Unicef hukuma ce ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya da ke aiki kare hakkin yara da inganta rayuwarsu na miliyoyin 'yan mata da yara maza a duniya.
Daya daga cikin shirye-shiryen da wannan hukumar ke samarwa ana kiran sa Garuruwan Abokai.
A 1992, a cikin Dakar (Senegal), an ƙaddamar da shirin Mayors Defenders of Children, wanda Unicef ta tallafawa. Ta hanyar wannan shirin, an yi niyyar yin tasiri ga rawar da kananan hukumomi ke takawa wajen biyan 'yancin' yan mata da samari.
A shekarar 1996, yayin taron Majalisar Dinkin Duniya kan matsugunan dan adam, an bayyana jin dadin yara a matsayin mai nuna yanayin lafiya, dimokiradiyya da kyakkyawan yanayi. Don aiki a kan wannan, an ƙaddamar da Shirin Biranen Abokai na Yara.
A cikin 2001, Kwamitin Mutanen Espanya na Unicef, tare da Ma'aikatar Lafiya, Manufofin Zamani da Daidaito, Spanishungiyar Mutanen Espanya ta unicipananan Hukumomi da larduna (FEMP) da Cibiyar Kula da Buƙatu da Hakkokin Yara da Matasa (IUNDIA).
Manufofin Shirin Biranen Abokai
Babban maƙasudin Shirin shine tsarawa da aiwatar da kyawawan manufofin jama'a waɗanda ke inganta rayuwar 'yan mata da samari, kare 'yancin su, karfafa shigar su da kuma sanya birane su zama na gari.
Wadannan manufofin yakamata su dogara da Yarjejeniyar yancin yara, yarjejeniya ta duniya wacce ke tilasta gwamnatoci cika waɗannan haƙƙoƙin yara. Wannan yarjejeniyar ta fahimci hakan 'yan mata da samari mutane ne da ke da' yancin cikakken ci gaban jiki, hankali da zamantakewar su. Hakkin 'yancin fadin albarkacin bakinsa shima an yarda dashi.
Wannan yarjejeniyar ta duniya ta zama doka a cikin 1990 kuma ƙasashe 20 suka karɓa kuma suka sanya hannu, ɗayansu, Spain. Har wa yau, Yarjejeniyar kan Hakkokin Yaron duk ƙasashen duniya sun yarda da ita ban da Amurka.
Kwamitin Sifen na Unicef ya yarda da shi a fili tare da Hatimin Birni na Abokantaka ga kananan hukumomin da suka bi ka'idojin Yarjejeniyar kan Hakkokin Yaro. Ana yin wannan hatimin kowane shekara biyu don tsawon shekaru huɗu, kuma ana bayar dashi bayan aiwatar da bincike da bincike wanda ya ƙare tare da amincewa dashi azaman Cityasar Abokin Yara.
A halin yanzu, a Spain akwai Kananan hukumomi 170 waɗanda aka ba su lambar yabo ta Cityabi'ar Friendan Yara.