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IDiPD joins the "Alliance for Prevention" of UNICEF Portugal

Updated : 26/03/2026

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The Institute for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, I.P. (IDiPD), integrates the "Alliance for Prevention" of UNICEF Portugal from this Thursday, March 26, in a collective call for the adoption of structural measures to prevent and combat violence against children in Portugal.

Considering that the "Alliance for Prevention" advocates a new paradigm of prevention of violence against children, mobilizing all sectors of the State and society, for the support of families and effective protection of children, considering that the Convention on the Rights of the Child has in article 23º a specific article on the Rights of Children with Disabilities, and that this articulates with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in view of our mission, attributions and competences the Institute has joined the Alliance for Prevention because it considers it to be an asset for the monitoring of situations related to children and young people with disabilities who are among the most vulnerable group.

UNICEF Portugal has launched, in collaboration with SOS Children's Villages, the Victim Support Association, the Child Support Institute and ProChild CoLAB, the Alliance for Prevention, a collective call for the adoption of structural measures to prevent and combat violence against children in Portugal.

The "Alliance for Prevention" advocates a new paradigm of preventing violence against children, mobilizing all sectors of the state and society to support families and effective protection of children.