123Let’s Fight Violence Against Children
posted by sherliez on December 2nd, 2010
Change your facebook profile picture to a cartoon from your childhood and invite your friends to do the same. Until monday (Dec 6) there should be no human faces on facebook, but an invasion of memories. This is for violence against children.
This is my current status in Facebook. So I changed my profile picture to Pocahontas.
As I searched for this in Google, I found out that violence against children happens everywhere, in every society, in every country, and all over social groups.
Violence against children includes physical violence, psychological violence such as insults and humiliation, discrimination, neglect and maltreatment. It is often inflicted by people they know and trust.
Majority of the short and long term effect on children are often grave and damaging even if the consequences could vary in severity and nature of it.
Responding to violence
A lot has already been done to prevent and respond to certain forms of violence against children. States have ratified international agreements to protect children and ensure their rights and, on the basis of these, have amended laws and developed national plans of action. Few states, though, have thoroughly reviewed their legal framework to address violence against children more effectively. Putting laws into practice also remains a challenge. Advocacy, awareness-raising and training have helped increase understanding of violence against children. There have been important initiatives in areas such as eliminating the worst forms of child labour, addressing female genital mutilation/cutting and providing services to children on the streets. Programmes to support parents and develop their parenting skills play a vital role in protecting children, and young people themselves are active in many ways in preventing and responding to violence. Despite all this, much remains to be done.
Download, World Report on Violence against Children
