the crotalaria plant in public spaces, also affect the school calendar, since 73 whose flower attracts dragonflies that classes may be suspended for days, due eat mosquito larva. In Santarém (PA), all to a lack of access. In order to better neighborhood associations engaged in cope with this situation, the UNICEF Seal joint efforts, while Xambioá (TO) promot- edition worked on the theme of climate ed an appropriate site for old tires, and change in municipal schools and also en- Porto Velho (RO) relied on games and couraged municipal governments to cre- theatrical plays in the schools to unite ate the Municipal Civil Defense Commis- adolescents. sion to improve actions during disasters and emergencies. Also, in the region, the adequacy be- Less school dropout and tween the age of the student and the age-grade distortion grade enrolled has progressed. The distortion in the final years of primary/middle Certified municipalities reduced the schools of the municipal network among dropout rate in the municipal primary/ evaluated Amazon municipalities fell middle school network by 19%, from 2012 9.3%, from 2012 to 2015, while in Brazil as to 2015. They collaborated in the search a whole, the decrease was lower, at 7.6%. for infrequent children and adolescents, The elaboration of the Municipal Edu- or those who had abandoned school in at cation Plan by 215 municipalities, with ob- least 191 municipalities in the Amazon, as jectives and goals for advancement of the well as campaigns to combat child labor, area, collaborated with this improvement. violation of rights, for which seasonality The more the municipalities tracked the

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74 daily the development of the students, about ethnic-racial relations, Afro-Brazil- the more they contributed to avoid nonat- ian, African and indigenous peoples’ histo- tendance and dropout, which were caus- ry and culture, and 19,868 on education of ing the lag between the age and the ap- children and adolescents with disabilities. propriate grade. Kennedy Leite da Silva, Executive Secre- Also, 73 municipalities of Mato Grosso tary of Undime-RR, a local partner, approved registered in the UNICEF Seal stood out of UNICEF’s contribution to educational for their reduction of the age-grade dis- technicians. “About 70% of our secretaries tortion for the final years of the primary/ have received training. The subjects have middle schools of the municipal network generated interest for teachers in municipal from 24.3% in 2012 to 15.5% in 2015, an im- networks. In addition to the financial chal- provement of 36%. The creation, by 32 mu- lenges, municipal governments still have a nicipalities, of the Municipal Education Plan lot to do with advancing the technical train- helped in the advance of the indicator. ing of personnel”, he observes. The need to improve the quality of pri- Driven by its participation in the mary/middle education persisted in the UNICEF Seal, the municipality of Rio Bran- Amazon municipalities. For this reason, co (AC) has also focused on improving the state governments supported the ongoing student/family/school relationship by cre- training of teachers of this stage, in terms of ating more spaces for dialogue, including curricular contextualization for the Amazon students with disabilities in all schools and reality, so that children and adolescents rec- daycare centers in the municipality and ognize and learn more about their region. creating new teaching centers and places In all, 18,374 teachers accessed knowledge for leisure.

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition In the sum of efforts to ensure the deal Indigenous Foundation (Funai) enabled velopment of children and adolescents, a professionalization course for indigenous 207 Amazon municipalities promoted so- teachers, who also receive remuneration cial mobilization with sport and citizenship similar to that of non-Indigenous teachers. themes that guaranteed the right to prac- After the 1st Community Forum, per- tice sports, through safe and inclusive rec- ceptions of rights increased and the pop- reational activities in school environments ulation began to demand better facilities, and community spaces. Maranhão and everything from toys and classrooms to Mato Grosso led, with 42 initiatives each, food. Schools began to rely on nutrition- followed by Pará, with 35 and Tocantins, 28. ists and regional food, in accordance with On the Peruvian border, Atalaia do local habits. The CRAS team has been Norte (AM), with 19,000 inhabitants, has strengthened – in the municipalities of the improved the learning and approval rates Alto Solimões area, this is a service that of its children. The percentage of municipal still needs to be augmented. public schools that met or exceeded IDEB’s “You can only transform society with target in the early years rose from zero to Education. I was very excited about the 100 percent between 2011 and 2015. UNICEF’s “Brazilian Out of School Children Multiple factors have contributed to the Initiative”. We conducted the active search, educational advances of this extensive mu- and then you think, ‘Why is this child out of nicipality on the banks of the Javari River, school?’ And then we saw how the life of with rural, indigenous and riverine commu- those children can change”, recalls Nailson nities and the flow of foreigners. The school Tenazor, Atalaia do Norte’s articulator and staff, from the caterers to the teachers, re- Secretary of Communication (2013-2014) 75 ceived support in training, which raised and Secretary of the Governor’s Office the collective commitment. A partnership (2015-2016), who relocated 48 children and with the state government and the Nation- adolescents back into school. “These are

Ongoing education of primary and middle school teachers

Teachers trained in ethnic-racial relations, Teachers trained in the States Afro-Brazilian, African and indigenous education of children and peoples’ history and culture adolescents with disabilities

Amapá 467 506

1.685, including 50 indigenous Amazonas 1,541 teachers

Maranhão 7,096 7,445

Pará 4,861 7,268

Roraima 398 684

Tocantins 4,011 2,280

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small achievements that become great. We become more integrated and we began to feel bigger.” SCIA IMPACT AIS Like other Amazon municipalities, the To ensure first place in public policies city faced data connection problems, which affected the loading of the SOMA platform. “The Internet drove us crazy; both for research and access to documen- tation, and for sending the materials to the UNICEF Seal”, says Nailson. Daycare and preschool All children and adolescents in the municipality must have regular access their rights, in compliance with the Expanding access to daycare centers International Convention on the Rights and preschools challenges the Amazon mu- of the Child (CRC), as well as the Child nicipalities. In Pará, the logic of the UNICEF and Adolescent Statute (ECA) Seal methodology helped the city of Benev- ides improve “the education network’s view of equity”. This is what municipal Secretary To carry out effective actions of Education, Professor Leila Freire, proudly to ensure the functioning of the proclaims when presenting one of the three Municipal Council for the Rights of new Municipal Infant Education Centers 76 Children and Adolescents (CMDCA), in accordance with the requirements (CMEI), created with federal support from of the ECA, and the operations of the the National Fund for Education Develop- Guardianship Council, as well as the ment (FNDE), in an architectural and peda- execution of protective actions for children and adolescents before, gogical education standard that guarantees during and after disasters/ adequate learning spaces for young children. emergencies. With decentralization, Raimunda Fabri- cio Costa, mother of William Davi Costa de Lima, 5 years, now goes to work free from worry because, before 7 am, she drops he The municipality must improve: the son at CMEI Jardim das Juritis preschool, number of effective actions by the where he also has lunch. The Center was CMDCA and the Guardianship Council; local laws that prioritize children and installed in 2014 in the Cohab neighbor- adolescents; social indicators that hood, which previously lacked child edu- most affect the child and adolescent cation facilities. In 2016, it served 292 stu- population dents and had 43 employees. In the rural area of Benevides, in the Santa Maria neighborhood on the banks of the Taiassui River, another example: the large and well-structured Angélica de Souza Sales Municipal School for Infant and Primary Education (EMEIF) replaced, in 2016, the old and neighboring school of the same name. The previous facilities

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition Taking a leading role as a multiplier

“For me – activist, professional, academic, discerning –, JUVA has helped me realize that it is necessary to organize in order to fight. I saw that the suffering due to the impact of the grand construction projects on the lives of children and adolescents in Jaci-Paraná [Porto Velho district] was not just mine”. This is how Wilson Guilherme Dias Pereira, a 19-year-old student from Rondônia state, reports his awakening to public participation, when he also discovered the existence of Rights Councils. Now I work in the Secretariat of Social Assistance, strengthening the councils. The JUVA network gave me the ability to help change the lives of other people. The role is liberating and only this can make politics happen for real.”

The time and the place are here and now

“You won’t know what a child needs if you do not ask. Listening attentively to what children are thinking and feeling about their situation is what allows us to build 77 the future,” according to Amanda de Cássia Pinheiro Corrêa, 19, a physical education student from Abaetetuba (PA) who has participated in UNICEF Seal activities since the age of 10. Mindful of childhood causes, she began to teach dance in a municipal school in a vulnerable neighborhood, where she could help with “problem children” and realized that, in fact, “they just needed to talk and be heard.” From her long experience on discussion forums, she fires off a message: “Politicians, stop generating adults with limitations, invest in the children now, change their reality today, fulfill your obligations.”

had low ceilings and dark and stuffy rooms. program, CRAS in neighborhoods with cul- The new building, with 22 employees, now tural activities for children and adolescents, has restrooms inside the building and ac- and support from non-governmental foun- cess for those with disabilities, a kitchen, dation management programs. As a result, a library, sports courts and serves 194 stu- the city has increased the percentage of mu- dents from daycare to 5th grade. nicipal public schools that met or exceeded A coordinated series of measures con- the IDEB goal in the initial years from 58.3% tributed to the municipality’s progression in to 92.9% between 2011 and 2015. Another learning: continuous teacher training, on- highlight was to purge the rate of drop-out going monitoring of pedagogical activities, in primary/middle school in municipal net- adherence to the More Education federal work, which in 2012 was 2.1%.

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition Chapter 5 New achievements require new efforts

emi-Arid and Amazon municipalities odology on completion of the edition pre- that were evaluated and certified by sented here, as well as listening to those Sthe UNICEF Seal – 2013-1026 Edi- who participated in it, have contributed to tion have evolved to guarantee the rights the improvement of actions. Among the in- of children and adolescents and to reduce novations are the figure of the youth and inequalities in the provision of healthcare, adolescent mobilizer, which identifies and education and assistance, as demonstrat- stimulates the active participation of this ed by the set of quantitative and qualita- segment in the creation and execution of tive results presented in this publication. policies, in addition to monitoring the num- Nevertheless, even with progress, ber of children under 5 years of age with there is much room for improvement, as high weight-for-age, and of pregnant wom- several rights are still being violated in en with syphilis who are undergoing ade- 78 both regions, which requires even more quate treatment. commitment. It is imperative to univer- The new edition of the UNICEF Seal co- salize the civil registration of births, to incides, in 2017, with the periodical update ensure access to school at the right age of the UNICEF Country Program in Brazil, with effective learning, to reduce preg- within which this initiative is inserted. The nancy among girls aged 10 to 14 and to United Nations Children’s Fund will work significantly reduce the number of ho- continuously in Brazil to ensure the rights of micides among the population of 10 to excluded children and adolescents; guar- 19 years. At the same time, the most vul- anteeing quality public policies for children nerable and excluded cannot be left out. and adolescents in situations of social vul- They need to be assisted by new specific nerability; preventing and addressing all municipal public policies. forms of extreme violence against children In view of this, the UNICEF Seal con- and adolescents. tinues to be a challenge for the 2017-2020 The results show that current policies edition. The promotion of intersectoral re- aimed at the population aged 0 to 17 still sults-based management will encourage need improvement in order to consolidate municipalities to further advance the rights the inclusion of young children who have al- of children and adolescents, provided in ready been reached, and, in parallel, more the Child and Adolescent Statute (ECA), initiatives must be created to reach those in order to minimize inequalities and excluded, many of them living today in the strengthen the implementation of policies Semi-Arid and Amazon regions. The way for childhood and adolescence. is set and clear: new achievements will re- Evaluations and revisions of the meth- quire new efforts.

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UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition ACRONMS

ASA - Agente de Saúde Adolescente LOA - Lei Orçamentária Anual BPC - Benefício da Prestação Continuada MEC - Ministério da Educação CadÚnico - Cadastro Único para Programas Sociais MS - Ministério da Saúde CEU - Centro de Artes e Esportes Uniﬁcados NUCA - Núcleo de Cidadania dos Adolescentes CMDCA - Conselho Municipal de Defesa dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente ODM - Objetivos de Desenvolvimento do Milênio CMEI - Centro Municipal de Educação Infantil PME - Programa Mais Educação CPN - Centro de Parto Normal PMSB - Plano Municipal de Saneamento Básico CRAS - Centro de Referência de Assistência Social Pnad - Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios CREAS - Centro de Referência Especializado de Assistência Social Pnaic - Programa de Alfabetização na Idade Certa ECA - Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente PPA - Plano Plurianual EMEIF - Escola Municipal de Ensino Infantil e Fundamental PSE - Programa Saúde na Escola Fasepa - Fundação de Atendimento Socioeducativo do Pará PSF - Programa Saúde da Família FNDE - Fundo Nacional de Desenvolvimento da Educação SCFV - Serviço de Convivência e Fortalecimento de Vínculos IBGE - Instituto Brasileiro de Geograﬁa e Estatística SIM - Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade IDEB - Índice de Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica SINASC - Sistema de Informações sobre Nascidos Vivos INEP - Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira SISVAN - Sistema de Vigilância Alimentar e Nutricional IPTU - Imposto Predial e Territorial Urbano SOMA - Sistema de Orientação, Monitoramento e Avaliação JUVA - Juventude Unida Pela Vida na Amazônia TRD - Teste Rápido Diagnóstico LIRAa - Levantamento Rápido do Índice de Infestação por Aedes aegypti UBS - Unidade Básica de Saúde PARTNERS The advancement of the UNICEF Seal Edition - as only possible ith the invaluable support of committed local partners ho or alongside UNICEF.

80 Semi-Arid AMAZON Ação Social Arquidiocesana (ASA) Amazon Sat Articulação do Semiárido (ASA) Assembleia Legislativa de Rondônia Associação dos Municípios Alagoanos (AMA) Associação das Primeiras Damas do Mato Grosso (APDM) Associação Municipalista de Pernambuco (AMUPE) Associação dos Municípios do Acre (AMAP) Associação para o Desenvolvimento dos Municípios do Ceará (APDM-CE) Associação Matogrossense de Municípios (AMM) Casa Pequeno Davi Associação Tocantinense de Municípios (ATM-TO) Centro das Mulheres do Cabo Centro de Defesa dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente – CEDECA Glória de Yvone (TO) Centro de Defesa dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente - CEDECA Casa Renascer Colegiado Estadual de Gestores Municipais de Assistência Social de Roraima (Coegemas-RR) Centro Dom José Brandão de Castro (CDJBC) Conselho Estadual dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente (CEDCA-AC) Cipó – Comunicação Interativa Conselho Estadual dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente (CEDCA-MT) Conselho Estadual dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente (CEDCA-AL) Conselho Estadual dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente (CEDCA-PA) Conselho Estadual dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente (CEDCA–PB) Conselho Estadual dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente (CEDCA-RO) Conselho Estadual dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente (CEDCA–PE) Escola de Formação de Governantes do Maranhão (EFG-MA) Escola de Conselhos da Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE) Federação dos Municípios do Estado do Maranhão (FAMEM) Federação das Associações dos Municípios da Paraíba (FAMUP) Governo do Estado de Rondônia Governo do Estado da Paraíba pela Secretaria de Direitos Humanos Governo do Estado de Roraima Governo do Estado de Alagoas pela Secretaria Estadual de Desenvolvimento e Assistência Social Governo do Estado do Acre Governo do Estado de Pernambuco pela Secretaria da Juventude Governo do Estado do Amapá Juspopuli - Escritório de Direitos Humanos Governo do Estado do Amazonas Ministério Público da Paraíba Governo do Estado do Maranhão Ministério Público de Pernambuco - Infância/Juventude Governo do Estado do Mato Grosso Movimento Pró-Desenvolvimento Comunitário Governo do Estado do Pará Oﬁcina de Imagens – Comunicação e Educação Governo do Estado do Tocantins Pacto Um Mundo para a Criança e Adolescente do Semiárido de AL Instituto Peabiru Pacto Um Mundo para a Criança e Adolescente do Semiárido de PB Ministério Público Estadual de Rondônia Pacto Um Mundo para a Criança e Adolescente do Semiárido de PE Ministério Público Estadual do Amapá Promotoria da Infância e da Juventude da Paraíba Tribunal Regional Eleitoral de Roraima Rede de Educação do Semiárido Brasileiro (RESAB) União dos Dirigentes Municipais de Educação de Roraima (Undime-RR) Serviço de Tecnologia Alternativa (Serta) União dos Dirigentes Municipais de Educação do Maranhão (Undime-MA) Tribunal de Justiça do Estado da Paraíba Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA) Tribunal de Justiça do Estado de Alagoas Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA) Corporate partners Celpe, Coelba, Coelce, Cosern, Fundação Telefônica, Petrobras, VIM Corporate partners Celpa, Cemar, Energisa

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition ACRONMS

Semi-Arid AMAZON 81 Ação Social Arquidiocesana (ASA) Amazon Sat Articulação do Semiárido (ASA) Assembleia Legislativa de Rondônia Associação dos Municípios Alagoanos (AMA) Associação das Primeiras Damas do Mato Grosso (APDM) Associação Municipalista de Pernambuco (AMUPE) Associação dos Municípios do Acre (AMAP) Associação para o Desenvolvimento dos Municípios do Ceará (APDM-CE) Associação Matogrossense de Municípios (AMM) Casa Pequeno Davi Associação Tocantinense de Municípios (ATM-TO) Centro das Mulheres do Cabo Centro de Defesa dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente – CEDECA Glória de Yvone (TO) Centro de Defesa dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente - CEDECA Casa Renascer Colegiado Estadual de Gestores Municipais de Assistência Social de Roraima (Coegemas-RR) Centro Dom José Brandão de Castro (CDJBC) Conselho Estadual dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente (CEDCA-AC) Cipó – Comunicação Interativa Conselho Estadual dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente (CEDCA-MT) Conselho Estadual dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente (CEDCA-AL) Conselho Estadual dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente (CEDCA-PA) Conselho Estadual dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente (CEDCA–PB) Conselho Estadual dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente (CEDCA-RO) Conselho Estadual dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente (CEDCA–PE) Escola de Formação de Governantes do Maranhão (EFG-MA) Escola de Conselhos da Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE) Federação dos Municípios do Estado do Maranhão (FAMEM) Federação das Associações dos Municípios da Paraíba (FAMUP) Governo do Estado de Rondônia Governo do Estado da Paraíba pela Secretaria de Direitos Humanos Governo do Estado de Roraima Governo do Estado de Alagoas pela Secretaria Estadual de Desenvolvimento e Assistência Social Governo do Estado do Acre Governo do Estado de Pernambuco pela Secretaria da Juventude Governo do Estado do Amapá Juspopuli - Escritório de Direitos Humanos Governo do Estado do Amazonas Ministério Público da Paraíba Governo do Estado do Maranhão Ministério Público de Pernambuco - Infância/Juventude Governo do Estado do Mato Grosso Movimento Pró-Desenvolvimento Comunitário Governo do Estado do Pará Oﬁcina de Imagens – Comunicação e Educação Governo do Estado do Tocantins Pacto Um Mundo para a Criança e Adolescente do Semiárido de AL Instituto Peabiru Pacto Um Mundo para a Criança e Adolescente do Semiárido de PB Ministério Público Estadual de Rondônia Pacto Um Mundo para a Criança e Adolescente do Semiárido de PE Ministério Público Estadual do Amapá Promotoria da Infância e da Juventude da Paraíba Tribunal Regional Eleitoral de Roraima Rede de Educação do Semiárido Brasileiro (RESAB) União dos Dirigentes Municipais de Educação de Roraima (Undime-RR) Serviço de Tecnologia Alternativa (Serta) União dos Dirigentes Municipais de Educação do Maranhão (Undime-MA) Tribunal de Justiça do Estado da Paraíba Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA) Tribunal de Justiça do Estado de Alagoas Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA) Corporate partners Celpe, Coelba, Coelce, Cosern, Fundação Telefônica, Petrobras, VIM Corporate partners Celpa, Cemar, Energisa

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition CERTIFIED MUNICIPALITIES ELIGIBLE REGISTERED ENGAGED/ CERTIFIED 1,502 MUNICIPALITIES 1,134 658 EVALUATED 312 SEMI-ARID Alagoas – 10 municipalities Ceará – 83 municipalities Itapajé Ubajara Damião Petrolândia Marcolândia Lucrécia Arapiraca Acaraú Itapipoca Várzea Alegre Dona Inês Petrolina Monsenhor Hipólito Macaíba Coité do Nóia Acopiara Itatira Viçosa do Ceará Emas Poção Olho D'Água do Piauí Major Sales Delmiro Gouveia Altaneira Jaguaribe Espírito Santo – 8 municipalities Esperança Salgueiro Paquetá Martins Limoeiro de Anadia Alto Santo Jaguaruana Colatina Frei Martinho Santa Cruz da Baixa Verde Patos do Piauí Messias Targino Palmeira dos Índios Aquiraz Jati Jaguaré Juru Santa Maria da Boa Vista Paulistana Nova Cruz Piranhas Aracati Jijoca de Jericoacoara Montanha Lucena Santa Terezinha Picos Olho-d'Água do Borges Quebrangulo Araripe Jucás Mucurici Mogeiro São Bento do Una Pio IX Ouro Branco São Sebastião Barbalha Limoeiro do Norte Nova Venécia Monteiro São Caitano Piripiri Parazinho Santa Cruz do Piauí Taquarana Barreira Maracanaú Pinheiros Nazarezinho São José do Egito Parelhas Marco Serra Talhada Santa Rosa do Piauí Teotônio Vilela Barroquinha Ponto Belo Nova Palmeira Rio do Fogo Massapê Ouro Velho Sertânia São Félix do Piauí Bahia – 28 municipalities Beberibe São Gabriel da Palha Passa e Fica Amargosa Bela Cruz Mauriti Minas Gerais – 16 municipalities Picuí Surubim São João do Piauí Milhã Pombal Tacaimbó São Miguel do Tapuio Pau dos Ferros Andaraí Brejo Santo Águas Vermelhas Portalegre Barreiras Miraíma Santa Helena Tacaratu Simões Camocim Araçuaí Serra Caiada Brumado Campos Sales Missão Velha Bonito de Minas Santa Inês Tuparetama Sussuapara Riacho da Cruz Caetité Cariré Morrinhos Capelinha Joca Claudino Venturosa Teresina Rodolfo Fernandes Condeúba Cascavel Ocara Chapada Gaúcha São Francisco Piauí – 41 municipalities Vila Nova do Piauí Santa Cruz Cordeiros Coreaú Pacoti Claro dos Poções São José dos Cordeiros Acauã Rio Grande do Norte Coribe Crato Palhano Divisa Alegre São Mamede Água Branca – 51 municipalities Santana do Seridó Encruzilhada Crateús Palmácia Jequitinhonha Solânea Alagoinha do Piauí Acari São João do Sabugi Afonso Bezerra Glória Croatá Parambu Juvenília Taperoá Alvorada do Gurguéia São José do Seridó Alto do Rodrigues Irecê Cruz Penaforte Lassance Pernambuco – 35 municipalities Aroazes São Paulo do Potengi Antônio Martins Itatim Deputado Irapuan Pinheiro Pereiro Montalvânia Águas Belas Arraial São Tomé Piquet Carneiro Apodi Lagoa Real Ererê Pai Pedro Arcoverde Beneditinos Severiano Melo Pires Ferreira Baía Formosa Lapão Eusébio Patis Bezerros Bom Jesus Tenente Laurentino Cruz Poranga Bento Fernandes Maetinga Farias Brito Pirapora Bonito Buriti dos Montes Timbaúba dos Batistas Porteiras Caldeirão Grande do Piauí Brejinho Mulungu do Morro Forquilha Porteirinha Brejinho Upanema Potiretama Cabrobó Campinas do Piauí Cerro Corá Muquém de São Francisco Fortim Turmalina Venha-Ver Quixeré Caruaru Campo Grande do Piauí Coronel João Pessoa Nova Fátima Frecheirinha Paraíba – 32 municipalities Vera Cruz Redenção Casinhas Campo Maior Currais Novos Paulo Afonso General Sampaio Viçosa Russas Aparecida Cedro Capitão Gervásio Oliveira Doutor Severiano Sergipe – 8 municipalities Riachão do Jacuípe Granja Salitre Bananeiras Flores Castelo do Piauí Parnamirim 82 Rodelas Groaíras São Gonçalo do Amarante Bayeux Ibimirim Cocal Extremoz Aquidabã Ruy Barbosa Guaramiranga São João do Jaguaribe Bernardino Batista Itacuruba Conceição do Canindé Florânia Frei Paulo Serra Dourada Horizonte São Luís do Curu Bom Jesus Itambé Curralinhos Guamaré Itabaiana Tanhaçu Ibiapina Sobral Cabaceiras João Alfredo Dom Expedito Lopes Ipueira Itabaianinha Uauá Iguatu Solonópole Cabedelo Lagoa Grande Fronteiras Itaú Lagarto Urandi Iracema Tabuleiro do Norte Campina Grande Limoeiro Hugo Napoleão Janduís Propriá Valente Irauçuba Tauá Cubati Orobó Ipiranga do Piauí Jucurutu Ribeirópolis Vitória da Conquista Itaiçaba Tianguá Cuité Panelas Itainópolis Lajes Simão Dias

805 ELIGIBLE 611REGISTERED 294 ENGAGED/EVALUATED 192 CERTIFIED AMAZON MUNICIPALITIES

Acre – 9 municipalities Itapiranga Governador Eugênio Barros Mato Grosso – 30 municipalities Querência Novo Repartimento Cerejeiras Arapoema Bujari Manacapuru Humberto de Campos Acorizal Santo Antônio do Leste Oriximiná Corumbiara Babaçulândia Cruzeiro do Sul Manicoré Imperatriz Alta Floresta São Félix do Araguaia Ourém Cujubim Brasilândia do Tocantins Jordão Maués Itapecuru Mirim Alto Taquari São José do Rio Claro Ourilândia do Norte Espigão D'Oeste Chapada de Areia Colinas do Tocantins Mâncio Lima Nova Olinda do Norte Nina Rodrigues Apiacás Sinop Palestina do Pará Jaru Marechal Thaumaturgo Presidente Figueiredo Arenápolis Tangará da Serra Paragominas Monte Negro Colméia Nova Iorque Dianópolis Rio Branco Maranhão – 42 municipalities Barra do Bugres Pará – 39 municipalities Parauapebas Novo Horizonte do Oeste Paraibano Parecis Dois Irmãos do Tocantins Rodrigues Alves Açailândia Pastos Bons Cáceres Abaetetuba Placas Goianorte Sena Madureira Afonso Cunha Campo Novo do Parecis Ananindeua Santa Bárbara do Pará Pimenteiras do Oeste Paulo Ramos Presidente Médici Guaraí Tarauacá Alto Parnaíba Pedreiras Campo Verde Augusto Corrêa Santa Cruz do Arari Gurupi Amapá – 4 municipalities Araioses Cláudia Aurora do Pará Santa Isabel do Pará Santa Luzia D'Oeste Pinheiro São Francisco do Guaporé Juarina Calçoene Bacabal Comodoro Baião Santarém Pio XII São Miguel do Guaporé Palmas Macapá Bacabeira Cuiabá Benevides São Caetano de Odivelas Porto Franco Seringueiras Palmeirópolis Santana Balsas Glória D'Oeste Canaã dos Carajás São Miguel do Guamá Paraíso do Tocantins Presidente Vargas Vale do Paraíso Vitória do Jari Barão de Grajaú Ipiranga do Norte Capitão Poço Senador José Porfírio Roraima – 5 municipalities Pedro Afonso Amazonas – 15 municipalities Barreirinhas Rosário Jangada Curuá Tracuateua Pium São Domingos do Maranhão Amajari Anamã Buriti Bravo Marcelândia Curuçá Tucumã Boa Vista Porto Nacional Benjamin Constant Buriticupu São João do Soter Matupá Goianésia do Pará Tucuruí Caracaraí Recursolândia Borba Caxias São João dos Patos Nobres Irituia Viseu Mucajaí Rio Sono Santa Rita do Tocantins Careiro da Várzea Cedral São José de Ribamar Nortelândia Itaituba Vitória do Xingu Rorainópolis Santa Rosa do Tocantins Coari Chapadinha Sucupira do Riachão Paranaíta Jacareacanga Xinguara Tocantins – 30 municipalities São Valério da Natividade Fonte Boa Codó Timon Pedra Preta Marabá Rondônia – 18 municipalities Aliança do Tocantins Sítio Novo do Tocantins Humaitá Coelho Neto Trizidela do Vale Pontes e Lacerda Araguacema Marituba Alto Alegre dos Parecis Talismã Ipixuna Coroatá Urbano Santos Porto dos Gaúchos Muaná Buritis Araguaína Araguanã Xambioá Itacoatiara Estreito Vargem Grande Primavera do Leste Novo Progresso Cacoal

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition !"#$#!%&&!'$()$*!% + CERTIFIED MUNICIPALITIES ELIGIBLE REGISTERED ENGAGED/ CERTIFIED 1,502 MUNICIPALITIES 1,134 658 EVALUATED 312 SEMI-ARID Alagoas – 10 municipalities Ceará – 83 municipalities Itapajé Ubajara Damião Petrolândia Marcolândia Lucrécia Arapiraca Acaraú Itapipoca Várzea Alegre Dona Inês Petrolina Monsenhor Hipólito Macaíba Coité do Nóia Acopiara Itatira Viçosa do Ceará Emas Poção Olho D'Água do Piauí Major Sales Delmiro Gouveia Altaneira Jaguaribe Espírito Santo – 8 municipalities Esperança Salgueiro Paquetá Martins Limoeiro de Anadia Alto Santo Jaguaruana Colatina Frei Martinho Santa Cruz da Baixa Verde Patos do Piauí Messias Targino Palmeira dos Índios Aquiraz Jati Jaguaré Juru Santa Maria da Boa Vista Paulistana Nova Cruz Piranhas Aracati Jijoca de Jericoacoara Montanha Lucena Santa Terezinha Picos Olho-d'Água do Borges Quebrangulo Araripe Jucás Mucurici Mogeiro São Bento do Una Pio IX Ouro Branco São Sebastião Barbalha Limoeiro do Norte Nova Venécia Monteiro São Caitano Piripiri Parazinho Santa Cruz do Piauí Taquarana Barreira Maracanaú Pinheiros Nazarezinho São José do Egito Parelhas Marco Serra Talhada Santa Rosa do Piauí Teotônio Vilela Barroquinha Ponto Belo Nova Palmeira Rio do Fogo Massapê Ouro Velho Sertânia São Félix do Piauí Bahia – 28 municipalities Beberibe São Gabriel da Palha Passa e Fica Amargosa Bela Cruz Mauriti Minas Gerais – 16 municipalities Picuí Surubim São João do Piauí Milhã Pombal Tacaimbó São Miguel do Tapuio Pau dos Ferros Andaraí Brejo Santo Águas Vermelhas Portalegre Barreiras Miraíma Santa Helena Tacaratu Simões Camocim Araçuaí Serra Caiada Brumado Campos Sales Missão Velha Bonito de Minas Santa Inês Tuparetama Sussuapara Riacho da Cruz Caetité Cariré Morrinhos Capelinha Joca Claudino Venturosa Teresina Rodolfo Fernandes Condeúba Cascavel Ocara Chapada Gaúcha São Francisco Piauí – 41 municipalities Vila Nova do Piauí Santa Cruz Cordeiros Coreaú Pacoti Claro dos Poções São José dos Cordeiros Acauã Rio Grande do Norte Coribe Crato Palhano Divisa Alegre São Mamede Água Branca – 51 municipalities Santana do Seridó Encruzilhada Crateús Palmácia Jequitinhonha Solânea Alagoinha do Piauí Acari São João do Sabugi Afonso Bezerra Glória Croatá Parambu Juvenília Taperoá Alvorada do Gurguéia São José do Seridó Alto do Rodrigues Irecê Cruz Penaforte Lassance Pernambuco – 35 municipalities Aroazes São Paulo do Potengi Antônio Martins Itatim Deputado Irapuan Pinheiro Pereiro Montalvânia Águas Belas Arraial São Tomé Piquet Carneiro Apodi Lagoa Real Ererê Pai Pedro Arcoverde Beneditinos Severiano Melo Pires Ferreira Baía Formosa Lapão Eusébio Patis Bezerros Bom Jesus Tenente Laurentino Cruz Poranga Bento Fernandes Maetinga Farias Brito Pirapora Bonito Buriti dos Montes Timbaúba dos Batistas Porteiras Caldeirão Grande do Piauí Brejinho Mulungu do Morro Forquilha Porteirinha Brejinho Upanema Potiretama Cabrobó Campinas do Piauí Cerro Corá Muquém de São Francisco Fortim Turmalina Venha-Ver Quixeré Caruaru Campo Grande do Piauí Coronel João Pessoa Nova Fátima Frecheirinha Paraíba – 32 municipalities Vera Cruz Redenção Casinhas Campo Maior Currais Novos Paulo Afonso General Sampaio Viçosa Russas Aparecida Cedro Capitão Gervásio Oliveira Doutor Severiano Sergipe – 8 municipalities Riachão do Jacuípe Granja Salitre Bananeiras Flores Castelo do Piauí Parnamirim Rodelas Groaíras São Gonçalo do Amarante Bayeux Ibimirim Cocal Extremoz Aquidabã 83 Ruy Barbosa Guaramiranga São João do Jaguaribe Bernardino Batista Itacuruba Conceição do Canindé Florânia Frei Paulo Serra Dourada Horizonte São Luís do Curu Bom Jesus Itambé Curralinhos Guamaré Itabaiana Tanhaçu Ibiapina Sobral Cabaceiras João Alfredo Dom Expedito Lopes Ipueira Itabaianinha Uauá Iguatu Solonópole Cabedelo Lagoa Grande Fronteiras Itaú Lagarto Urandi Iracema Tabuleiro do Norte Campina Grande Limoeiro Hugo Napoleão Janduís Propriá Valente Irauçuba Tauá Cubati Orobó Ipiranga do Piauí Jucurutu Ribeirópolis Vitória da Conquista Itaiçaba Tianguá Cuité Panelas Itainópolis Lajes Simão Dias

805 ELIGIBLE 611REGISTERED 294 ENGAGED/EVALUATED 192 CERTIFIED AMAZON MUNICIPALITIES

UNICEF Seal Results – 2013-2016 Edition !"#$#!%&&!'$()$*!% + Special thanks to

Abdalaziz Moura, Abelardo Petter, Adriana Alvarenga, Adriana Maia, Adriana Mitre, Aldinéa Costa, Aldinete Silvino, Alexandre Amorim, Alexandre Ferreira, Aline Andrade, Amélia Prudente, Ana Carla Carlos, Ana Carolina Silveira, Ana Cristina Matos, Ana Vilma Braga, Andreia Barbosa, Andréia Neri, Andresa Melo, Antonella Scolamiero, Antônio Carlos Cabral, Armando de Paula, Augediva Pordeus, Augusto Souza, Boris Diechtiareff, Bruno Diniz, Bruno Viécili, Caio Oliveira, Camila Camilo, Camila Carvalho, Camila Teixeira, Carla Barbosa, Carolina Coimbra, Carolina Furtado, Carolina Velho, Casimira Benge, Cássia Carvalho, Christianne Moreira, Claudette Ribeiro, Claudia Porto, Claudio Melo, Cléber Ribeiro, Cleidmar Oliveira, Cristina Albuquerque, Daniel Graziani, Daniela Silva, Danielle Pereira, Dariane Sousa, Davi Araújo, Dayanne Mendes, Débora Marjorie, Denise Meneses, Diane Pereira Sousa, Diego Alves, Dinabel Vilas-Boas, Diva Fernandes, Durval Francisco de Souza, Edilene Borges Marinho, Edith Asibey, Edla Albuquerque, Eliana Almeida, Elisa Meirelles Reis, Elizangela Miranda, Emanuela de Medeiros, Emly Costa, Érica Braga Lopes, Esperanza Vives, Evilasia Nunes, Fabiana Bento, Fabiana Gorenstein, Fabiana Silva, Fabiana Terra, Fábio Morais, Fabio Pena, Fernando Guimarães Ramos, Francisca Maria Andrade, Francisca Morgana Dantas, Francisco Alencar Moura, Francisco Costa, Gabriel Coaracy, Gabriela Gazola, Gabriela Goulart Mora, Gary Stahl, Germano Ferreira, Guilherme Jacob, Hanna Matos, Hanoy Barroso, Helena Oliveira, Helvio Polito, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Ida Pietricovsky Oliveira, Iêda Pires, Immaculada Prieto, Inácio França, Inaldo Marques, Irismar Santana, Italo Beethoven, Ítalo Dutra, Ivana Bessa, Izabela Jatene, Jane Santos, Jaqueline Almeida, Jaqueline Silva, Joana Fontoura, João Meirelles, Joilda Aquino, Jorge Bittencourt, José Marques, José Nilson Alves, José Nilson de Sousa Silva, Josy Evangelista, Jucilene Rocha, Júlia Ribeiro, Juliana Azevedo, Juliete Silveira, Karla Parra Corrêa, Kassya Fernandes, Keluska Lima, Kennedy Leite, Keullly Garcia, Lana Fonseca, Laticia Lima, Leandro Mendes, Leticia Albuquerque, Letícia Sobreira, Liana Evangelista Bacelar, Libio Matni, Lidia Carvalho, Lisandra Leite, Livia Luna, Lúcia Macêdo Sales, Lúcia Paiva, Luciana Marinho, Luciana Phebo, Lucidalva Bacelar, Ludmila Palazzo, Luiza Leitão, Luzia Gerosa, Marcelha Pinheiro de Melo, Marcelo Falcão, Marcelo Mazzoli, Marcia Fernandes, Marcia Martins, Marcos Paulo Campo, Margarida Neta, Maria Adrião, Maria Angélica Santana, Maria da Conceição Cardozo, Maria da Conceição Nunes, Maria de Lourdes Magalhães, Maria de Salete Silva, Maria do Pilar Joffily, Maria Elizabete Ramos, Maria Estela Caparelli, Maria Isabel Abelson, Maria Regina Martins Cabral, Maria Renata Soares, Maria Socorro da Ponte, Mariana Almeida, Mariana Gomes, Mario Volpi, Marley Martins, Maura Dourado, Metilde Ferreira Carvalho, Michelle Barron, Michelle Franco, Milena Monteiro, Monica Santana, Nadir da Conceição Santos, Natalício Menezes, Nathalia Barbosa, Nelson Leoni, Nestor Fonseca, Niklas Stephan, Nilton Lopes, Patrícia Andrade, Patrícia Santos Silva, Paula Costa, Paulo Henrique Alves, Paulo Santana, Pedro Ivo Alcantara, Priscilla Silva, Rafael Santos, Raimundo Palhano Silva, Regina Gerbi, Renata Bennet, Renata Lima, Renata Soares, Renata Vianna, Rita de Cássia Marques, Robert Correira, Robert Gass, Rodrigo de Araújo Lima, Rodrigo Fonseca, Rodrigo Santiago, Rodrigo Vitória, Rogério Oliveira, Romário Henrique, Rui Aguiar, Sabrina Pinheiro, Sandra Luna, Sebastian Roa, Sidney Ponte, Silene Veiga, Silvia Mansur de Oliveira, Silvio Kaloustian, Simão Bastos, Solange Lopes, Suyane Pezzino, Tatiane Castro de Arruda, Tereza Wilma Figueirêdo, Thaíza Castilho, Tiago Amorim, Unai Sacona, Valderez Aragão, Valquiria Moreira Rezende, Vanessa Moreira, Vanessa Moura, Vania Tardim de Castro, Vera Leonelli, Verena Martins, Virginia Resende Rodrigues, Viviane Faria, Waldir Silva, Webster Rodrigues, Wim Desmedt, Yedda Freire, Zélia Teles; to the partners Archdiocesan Social Action in Teresina, Mayors’ Spouses Association of the Municipalities of the State of Mato Grosso, Association for the Development of the Municipalities of the State of Ceará, House of Small David, CEDECA Casa Renascer, Dom José Brandão de Castro Center, Cipó Interactive Communication, Governors Training School, Training Institute, Institute of Contemporary Youth, Peabiru Institute, Juspopuli Office of Human Rights, Image Workshop, Alternative Technology Service; to our corporate partners, Aché, Celpa, Celpe, Cemar, Coelba, Coelce, Cosern, Energisa, Telefônica Foundation, Neve, Petrobras, VIM; to the incredible people of the 1,745 municipalities and the 19 participating states that essentially made the UNICEF Seal happen; and to all the donors who believed in this cause and helped make it possible.

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