Just launched: the updated Luxembourg Guidelines 📘 Developed by 40+ orgs, including UNICEF, they promote survivor-centred, respectful language to address child sexual exploitation and abuse. Because words shape action. #ChildRights Read more: ecpat.org/terminology/

Meet Ola, a social worker in #Jordan helping respond to 1,300+ protection cases every month. With UNICEF’s Primero system, Ola and her team are building a stronger, more connected child protection system in Jordan. 🎥 Watch her story: youtu.be/nrhKr0fwGCk #ChildProtection

Refugee and displaced youth must be seen as partners.   To build better, protective systems, we must listen, invest and co-create with them.   📘 Read our Agenda for Action: shar.es/aglC4K #ECOSOCYouthForum #ChildProtection

The world cannot look away.” In her UN Security Council briefing, Catherine Russell sounded the alarm on eastern #DRC: over 400,000 children displaced since January, facing violence, hunger, and trauma.   UNICEF is on the ground, but we need urgent support. 🔗 unicef.org/press-releases…

It has been just over 5 years since the UN Victim Assistance Protocol was endorsed. Today, we recommit to keeping survivors at the heart of our efforts to prevent and respond to sexual exploitation and abuse. #VictimsFirst #EndSEA #PSEA #VictimAssistance #UNProtocol

📢 In 23+ countries, critical child protection services are collapsing.   Millions of children face a greater risk of violence, exploitation, and abuse. We cannot stay silent. 📝 Read the full brief: alliancecpha.org/en/brief-globa… #ChildProtection #FundingCrisis

1.6 billion children -2 in 3 globally- endure violent discipline at home. It violates their dignity, health, and development. There are no benefits, only harm. We can and must help parents to adopt positive, non-violent caregiving practices. #EndCorporalPunishment #SDG16

A huge step in the right direction!

🗨️“I now believe I can do anything.” In Ghana, Princess is breaking gender stereotypes with UNICEF’s “Who Does What?” Child Protection Toolkit, empowering girls and boys to rethink gender roles and shape their futures. 📚 #ChildProtection #GenderEquality

Violence against children has devastating, long-lasting effects and significant economic costs. We now have a toolkit that helps assess these costs and highlights the benefits of violence prevention. Learn more: bit.ly/vac-investment… Let's use this resource to strengthen the

Every child needs a caring, nurturing, loving and protective family.

In conflicts around the world, thousands of children are losing their lives to explosive weapons. Many more are living through unimaginable trauma. Parties to conflict must #ProtectChildrenInConflict and end the use of explosive weapons in populated areas.

In 2023, nearly 3 in 5 children killed or maimed in conflict were victims of explosive weapons, most in populated areas. We must do more. 📢 We call on States to stop arms transfers to actors who harm civilians and to end the use of #EWIPA, once and for all. #ArmsTradeTreaty

Every child deserves a childhood. With Islamabad raising the legal marriage age to 18, #Pakistan joins the global movement to protect girls from early marriage. Let’s ensure no child is left behind - in any country, region, or community. #EndChildMarriage #GirlsNotBrides

Great to be at the World Congress on Justice with Children in Madrid and see the progress since UNICEF launched its Reimagine Justice Agenda 4 years ago. With AECID & Sida, we're working to build justice systems that protect and empower children. 🔗 unicef.org/documents/reim…

Feeling grateful & excited after meeting with Mónica Corrales, AECID Director of Multilateral Cooperation, and team! Our conversation reaffirmed how critical robust & sustained partnerships are for driving forward global efforts to ensure #Child Protection #ForEveryChild.

📊 NEW from UNICEF: 67,000 fewer children are in detention today than in 2018. This is step forward, but not enough. We must invest in justice that protects and empowers children. #JusticeForChildren 🔗data.unicef.org/resources/chil…

Every child should have a chance at a future. UNICEF calling for an end to the detention of children in justice systems, backed by evidence, and a united UN front. Let's turn global consensus into action. #JusticeForChildren

No child should be in detention.

Parenting is one of the most powerful ways to prevent violence. With partners in Kenya, UNICEF is supporting an integrated national programme to stop violent discipline, reduce intimate partner violence, and support healthy families. LINK: bit.ly/43MrMqN #ParentingMonth