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UN Study on Violence Against Children Violence against children is a serious breach of children's rights and it must end now. For the International Save the Children Alliance, it is very important that all children in the world are safe and able to live a life without any kind of hurt or violence. For this reason Save the Children has been a key actor in the United Nations Secretary-General's Study on Violence against Children. The UN Study on Violence against Children will be presented to governments worldwide at the General Assembly in New York on 11 October. The study looked at how children and young people face violence all over the world and what can be done to stop it. Save the Children's contribution was integral, as we helped children to participate in the study and supplied evidence on juvenile justice, physical punishment and sexual abuse. In fact, in the final report of the UN Study, Save the Children is the only NGO which is mentioned as key contributor. It is hoped that the Study's recommendations will influence governments worldwide to make new national and international commitments to ending violence against children. Promoting Children's Participation On 12 October, the International Save the Children Alliance, together with children and young people will host the launch of the report's accompanying child-friendly materials . Mrs Charlotte Petri-Gornitzka, Secretary general of Save the Children Sweden, Mrs. Nane Annan, and Professor Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, will speak at the event. Children and young people will highlight their key recommendations on how to end violence. More on the programme of events. October 19: Day of Action Save the Children's Day of Action on 19 October will unite children across the world to demand world leaders put a stop to violence against children. Events are taking place in countries across six continents in the world's biggest child-led protest against violence. The SC Worldwide Day of Action is to promote SC's work against violence and to complement the launch of the UN study. This is to ensure that SC's recommendations and involvement receive adequate attention from both the media and advocacy targets, to help build political commitment for the problematic areas of the UN Study and to ensure impact in the regions and in the country programmes. In particular, we wish to showcase SC's recommendations enough in advance of the UN General Assembly debate on the UN Resolution on the Rights of the Child, scheduled for the end of November, in order to influence governments to use this as an opportunity for making global commitments to ending all forms of violence against children.