Child Abuse and Neglect

The field research report on perception of children's rights, discrimination and children's exposure to violence has been issued in Macedonia on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The research was conducted by the First Children's Embassy in the World - Megjashi among students from 5th to 8th grade in 41 primary schools in 7 towns in Macedonia and among high school students from 1st to 3rd year in 24 high schools in 6 towns in Macedonia, 2 234 students in total.

Today the World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse is celebrated for 9th time by the coalition of child abuse prevention NGOs, launched by Women's World Summit Foundation.
In line with the celebrations yellow sticker campaign - Yes to prevention of child abuse - is going on. Yellow sticker placed on the door, computer or at any visible place signifies stand for prevention of child abuse, treating all children with respect and dignity and protecting them from abuse and potential offenders.

Dzimba Safety Programme is a new child-focused child abuse prevention initiative for young children, their parents and teachers run by the Center Against Abuse „Dardedze" in Riga. An unique character Dzimba have been developed to serve as a mediator between children and adults and to provide children with skills enabling to recognize dangerous situations, dangerous people, safe and unsafe touch, different types of secrets and to say „no".

This publication was jointly developed by the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre and the Government of the Netherlands. It includes a background document prepared by the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre and report on the International Conference on Violence against the Girl Child held in The Hague on 9 - 10 March 2009.