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Children belong in communities, but across Europe and Central Asia the number of children living in institutions is double the global average. Learn how UNICEF works in the region to help governments move towards community-based care: https://uni.cf/3RyH8c8

Last week I spoke to Botswana Television alongside Thabang Happyson Ditshupo about what the World AIDS Day theme of “Take the Rights path to end AIDS” means to us. In short, the failure to fully realize human rights for all is preventing the world from moving forward on the path to ending AIDS. To protect everyone’s health, we need to protect and uphold everyone’s rights. Fighting stigma and discrimination is a major battle that we can’t give up on if we want to realise health and well-being for all. Fighting stigma means we need policies that reflect inclusivity, accountability structures that ensure we implement them and behaviour change interventions that promote societal acceptance of these principles. #WorldAIDSDay #HumanRightsForAll Sentebale

#DisruptingHarm is underway in 12 more countries to help keep children and young people #SafeOnline! Find out about the research and how it is working to #ENDviolence here: https://uni.cf/40DcRw0

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World AIDS Day is just 5 days away! #HappeningToday at 3:30 PM CET: UNAIDS is launching the Take the Rights Path report, an exploration of how safeguarding human rights is key to ending AIDS. This new report, being released today, highlights a critical truth: when rights are protected, health is protected. Protecting human rights is not just a moral imperative—it’s a vital tool for countries striving to #EndAIDS by 2030. Join global health experts and be part of this important conversation. Let’s champion the role of rights in creating healthier, more equitable futures for all. Click to join: https://t.co/TPqG0kiViF #WorldAIDSDay2024 #TakeTheRightsPath #HumanRights #GlobalHealth #EndAIDS2030

Well-being is taken seriously! ✨ As stated in the latest #WorldHappinessReport, the well-being of children, adolescents, and of the aging population is crucial. 🎨 That’s what we do at Interreg Baltic Sea Region with projects like MentalHealthMatters and Arts on Prescription: we improve the well-being of people around the Baltic Sea! 🌊 🔎More about the projects:  Arts on Prescription: https://lnkd.in/epMbT836 MentalHealthMatters: https://lnkd.in/eAQ-aE7s #interreg #balticsearegion #madewithinterreg EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region #wellbeing

#socioMovens contributing to safer international youth projects 🙌 Since last year, a team from the enlarged socioMovens #network has been working on a #methods #toolbox on the path to safer international youth work. To this end, those responsible for youth work in five socioMovens partner countries came together in Bonn to test the methods developed. #Safeguarding refers to the holistic protection of the #health, #wellbeing and rights of minors in particular and primarily aims to protect people from harm. There are various forms of harm, e.g. unfair treatment, violence, sexual abuse or deprivation of liberty. 💭 From theory to practice It is important to increase safety with institutional #safeguardingpolicies, which often include #training on the topics so that everyone who works with vulnerable people understands what they can do and what they need to look out for. Nevertheless, in discussions with our partners, we have repeatedly come up against the question: And what does this mean in #practice – especially in our international work with its different requirements from country to country? The result of our joint work is a #collection of 16 methods for the #preparation, #implementation and #evaluation of international youth work in a church context and beyond. 🤝 Tested by practitioners Finally, during the Safeguarding workshop these methods could be tested in practice. At the event, risk analyses were carried out, critical situations were simulated and various experiences of protection from the countries of origin were shared. "I had already considered many of these aspects individually beforehand, but it's important to take a structured look at the topic with everyone in the management team," said one participant from Poland. "Especially with regard to the prevention of abuse, this is now also a big topic here in Slovakia – it's good to talk about it," said a multiplier from Ruzomberok. 📚 Whoever from the network is interested in the details can connect for a copy of the toolbox and access to further training. The official launch of the toolbox will happen in September! #givingeuropeasoul

Today, on World AIDS Day 2024, we stand united under the theme: “Ending AIDS is within reach—The Right Path.” The fight against AIDS requires protecting human rights, eliminating stigma, and ensuring life-saving services are accessible to everyone, including marginalized communities like the deaf and other diverse groups. Inclusion isn’t optional—it’s essential. Together, we can end AIDS as a public health threat. Let’s take the RIGHT path, today and every day. #WorldAIDSDay2024 #EndAIDS #InclusionMatters #HumanRights

🌍 This World AIDS Day 2024, we join countries and communities around the globe in calling for action: Take the Rights Path. UNAIDS new report, "Take the Rights Path", makes it clear: States can end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030—if everyone’s rights are protected. When rights are protected, health is protected. Together, with human rights at the center and communities in the lead, we can ensure sustainable progress. Let’s fight stigma, uphold equality, and ensure access to prevention, testing, and care for all. 🌈 📢 The path to ending AIDS is a rights path. Read the report: https://lnkd.in/dc5nrTUp #WorldAIDSDay #EndAIDS #HumanRights #TakeTheRightsPath

Want to find out more about youth on the move? 🤔💭 Check out our latest publication on why, where, and how adolescents and young adults migrate to Europe! 👉 tinyurl.com/2pjukz7f Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM)