UNHCR invested significantly in risk mitigation, prevention and response to sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) in the Europe region in 2022-2023, in particular in connection with the Ukraine emergency, where the risks were considered high due to the unprecedented scale and speed of displacement, mostly women and children, combined with high turnover of humanitarian staff and the range of new and untraditional actors involved in the response. PSEA also remains a priority for UNHCR’s work for other refugees, internally displaced and stateless persons across the region. This compilation highlights the 10 most promising practices that were initiated by UNHCR and its partners in the Europe region in 2022-2023. These practices are shared with the aim to inspire further work on PSEA in the region and elsewhere and encourage continuous learning and exchange

ORGANISMOS DE PROTECCIÓN DE DERECHOS DE NIÑAS, NIÑOS Y ADOLESCENTES (NNA)

A new global Police Handbook aims to address some of the most difficult challenges that survivors of violence face when accessing police and justice sector services around the world.

Целью этого краткого руководства является поддержка практикующих специалистов в сфере защиты детей, чтобы ��ни лучше реагировали на риски, связанные с защитой детей, во время пандемии COVID-19. Часть 1 описывает потенциальные риски для защиты, которые COVID-19 может представлять для детей. Часть 2 содержит варианты программ в соответствии с Минимальными требованиями по защите детей в гуманитарной деятельности, 2019 г. (CPMS), а также Рекомендательной записки: Защита детей в условиях вспышки инфекционных заболеваний. Technical Note: Protection of Children during the Coronavirus Pandemic also available in: english, киргизки�

The WHO Global Health Estimates show that nearly half a million deaths (493 471) occurred in the WHO European Region due to violence and injuries in 2016. This represents a decline of 29% from 2000. Injuries account for 5.3% of all deaths and 9.6 of all years of life lost. They are a leading cause of death in people aged 15–29 years and the second leading cause of death for young people aged 5–14. The three leading causes of injury deaths are self-directed violence (141 089), falls (83 325) and road-traffic injuries (78 198). Inequalities in injury deaths exist in the Region, with mortality rates 2.4 times higher in males than in females and 1.5 times higher in middle-income compared to high-income countries

As this report shows, reports of child abuse and of children witnessing violence between their parents and caregivers have increased. Ending violence against children is increasingly within our reach.

The report – Global Status Report on Preventing Violence Against Children 2020 – is the first of its kind, charting progress in 155 countries against the “INSPIRE” framework, a set of seven strategies for preventing and responding to violence against children. The report signals a clear need in all countries to scale up efforts to implement them. While nearly all countries (88%) have key laws in place to protect children against violence, less than half of countries (47%) said these were being strongly enforced. The report includes the first ever global homicide estimates specifically for children under 18 years of age – previous estimates were based on data that included 18 to 19-year olds. It finds that, in 2017, around 40,000 children were victims of homicide

El informe se encamina a documentar si los gobiernos: • tienen planes de acción, políticas y leyes nacionales en consonancia con aquellos cuya eficacia se ha comprobado en el contexto de INSPIRE; • están contando los incidentes violentos mortales y no mortales con exactitud; • han establecido valores de partida y valores a alcanzar que les permitan monitorear su progreso hacia la erradicación de la violencia contra los niños

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