GLOBAL: From Commitment to Action - what Religious Communities can do to Eliminate Violence Against Children

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Summary: This guide, produced jointly by UNICEF and Religions for Peace, aims to help religious communities harness their spiritual, moral and social strengths to prevent, respond to and eliminate violence against children, by outlining practical ways that religious leaders, theologians, educators, community mobilizers and others can respond to violence directed toward children that are in keeping with the recommendations of the Violence Study. It also includes concrete suggestions for how these actors can work effectively with governments, civil society and United Nations agencies. Owner: UNICEF and Religions for Peace pdf: www.crin.org/docs/.../UNICEF_Religions_for_Peace_Feb2010.pdf

Organisation: 
UNICEF
Articles: 
Article 4: Implementation of rights
Article 30: Children of minorities or of indigenous peoples
Article 3: Best interests of the child
Article 19: Protection from abuse and neglect
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