Ensuring Effectiveness

Strategic direction: The Special Representative adopted a three-year strategy for the mandate’s work (2022- 2024). To monitor the Office of the Special Representative’s reach and impact, the Special Representative has put in place a performance management dashboard tracking the achievement of key indicators, underpinned by a system of monthly data collection.

Gender: Addressing gender discrimination and harmful social norms, as well as the connections between violence against women and violence against children, has been a crucial element of the Special Representative’s advocacy.

Innovation and partnerships: The Special Representative has continued to raise awareness of frontier issues in ending violence against children with children and through partnerships with States, UN entities, civil society, academia, and the private sector.

Disability: In line with the principle of leaving no child behind, the promotion of measures to ensure the rights, dignity and protection of children with disabilities - especially in the context of de-institutionalization – has continued to be a key strand of the mandate’s work.

Improving sustainability: The Special Representative has increased the use of online means to support remote participation in advocacy opportunities and consolidated travel within regions to reduce the need for travel.

Enhancing capacity, cooperation and coordination: With other relevant mechanisms such as the Special Representative on Children and Armed Conflict and on Sexual Violence in Conflict continue expanding and mutually reinforcing.