Tagged: violence and abuse

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In Argentina: A lifetime fighting violence against women

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I was born in 1929 in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. When I went to Buenos Aires University to study Social Service, my family was disappointed. They thought I should become a lawyer or a doctor. By the time I graduated, I was working at the Children’s Hospital. I got married, separated very early and started working in the… Read more →←
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Waiting for Afghanistan’s #MeToo moment

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I started my journey for women’s rights when I was in the 8th grade. Even back then people questioned my work when I encouraged my fellow girls to continue with their education. At the time most girls in Afghanistan were not allowed to study beyond grade six. Some people looked with disdain at me and my family, they hurled abuse at us.… Read more →←
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The bully in all of us

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The tension in our circle was palpable as I asked the question, “Why do you think some of you did better than others in this game?” Nervous eyes looked from one teammate to another. The silence was broken by a slightly built boy of about 14: “They bullied me! They ganged up on me!” The boy did not lose the game, but he was close… Read more →←
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Remembering my mom:  Woki Munyui, UNICEF Somalia Education specialist

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On April 20 2015, a suicide bomber blew himself up next a bus carrying staff from UNICEF Somalia in Garowe, Puntland. Four people were killed, including Woki Munyui who had been a champion of girls’ education in Somalia since 2007. Here her daughter Ivy Mokua shares memories of her late mother, and how she has been dealing with the… Read more →←
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Nurture or not: No clear answer in many schools

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“We are lacking positive role models when it comes to reducing violence,” explains Jacmel’s school inspector with a frown. “As people grow up being beaten during their own childhood, they consider corporal punishment of children as a normal step of becoming an adult.” After two days in Jacmel, located in Haiti’s South East… Read more →←
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“We need people to teach others that girls are important”

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This week, we are paying tribute to an amazing voice for children in Burundi who left our world too early. UNICEF is extremely sad to report that Carlène Kaneza, 16, child journalist and U-Reporter with UNICEF Burundi, passed away last week following a long struggle with illness. She was brave, intelligent, and possessed enormous… Read more →←
Back in June, Alison, (14) stands beneath a makeshift shelter at a site for internally displaced people, in Bangui, the capital.

As violence erupts in CAR, we must work harder for children

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Saturday, September 26, 2015 is a day to remember in the long history of the crisis in the Central African Republic. That morning, the body of a young Muslim motorcycle taxi driver was found in town. He had been brutally murdered. That death triggered a new escalation of violence, another round in the vicious circle of killing, looting,… Read more →←

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