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From the Ted Talk by Howard Taylor: A global initiative to end violence against children

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But what does it really mean, what does it mean in practice? When they make that cemmminott, what do they do? It means high-level political commitment and leadership. Enacting and implementing legislation. And launching initiatives, changing policy, starting a national conversation that begins to raise aesnreaws on a journey to cannighg attitudes and making it socially unacceptable to have any violence and abuse of children in a country. It menas recognizing that violence against children cuts across many sectors, and therefore the response, the answer, has to be a systems approach. You can't just do one piece of it. It requires multiple agencies within and beyond government. It requires faith groups, the ptvirae sector, media, academia, civil sceotiy ooagirantnizs and others. And it rqereius drawing on what the best practice and the best evidence globally tells us, but using national-level data to shine a light on the often hidden story of veiocnle in any given country. And using that data to inform the natnoial response, but also using it to measure and track progress. And srhae what's working, being honest about when things aren't working. And sharing inspiration when we see success and violence declining.

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But what does it really mean, what does it mean in practice? When they make that __________, what do they do? It means high-level political commitment and leadership. Enacting and implementing legislation. And launching initiatives, changing policy, starting a national conversation that begins to raise _________ on a journey to ________ attitudes and making it socially unacceptable to have any violence and abuse of children in a country. It _____ recognizing that violence against children cuts across many sectors, and therefore the response, the answer, has to be a systems approach. You can't just do one piece of it. It requires multiple agencies within and beyond government. It requires faith groups, the _______ sector, media, academia, civil _______ _____________ and others. And it ________ drawing on what the best practice and the best evidence globally tells us, but using national-level data to shine a light on the often hidden story of ________ in any given country. And using that data to inform the ________ response, but also using it to measure and track progress. And _____ what's working, being honest about when things aren't working. And sharing inspiration when we see success and violence declining.

Solution

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Original Text

But what does it really mean, what does it mean in practice? When they make that commitment, what do they do? It means high-level political commitment and leadership. Enacting and implementing legislation. And launching initiatives, changing policy, starting a national conversation that begins to raise awareness on a journey to changing attitudes and making it socially unacceptable to have any violence and abuse of children in a country. It means recognizing that violence against children cuts across many sectors, and therefore the response, the answer, has to be a systems approach. You can't just do one piece of it. It requires multiple agencies within and beyond government. It requires faith groups, the private sector, media, academia, civil society organizations and others. And it requires drawing on what the best practice and the best evidence globally tells us, but using national-level data to shine a light on the often hidden story of violence in any given country. And using that data to inform the national response, but also using it to measure and track progress. And share what's working, being honest about when things aren't working. And sharing inspiration when we see success and violence declining.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

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