Pathfinding Countries

Partnering to End Violence Against Children

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In October 2023, the Board of the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children decided to sunset the Partnership in its existing form and to transition its workstreams to new arrangements.

Taking into account the strong demand from partners for the workstream on Pathfinding countries to be sustained and strengthened, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children was requested to lead this workstream. This in keeping with the Special Representative’s mandate from the General Assembly to act as a catalyst to stimulate the engagement of Member States and to support Member States in the context of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (A/RES/73/155).

In close collaboration with the UN system and civil society partners, the Special Representative has begun a process of consultation on how to move forward with the Pathfinding initiative, ensuring that the process is led and owned by Member States. Preparations are underway to take stock of progress made and remaining challenges to better define in a participatory way a roadmap for accelerating and monitoring action to end violence against children, in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. These consultations will also define an accountability framework for the Pathfinding initiative.

The Special Representative will work to ensure complementarity with other workstreams under transition that had been established within the framework of the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children. The other workstreams are Safe Online, Safe to Learn (both hosted by UNICEF) and End Corporal Punishment (hosted by WHO).

 

 

 

 

Join Us for the First Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children.

The Governments of Colombia and Sweden, in collaboration with WHO, UNICEF, and the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Ending Violence Against Children, will host this landmark event in Bogotá, Colombia, from November 7 to 8, 2024.

This conference aims to secure a significant increase in support for proven prevention solutions and to renew collective ambitions towards achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development goal: ensuring every child lives free from violence.

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List of Pathfinding Countries*

 

*As of February, the number of countries is 38.

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Armenia | 2018

 

 

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Burkina Faso | 2019

 

 

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Colombia | 2019

 

 

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Ethiopia | 2021

 

 

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Georgia | 2018

 

 

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Indonesia | 2016

 

 

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Jordan | 2021

 

 

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Mexico | 2016

 

 

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Nigeria | 2017

 

 

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Peru | 2018

 

 

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South Africa | 2017

 

 

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Tanzania | 2016

 

 

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Zambia | 2020

 

 

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Botswana | 2018

 

 

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Cambodia | 2019

 

 

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Côte D’Ivoire | 2018

 

 

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Finland | 2020

 

 

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Guinea | 2021

 

 

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Jamaica | 2016

 

 

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Kenya | 2016

 

 

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Montenegro | 2017

 

 

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Papua New Guinea | 2021

 

 

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Philippines | 2016

 

 

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Sri Lanka | 2016

 

 

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Uganda | 2016

 

 

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Zimbabwe | 2019

 

 

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Brazil | 2018

 

 

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Canada | 2018

 

 

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El Salvador | 2016

 

 

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France | 2019

 

 

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Honduras | 2019

 

 

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Japan | 2018

 

 

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Mongolia | 2018

 

 

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Namibia | 2020

 

 

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Paraguay | 2016

 

 

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Romania | 2016

 

 

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Sweden | 2016

 

 

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United Arab Emirates | 2018