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<p>DFID is providing significant support to protect children from violence around
the world in conflict and humanitarian crises. Our programmes assist children and
reduce their risks of violence, exploitation, abuse, and neglect.</p><p>In August
2019 at the G7 Summit, the UK Prime Minister announced £90 million of new UK support
for education in emergencies and crises across the world, this will support 600,000
children living in conflict areas and areas of proacted crises. Girls are 2.5 times
more likely to be out of school in emergencies. This investment is a key plank of
the PM’s plan to ensure more girls benefit from 12 years of education. This funding
will provide safe spaces for girls and psycho-social support to those who have experienced
violence and trauma.</p><p>The UK’s £16 million per year contribution to the UN Peacebuilding
Fund is strengthening access to justice for children in Haiti; reintegrating children
associated with armed groups in Myanmar; and preventing the recruitment of child soldiers
in Somalia.</p><p>DFID’s ‘Children on the Move’ programme is working in Somalia, Ethiopia
and Sudan to develop and strengthen child protection systems for migrating, internally
displaced, and refugee children. This is helping to prevent and respond to violence
against some of the world’s most vulnerable children.</p>
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