Child-Friendly version of 'A World Fit for Children' - Unicef

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CHILD-FRIENDLY VERSION OF A WORLD FIT FOR CHILDREN
3. Protecting against abuse, exploitation and violence
What are the problems?
41. Hundreds of millions of children are suffering and dying from war, violence,
exploitation, neglect and all forms of abuse and discrimination. Around the world
children live in especially difficult circumstances, including children who are:
• badly injured or disabled for the rest of their lives by armed conflicts
• forced from their homes or countries as refugees
• suffering from natural and man-made disasters (including exposure to radiation
and dangerous chemicals)
• suffering because they are the children of migrant workers and other socially
disadvantaged groups
• victims of racism, racial discrimination and other related prejudices.
The buying and selling of children, the smuggling of children, the physical and
sexual exploitation of children, the abduction of children and the economic
exploitation of children are daily realities for children in all regions of the world.
Violence in the home and sexual violence against women and children also remain
serious problems.
In several countries, economic sanctions have had effects on the people, in
particular women and children.
What are “sanctions”?
Sometimes a government or a group of governments will try to
punish another country when they do not agree with something the
other country has done.A government can punish another
government by giving less aid, by not giving aid at all, or by
preventing the trade of goods between countries (including food and
medical supplies).These restrictions are called sanctions.
42. In some countries, the situation of children is made worse by one-sided actions by
individual states that do not follow international law and the Charter of the
United Nations.These actions create obstacles to trade relations among states,
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