The core outcome for child protection in UNICEF’s Strategic Plan 2014–2017 is the improved and equitable prevention of and response to violence,abuse, exploitation and neglect of children. Drawing on lessons learned and evidence generated during the 2006–2013 Medium-Term Strategic Plan,UNICEF programming in 2014 emphasized the strengthening of child protection systems and the support of those social changes necessary to better protect all children. In the current Plan, there is a renewed emphasis on birth registration as a fundamental building block for child protection; focus is placed on reducing the overall number of violent deaths; and there is a strong push to end child marriage, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict.Among the notable 2014 results for children, 35 per cent of UNICEF-supported countries engaged in birth registration activities, resulting in the registration of the births of approximately 14.6 million children. There are now 114 countries providing free and universal birth registration services,compared with 107 in the previous year. Across 53 countries, an estimated 5.6 million (5,628,531) children and young people were reached with UNICEF-supported programmes to address armed violence. In 2014, almost 4.5 million (4,469,081) children age 5–17 years involved in child labour were reached specifically through a combination of UNICEF-supported education, social protection or child protection interventions in 55 countries. Programmes addressing FGM/C and child marriage reached at least 5.6 million people ranging from youth to adult women and men, religious leaders, and traditional and elected leaders. In 2014, 1,007 communities across 13 countries publicly declared that they were abandoning FGM/C. There are now 18 countries with national strategies or plans on child marriage, and 7 of these are costed.
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Publisher:
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Type / Script:
Annual Report
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Keywords:
CHILDREN, RIGHTS OF CHILDREN, CHILD CARE, CHILD ABUSE, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, CHILD FEEDING, CHILD GUIDANCE, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD LABOUR, CHILD NEEDS, CHILD NUTRITION, CHILD PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD SAFETY, CHILD SUPPORT, CHILD SURVIVAL, CHILD WELFARE, PROBLEM CHILDREN, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SOCIAL PROBLEMS, VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN, HEALTH, HIV/AIDS, HIV INFECTIONS, AIDS, IMMUNOLOGIC DISEASES, VIRAL DISEASES, AIDS PREVENTION, SANITATION, EARLY MARRIAGE
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Thematic Group:
UNICEF
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Children Fund
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Thesaurus:
14.05.04
- Welfare And Social Services
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