Kiribati OneMinutesJr Photo Story

TARAWA, Kiribati, 29 May 2012 - Sixteen boys and girls from the Republic of Kiribati have come together on Tarawa Island today to start a five-day video workshop on issues concerning them and their future. The workshop is part of the international UNICEF-supported OneMinutesJr project and will generate up to twenty 60-second-films on topics ranging from climate change to domestic violence, teenage pregnancy and education.

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The Solomon Islands OneMinutesJnrs

The Solomon Islands OneMinutesJnrs. Watch the situations, challenges and opportunities facing children and youth in the pacific.

Child Protection

UNICEF Pacific aims to ensure that children are increasingly protected by legislation and are better served by justice systems that protect them as victims, offenders and witnesses,

Ensuring that children are better served by well-informed and coordinated child protection social services that ensure greater protection against and response to violence, abuse and exploitation; and

Supporting families and communities in establishing home and community environments for children that are free from violence, abuse and exploitation.

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Education is critical to a child’s development and well-being

Education is critical to a child’s development and well-being. UNICEF Pacific in partnership with Ministries of Education and regional organisations devotes special efforts to giving all girls and boys equal learning opportunities. Innovative approaches are being used to ensure children complete basic education and achieve learning outcomes; addressing the holistic development of the child; and contributing to learning and motivation to encourage children to remain in school and to complete basic education. Watch videos produced by young people showing the situations, challenges and opportunities facing children and youth in the pacific.

Child Poverty and Vulnerability

UNICEF works to provide evidence on poverty and vulnerability faced by the Pacific children in order to influence the PIC governments’ social and economic policies to become more children centered and pro-poor/vulnerable. Watch videos produced by young people showing the situations, challenges and opportunities facing children and youth in the pacific.

The Vanuatu OneMinutesJnrs

The Vanuatu OneMinutesJnrs. Watch the situations, challenges and opportunities facing children and youth in the pacific.

Climate Change

How does climate change affect children in the Pacific and how will it affect them in the future?
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