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#ENDviolence: Superheroes against silence

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In October, UNICEF and Comics Uniting Nations launched the global School Superhero Comic Contest unmasking the ultimate super villain — The Silence, a dark force stopping billions from speaking up and taking action against violence in schools. We called on you to create superheroes to defeat The Silence and #ENDviolence in and around… Read more →←
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The search for a superhero to defeat violence in schools

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In October, UNICEF and Comics Uniting Nations launched the first global School Superhero Comic Contest, calling on the world’s young people to design a superhero with powers to defeat the ultimate supervillain — The Silence. Newly unmasked and menacing, this supervillain uses its powers to prevent students from speaking out about… Read more →←
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Taking back power: Why I became Malaysia’s youngest MP

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Last year, Nhaveen, a 17-year-old boy, was beaten by a gang of boys in an empty field. They thought he was too effeminate and wanted him to “man up.” After, Nhaveen fell into a coma and never woke up. Bullying is an issue that is close to my heart. I grew up just 20 minutes from KLCC Twin Towers, in Kuala Lumpur, the tallest towers… Read more →←
A hand-drawn pencil sketch depicting young children at a fenced boder crossing detained by security personnel as a small but larger-than-life-sized child looks down from above and from beyond the fence.

Escaping violence in Honduras

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I grew up in a poor neighborhood in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, a place where violence occurs every day, to the point that it is classified as one of the most violent countries in the world, with a mortality rate like that of countries at war. We shape our lives depending on who or what we have around us; we grow up without… Read more →←
A row of teenagers at an event commemorating the Parkland shooting, with a girl in the centre holding a placard that reads: Arms are for hugging not shooting #enough

17 preventable deaths in Parkland

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100 unopened texts. I turned to my friend who was reading the conversation, and that’s when I realized something wasn’t right. I slammed my laptop shut and asked what was going on while simultaneously reading through the missed messages. There were texts asking us to send Jaime Guttenberg’s number to anyone we knew in the… Read more →←
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A call to end violence against children

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In 2015, world leaders acknowledged the severity of epidemic levels of violence against children and committed to end all forms of violence and exploitation of children by 2030. In 2018, the first ever End Violence Solutions Summit concluded in Stockholm. It was supported by the Government of Sweden, the Global Partnership to End… Read more →←
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The Duma Drawings

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Bebo’s life was cut short by war, but her voice will continue to be heard In the dark month of January 2018, intensifying fighting in Syria reportedly killed 59 children. In early February, dozens of children have reportedly been killed and many more injured by extreme and intensifying violence in several parts of Syria – and the… Read more →←
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Kasai: After months of violence, Bipendu returns to school

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End of August 2017. I am visiting the primary school of Malandji in Kananga, capital of Kasai Central Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. There is a lot of activity. The director receives one mother after another, in his small office for the enrollment in the new school year. Nothing special, you would think. In thousands of schools… Read more →←
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Syrian families struggle to survive in besieged east Ghouta

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The scale of destruction and depth of suffering is mind-blowing. It is hard to imagine life in these conditions. These are the thoughts that hit me as we arrived in the so-called ‘buffer zone’ just outside of besieged Al-Nashabiyeh in east Ghouta, rural Damascus. Burnt trees, rubble, and damaged buildings lined the streets as we… Read more →←
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A small spark ignites a wave of conflict in DR Congo

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There is life before the crisis, and life since the crisis. A small spark ignited a wave of conflict. The Kasaï region has become a synonym for unbelievable atrocities and immeasurable violence. Most people have probably never heard of the Kasai and would probably struggle to locate it a map. But now militias, mystical attacks,… Read more →←

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