This is the first of a series of updates from Save the Children  tracking progress towards the inclusion of violence against children and child protection in the Post-2015 framework. This and subsequent updates will enable you to be informed about relevant events in the post-2015 process, as well as to hear about the related activities of child protection agencies at the international and national levels.  

Highlights of this update include:

- The upcoming Open Working Group meeting in early February 2014 on two topics of importance to advocates for the inclusion of violence against children in the new Post-2015 framework

- Results from a number of consultations with children on the Post-2015 agenda;

- Important endorsements  of our goals from UN and other experts