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Keeping the promise : ending violence against children by 2030 Office of the Special Representative of the SecretaryGeneral on Violence against Children

Contributor(s): United Nations, Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : United Nations, 2019Description: electronic document (106 pages) ; PDF file.ISBN: 978-92-1-004289-5.Subject(s): CHILD ABUSE | CHILD NEGLECT | CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE | CHILDREN'S RIGHTS | Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCROC) | INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON | INTERVENTION | PREVENTIONOnline resources: Click here to access online | Access the website Summary: This report documents what has been achieved to date through collective action, reminds us of the prevalence and nature of violence, sets out the evidence on solutions, and charts a course for accelerated progress. This report draws on official contributions and expert advice from many organizations working to end violence against children. It has also been informed by the 9th High-level Cross-regional Round Table on the prevention and elimination of violence against children,26 organized by the Special Representative with regional partner organizations in Addis Ababa in February 2019. Section 2 reviews efforts to strengthen legal and policy frameworks to reveal a landscape that has been transformed and consolidated in recent years. Section 3 highlights what works, with initiatives and approaches shifting from adhoc pilot interventions to the strengthening of entire systems to reinforce the protective shield around children. Section 4 reviews increasing efforts to generate – and use – more and better data and research. Section 5 outlines partnership to further reinforce the growing movement to end violence against children, with more global and regional alliances and the increasing engagement of new players, including the private sector. Section 6 summarizes progress on amplifying the voices of children, describing a process that is seeing their engagement evolve from participation to leadership. Section 7 provides conclusions and next steps, calling for joined-up action to tackle a joined up challenge. Record #6473
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This report documents what has been achieved to date through collective action, reminds us of the prevalence and nature of violence, sets out the evidence on solutions, and charts a course for accelerated progress.
This report draws on official contributions and expert advice from many organizations working to end violence against children. It has also been informed by the 9th High-level Cross-regional Round Table on the prevention and elimination of violence against children,26 organized by the Special Representative with regional partner organizations in Addis Ababa in February 2019.

Section 2 reviews efforts to strengthen legal and policy frameworks to reveal a landscape that has been transformed and consolidated in recent years.

Section 3 highlights what works, with initiatives and approaches shifting from adhoc pilot interventions to the strengthening of entire systems to reinforce the protective shield around children.
Section 4 reviews increasing efforts to generate – and use – more and better data and research.
Section 5 outlines partnership to further reinforce the growing movement to end violence against children, with more global and regional alliances and the increasing engagement of new players, including the private sector.

Section 6 summarizes progress on amplifying the voices of children, describing a process that is seeing their engagement evolve from participation to leadership. Section 7 provides conclusions and next steps, calling for joined-up action to tackle a joined up challenge. Record #6473

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