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A Familiar Face : Violence in the lives of Children and Adolescents - UNICEF Report

Beyond the unnecessary hurt and pain it causes, violence undermines children’s sense of self-worth and hinders their development. 

A Familiar Face: Violence in the lives of children and adolescents uses the most current data to shed light on four specific forms of violence: violent discipline and exposure to domestic abuse during early childhood; violence at school; violent deaths among adolescents; and sexual violence in childhood and adolescence. 

The statistics reveal that children experience violence across all stages of childhood, in diverse settings, and often at the hands of the trusted individuals with whom they interact on a daily basis.  Ensuring that violence in all its forms is recognized as a fundamental violation of children’s human rights and documented through solid data is a first step towards its elimination.Read more at 

https://data.unicef.org/resources/a-familiar-face/