Comprendre... le droit à la protection

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La mission de l’UNICEF est d’agir dans 7 domaines essentiels au bon développement de l’enfant : la santé, le VIH–SIDA, l’eau/l’assainissement et l’hygiène, la nutrition, la protection, l’éducation et l’inclusion sociale.

L’objectif est de permettre à chaque enfant de commencer sa vie avec un maximum de chances pour se développer et s’épanouir.

Zoom Angel [NAME CHANGED], 16, stands in Zamboanga City, on the island of Mindanao. She was sexually abused by her employer when she worked as a domestic servant; he also beat her and fed her spoiled food. “If I made a mistake,” she said, “my boss would stab me with a fork.” Finally, she added, “I couldn’t take it anymore. I knelt in front of them and begged them to let me go. But my employer said that I should just kill myself if I did not want to work.” She then drank pesticide in an attempt to commit suicide, but her employer rushed her to the hospital. She now lives in one of the city’s shelters, where she receives psychosocial support, as well as assistance with her education. She ultimately decided to press charges against her former employer, whose trial has not yet begun. Social workers at the centre are helping Angel prepare to testify in court. [#1 IN SEQUENCE OF TWO] In June 2011 in the Philippines, an estimated 250,000 children live and work on the streets, at increased risk of being trafficked, enduring abuse and sexual exploitation, forming dependence on illegal drugs and other harmful substances or coming into conflict with the law. To highlight their situation, UNICEF and the Department of Social Welfare and Development, accompanied by President Benigno Aquino III, launched the book ‘A Journey with Children: Living and Working on the Streets in the Philippines’ in October 2011, at Malacanang Palace in Manila, the capital. The book documents the lives of some 45 children who live on the streets in cities throughout the country. All children who participated in the project continue to be followed by local governments and NGOs who help protect them. The perilous situation of children living on the streets is compounded by the challenges affecting the majority of Filipino children. While the country has reduced under-five mortality by 44 per cent since 1990, more than a third of under-five child deaths are still caused by preventable il

Zoom Layla [NAME CHANGED], 8, a refugee from Syria, draws a scene of soldiers firing on people and buildings, during a UNICEF-assisted art therapy session, in the Ramtha Facility, in the town of Ramtha. She made the drawing in response to a request that the children draw their most frightening experience. The drawing includes words, in Arabic, that say (left-right): (near soldiers:) “Terrorist from the security forces”; “bullets”; (figure in blue:) “wounded”; (by arrow pointing from building:) “holes from shells”; and (inside the house:) “destruction.” Layla commented, “I was there when all that happened.” Her real name, written in the top left corner of the drawing, was blacked out to protect her identity. The Ramtha Facility, run by the Government with UNICEF support, has assisted 300 Syrian refugee children to date, providing psychosocial care and remedial education (required to help refugee children adapt to the differences between Syrian and Jordanian school curricula, as well as to bridge educational gaps caused by interrupted school attendance). In March 2012 in Jordan, an estimated 7,000 refugees from violence in Syria are in need of assistance. By mid-March, the yearlong conflict inside Syria has claimed the lives of more than 500 children and 244 women, killed some 9,000 people and wounded many others. An estimated 1.7 million people have been affected by the violence, which has extended into at least half of the country’s 14 governorates. Education and health services have also been disrupted. Some 150,000–200,000 people have been internally displaced. An estimated 30,000 refugees – half of them children – have fled to Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. While most have registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), others have not, fearing possible retaliation against them or their family members remaining in Syria. UNICEF is participating in an inter-agency assessment of needs in conflict-affected parts