Violence against children impedes their development and violates their rights. To raise a call that it be stopped, the United Nations conducted a Global Study on Violence Against Children. This involved nine regional consultations; in June 2005, a delegation from East Asia and the Pacific, including children, met to discuss how children experience violence at home, in communities and on the streets, in educational settings, in institutions, in work situations, in conflict with law and in an on-line environment.

In East Asia and the Pacific, a coalition of  regional agencies is working to raise awareness of the issues and explore solutions. As part of this, a series of monthly newsletters is examining a key issue of the UN violence study (global report available online), providing background, highlighting progress, sharing key facts, figures and resources, as well as introducing agencies, activists and children in the region who are leading the push to end the violence.