The value of RR for child protection from violence, exploitation, and abuse UNICEF allocated $74 million of Regular Resources
have helped promote child-friendly juvenile justice
to child protection programmes in 2010. This repre-
systems; contributed towards the development of
sented 23 per cent of the $326 million in RR and OR
a national, integrated child protection network; and
resources spent in this Focus Area. Among the many
strengthened national institutions and laws to safe-
achievements of the past year, Regular Resources
guard exploited and abused children.
2010 quick facts • In Sri Lanka, UNICEF supported 538 community-
children with disabilities. Prior to the campaign, 40
based structures, such as children’s clubs and
per cent of citizens expressed the view that abso-
village child-rights monitoring committees, in rein-
lutely all children with disabilities should be in special
tegrating nearly 43,000 children following almost
institutions, whereas only 21 per cent of those
30 years of conflict in the country.
polled held the same opinion after the campaign.
• Services for children in the justice sector were
• In Egypt, UNICEF supported nine large-scale public
improved in many countries around the world.
declarations that saw over 5,000 men and women
For instance, in the Republic of Moldova, 65 per
proclaim that they would no longer engage in
cent of children accused of committing a crime
female genital mutilation/cutting.
were kept out of the adult justice system, and 70 per cent of convicted children were given non-custodial sentences. • Communication and advocacy continued to play a
• Child-friendly spaces – safe, structured places where children and youth meet to play, develop life skills, and participate in educational activities – were set up as an integral part of UNICEF’s emer-
critical role in influencing cultural norms related to
gency response in Bangladesh, the Democratic
children. In Montenegro an evaluation of a three-
Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Pakistan, the
month national awareness-raising campaign entitled
Philippines, the Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic,
“It’s About Ability” revealed positive changes in
and Yemen.
public attitudes towards the inclusion in society of
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