TUMAR: protecting children
In Kyrgyzstan, almost 3 out of 4 children suffer violence
Children need YOU
Violence, as well as violent discipline, is still widely accepted in society
Children left behind by migrant parents are more exposed to violence
Young children suffer the most
In Kyrgyz culture, parents, to protect the child from birth, wear a Tumar, a triangle-shaped amulet.
The Tumar bears a Kyrgyz pattern especially dedicated to children: a new moon symbolizing a child and a mythical Umai mother – a 'Tumar' protection sign. All these details put together to activate the symbol of child protection.
Pledge your voice and actions to #ENDviolence against children
This year, UNICEF, on the 30th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of Children, the main document to protect the rights of children in the world and ratified by Kyrgyzstan 25 years ago, announces a national call (the Tumar Manifesto) to stop violence against children in all settings:
- No child should be beaten by the people whom he/she trusts and believes.
- No child should feel fear to the parents and siblings instead of love.
- No child should be scared to be at home, on the street or at school.
- Protecting children from violence is everyone’s business
What can YOU do?
By supporting the Tumar Manifesto, I show my support to end violence against children, against the smallest and most vulnerable in Kyrgyzstan:
- I understand that violence harms the child and can lead to irreversible consequences in development, health and future.
- Violence is never acceptable
- I am aware that there are positive ways to discipline a child.
- I will practice positive disciplining with children around me
- I will report if I see or hear violence against a child to #111 Child Helpline or police
- I stop the circle of violence in my family, community, society and the country
- I support banning Corporal Punishment in all settings
Stand with UNICEF to save children’s lives and safe childhood!
