Transcription of What is child Protection? - UNICEF
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child protection inForMAtion Sheet UNICEF uses the term child protection to refer to preventing and responding to violence, exploitation and abuse against children including commercial sexual exploitation, trafficking, child labour and harmful traditional practices, such as female geni-tal mutilation/cutting and child marriage. UNICEF s child protection programmes also target children who are uniquely vulnerable to these abuses, such as when living without parental care, in conflict with the law and in armed conflict. Violations of the child s right to protection take place in every country and are massive, under-recognized and under-re-ported barriers to child survival and development, in addition to being human rights violations. Children subjected to violence, exploitation, abuse and ne-glect are at risk of death, poor physical and mental health, hiV/AidS infection, educational problems, displacement, homelessness, vagrancy and poor parenting skills later in and Figures Approximately 126 million children aged 5 17 are believed to be engaged in hazardous work, excluding child domestic labour1.
Child ProteCtion inForMAtion Sheet UniCeF uses the term ‘child protection’ to refer to preventing and responding to violence, exploitation
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Preventing, Child Abuse and Neglect, Penalties for Failure to Report, Child Abuse, CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT Child abuse, Child, Preventing ABUSE & NEGLECT, Strategic Direction for Child Maltreatment, Preventing Child, National Child Participation and Protection, National Child Participation and Protection Guidelines