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UNICEF helps the world's most vulnerable children.
Every day, millions of children are denied their fundamental right to safety and security. UNICEF's child protection programs prevent and respond to violence and abuse against children, including commercial sexual exploitation, trafficking, child labor, and harmful traditional practices like female genital mutilation and child marriage.
UNICEF strengthens efforts to work with parents and caregivers to reduce violence against children in the home, and strives to create a world where every child grows up free from fear, exploitation and harm.
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In the world's poorest countries, slightly more than 1 in 4 children are engaged in child labor.
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Children with disabilities are at least four times more likely to suffer violence or sexual abuse.
20
%
More than twice as many women (20%) than men (5-10%) report having been sexually abused as children.
152
million
An estimated 152 million children are involved in child labor.
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3,600
Since 2013, UNICEF has supported the release of more than 3,600 child soldiers.
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