🔸 The trauma-informed and gender-sensitive approach necessary to support children affected by hostilities;
🔸 The importance of educating the society and the international community to better protect children in armed conflicts.
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#CAAC #RedHandDay
Vielen Dank für euer Engagement zum #RedHandDay! ❤️
Mit euren roten Handabdrücken setzt ihr ein wichtiges Zeichen für Kinderrechte!
Ein roter Handabdruck als sichtbares Zeichen gegen den Missbrauch von Kindern als Soldaten!
Dank der großen Unterstützung meiner SuS aus Klasse 8 ist der Aktionstag überhaupt möglich.
Alle SuS der Klasse 5 haben die Möglichkeit, Handabdrücke als sichtbares Zeichen zu machen.
Zum #RedHandDay fand unser Aktionstag statt:
Unsere 5. Klassen machten rote Handabdrücke als sichtbares Zeichen gegen den Missbrauch von Kindern als Soldaten.
#Kinderrechte #blueLZ #eduSH
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#volksbund_SH
On Red Hand Day, we stand against the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict, a grave violation that continues around the world. Every child deserves safety, dignity, and peace. #RedHandDay #ProveItMatters
❗️Today marks #RedHandDay. At NP, our red hands are raised high to demand an end to the recruitment and use of #ChildrenInArmedConflict. Let’s take a look at how Red Hand Day came to be and why it’s so important.
A soaring number of children in #Haiti are being recruited and used by armed groups, according to a new UNICEF report.
UNICEF Haiti's Geeta Narayan talks with @apnews.com about what's fueling the crisis and how our colleagues are working to prevent child recruitment. #RedHandDay
One in 5 children worldwide lives in conflict-affected settings🌍
🛑On #RedHandDay, the African Union, European Union & United Nations reiterate their commitment to address the recruitment of #childsoldiers. We call on all parties to comply with international law.
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L’utilisation d’enfants dans les conflits armés constitue une grave violation des droits de l’enfant. Cela doit cesser.
C'est aujourd'hui la Journée internationale contre l'utilisation d'enfants soldats.
#ACTtoProtect #ChildrenNotSoldiers @childreninwar
#RedHandDay
Nearly 1 in 5 children worldwide live in areas affected by conflict. For too many, that means facing unimaginable risks — including being recruited by armed groups.
Today, on #RedHandDay, we’re raising awareness about the dangers children face in conflict settings and what it takes to protect them.
We raise our hands against the abuse of child soldiers. They are robbed of their childhood - and of their future. Deeply traumatized, they struggle to find their place in society. 🇩🇪 is committed to protect the rights of children in armed conflicts at the 🇺🇳 & beyond. #RedHandDay
Apparently some adults still think a rifle is a “career opportunity” for a child…
It isn’t!
#RedHandDay
As part of #RedHandDay 2026, the Alliance encourages practitioners & policymakers to explore evidence from the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for #CAAC on how these risks manifest in different contexts, including Colombia and the Central African Republic.
✋Child recruitment and use expose children—including boys—to heightened risks of conflict-related sexual violence. These harms often remain hidden, underreported, and insufficiently addressed in prevention and reintegration efforts.
#RedHandDay #ChildProtection #CAAFAG
Young Afro-Colombian child wearing PPE and placing their painted red hand on a mural featuring other red handprints.
For 32 years, Taller de Vida has helped reimagine the lives of Afro-Colombian and Indigenous youth impacted by war, providing services that support their security and ability to thrive as survivors, and be kids.
Children deserve peace.
#RedHandDay
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On #RedHandDay, Portugal deplores use of child soldiers.
From Africa to Middle East, from forgotten conflicts to headline wars, children are still being forced to fight battles that are not theirs.
Nour, Joelle, Andriy, & thousands + children, belong in schools, not on battlefields.
02/12/2026 is National Productivity Day 🇮🇳, Digital Learning Day 🌎, Red Hand Day 🌎, Fat Thursday 🇵🇱, International Darwin Day 🇺🇸, National Plum Pudding Day 🇺🇸, Lincoln's Birthday 🇺🇸, National Lost Penny Day 🇺🇸 #nationalproductivityday #digitallearningday #redhandday #fatthursday
Today: International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers
@un-mptf-office.bsky.social Peace&Transition Portfolio works to promote peace, end violence, strengthen children’s safety, dignity, and the right to a future free from fear.
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#RedHandDay #EndChildRecruitment
Armed conflicts reshape both the present and the future, and for some children, they mean being drawn in by armed actors. These minors are victims. They deserve protection, care, and sustained support, so they can heal, recover, and reclaim their childhood. #RedHandDay
For some children living in areas affected by armed conflict, war is not just about losing their childhood, but also about being used and/or recruited by armed actors.
These minors are victims.
They deserve protection, care, and sustained support to heal. #RedHandDay
Today is Feb 12:
#DarwinDay
#GivingHeartsDay
#RedHandDay
#DigitalLearningDay
#LidarDay
#FreedomToMarryDay
#PaulBunyanDay
#HugDay
#LincolnsBirthday
#SafetyPupDay
#LostPennyDay
#NAACPDay
#OglethorpeDay
#FatThursday
✋On #RedHandDay, Belgium declares they are #ChildrenNotSoldiers.
Use & recruitment of children is 1 of the 6 grave violations in the #ChildrenAndArmedConflict agenda.
We #ActToProtect by supporting @unicef.org's Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism through multiannual funding.
This #RedHandDay, raise your red hand for children affected by conflict in Mozambique. They deserve to heal, thrive, and learn.
International Day Against the Use of Child Soldiers (Red Hand Day). Let’s raise our voices to protect children from war and violence. Every child deserves books, not weapons; dreams, not battles. #RedHandDay #EndChildSoldiering
🟥 On #RedHandDay, we reaffirm: Stop recruiting and using children in war. #IHL protects them and respect for IHL is possible.
🎥 Watch how some parties have demobilized and reintegrated child recruits: vimeo.com/1060800236
#ChildProtection #ChildrenInConflict #WarHasRules #ICRC @icrc.org
Today, we say NO to the recruitment and use of children in armed conflicts. Every child has the right to a childhood in peace. The protection of children, especially in conflict, must always be assured.
#ChildrenNotSoldiers #Peace #HumanRights #Portugal4UNSC #RedHandDay
Hoje dizemos NÃO ao recrutamento e à utilização de crianças em conflitos armados. Todas as crianças têm direito a uma infância vivida em paz. A proteção das crianças, especialmente em contexto de conflito, deve ser sempre assegurada.
#CriançasNãoSãoSoldados #Paz #DH #RedHandDay
Der Einsatz von Kindersoldaten ist international verboten, aber trotzdem allgegenwärtig.
Kinderrechte gelten universell und enden nicht im Krieg. Politik darf hier nicht wegsehen, sondern muss Schutz, Prävention & konsequente Durchsetzung des Völkerrechts einfordern.
#redhandday
On #RedHandDay, we’re thinking of all children affected by conflict & crisis❤️🩹1 in 4 children worldwide lives in a conflict-affected country - conditions that drive child marriage as families & communities break down. Watch Maria’s story made in collaboration with @unhcr.org below. #EndChildMarriage
Today Feb 12, 2026, is both: #InternationalDayAgainst theUseofChildSoldiers! & #RedHandDay!
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