Children in Oceania, Sub-Saharan Africa and Central and Southern Asia are the most likely to live with a mother who has faced physical, emotional or sexual abuse by a partner in the past year. Studies show that violence not only harms the health and well-being of women, but also significantly impacts their children’s sense of safety, health, and learning. Children growing up in households where women are experiencing violence are also significantly more likely to be subjected to physical or psychological aggression themselves. Such exposure heightens their risk of carrying violence into adulthood, either as victims or perpetrators. UNICEF calls on governments and partners to invest in proven solutions to end violence against women and children. Read more ⬇️ #NoExcuse https://lnkd.in/gG-zyEyA
At The Girls Manual this is a topic we recently discussed in our community. Some women are constantly trying to build stability for their families while carrying the silent weight of violence and a lot of children grow up learning fear instead of safety. Violence against women is not a “private issue.” It’s a generational issue. When a woman is unsafe, her ability to parent, earn, learn, and lead is constrained. And when a child grows up in that environment, the cycle often continues into adulthood. The solution has to be intentional: • Protect women, and you protect children • Support women’s empowerment, and you strengthen families • Invest in safety, education, and mental health, and you change futures We stand with UNICEF in calling for stronger systems, community support, and policies that truly protect women and children. Because when women are safe, children thrive. And when children thrive, communities break cycles — for good. #NoExcuse
A society that expects children to thrive cannot ignore the suffering of their mothers. When women are abused, children are wounded in silence — emotionally, mentally, and developmentally. No child grows strong under the shadow of fear. Ending violence against women is not only a women’s issue. It is a child protection issue. It is a nation-building issue. Every mother deserves safety. Every child deserves peace. Together, they shape the future we claim to be protecting. It’s time for governments to act — not later, not gradually, but now.
This data is a wake-up call. Violence against women is not a private issue — it is a societal crisis that shapes the safety, health, and future potential of entire generations. When a mother suffers, a child’s world becomes unstable, limiting education, confidence, and long-term development. Breaking this cycle requires more than awareness — it demands sustained investments, trauma-informed support systems, community accountability, and cross-sector collaboration between governments, humanitarian partners, and private stakeholders. Protecting women is protecting the future workforce, innovators, and communities. There is no resilience without safety, and no development without dignified protection. #NoExcuse #EndViolence #ProtectMothersProtectChildren #IntergenerationalImpact #UNICEFAction #SocialResilience #HumanitarianLeadership
The Bridge Magazine 🗞️🗺️stands in solidarity with all those in mourning🕯️🕊️ worldwide. The Bridge Magazine dedicates a moment of silence, a candle lit,🕯️ its thoughts 🥀and prayers : · For women raped, sexually trafficked, intentionally poisoned. · For women who died after being abused by their husband and or sexual partners. Read more ⬇️ https://www.the-bridge-magazine.com/november-noir-worldwide-winter-war-famine-is-set-to-claim-more-lives-as-us-officials-shut-down-snap-benefits-its-nations-largest-food-charity-comes-as-the-last-straw-a-grotesque-decision-i/
Thank you for all your project that help all children that they are in violence live I was also in the sachestion in my childhood ok 👌 now I am proud of you UNICEF organizations
These numbers hit like a gut punch; 1 in 4 children (610 million!) growing up alongside the harm their moms are enduring? This isn’t just a “women’s issue” or a “kids’ issue”; it’s an interconnected, generational cycle that robs kids of safety and moms of space to heal. That ripple effect (the risk of this harm seeping into their adulthood) is the part that aches most. So grateful UNICEF is framing this as the collective crisis it is, pushing for systemic solutions (not quick fixes) to protect both groups. These kids and their moms don’t just deserve to survive; they deserve to thrive, unburdened by this fear. Thank you for putting this urgent, unignorable work front and center.