MORE THAN A FILM. A PURPOSE
The Last Butterfly is being produced to promote the simple idea that the protection of children from all forms of violence is a fundamental right.
On Friday 25 September 2017, the new global sustainable development agenda was unanimously adopted by the Member States of the United Nations. The new agenda includes for the first time a specific target to end all forms of violence against children, and ending the abuse, neglect and exploitation of children is mainstreamed across several other violence-related targets. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development call to end all forms of violence against children gives renewed impetus towards the realization of the right of every child to live free from fear, neglect, abuse and exploitation.
"I believe that the seemingly endless cycle of global violence can be broken by ending violence against children first."
Aaron Lee, Director
THE SAD FACTS.
According to UNICEF (2014), children’s experience of violence includes:
Homicide
In 2012 alone, homicide took the lives of about 95,000 children and adolescents under the age of 20 – almost one in five of all homicide victims that year.
Physical punishment
Around six in ten children between the ages of two and 14 worldwide are regularly subjected to physical punishment by their caregivers.
Bullying
More than one in three students between the ages of 13 and 15 worldwide regularly experience bullying (cyberbullying not included).
Forced sex
Around 120 million girls under the age of 20 (about one in ten) have been subjected to forced sexual intercourse or other sexual acts at some point in their lives. Boys are also at risk, although a global estimate is unavailable.
Intimate partner violence
One in three adolescent girls aged 15–19 worldwide have been the victims of any emotional, physical or sexual violence committed by their husbands or partners at some point in their lives.
