Najat Maalla Mjid, stressed the urgent need to ensure a safe, inclusive and empowering digital environment for all children, leaving no one behind. Concluding her visit to Senegal, Dr. Najat Maalla M'jid, Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations on violence against children called for greater mobilization protecting children from violence in Senegal.
New York, 13 February β The importance of incorporating child protection considerations into efforts to prevent and end conflicts is at the heart of a United Nations Security Council briefing today, under the Presidency of Malta. Kingston, 21 October - Dr. New York, 15 October - The continuing reports of children, injured, killed, and arrested amid the ongoing public unrest in Iran, is of extreme concern. Our deepest sympathies to the parents who lost their children and our best wishes for a speedy recovery to the wounded children.
Children victims and witnesses of violence in the streets and through media are paying a huge toll, their development, well-being, and mental health being severely and long-lasting affected. New York, 30 July - As the world has continued to transform digitally, so have traffickers who have kept pace by developing sophisticated systems and using technology to commit criminal activities, at every stage of the process, from recruiting, exploiting and controlling victims to transferring the profits of their criminal activities.
Rapid technological change presents opportunities for traffickers to adapt their modus operandi, taking advantage of digital platforms to target their victims. Geneva, 4 July - At the Human Rights Council annual thematic panel discussion on technical cooperation and capacity building, on the theme of technical cooperation and the full and effective participation of women in decision-making and in public life and on the elimination of violence, with a view to achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girl, Special Representative Maalla M'jid said the ongoing humanitarian situations, including protracted conflicts, climate change, food insecurity and the effects of COVID, were at the core of th.
Reykjavik, 26 June - On a two day visit to Iceland, Special Representative Maalla M'jid commended the Government for strengthening of national legislation to prohibit all forms of violence against children. Dr Maalla M'jid was particularly impressed with the widely participative, including engagement with children, process of devising and adopting the legislation and policy in this field.
