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Child
A child means any person under the age
of 18, unless under the (national) law
applicable to the child, majority is attained
earlier (Convention on the Rights of the
Child, or CRC, Article1).
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Child Protection
Measures and Structures to
1. Prevent
2. Respond to and
3. Resolve
Abuse
Neglect
Exploitation and
Violence
affecting children and experienced by children in all
settings
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Abuse
Abuse
A deliberate act of ill treatment that can harm or is likely to
cause harm to a child's
safety
well-being
dignity and
development
Context
1. a relationship of responsibility, trust, or power such as someone who
has the care of the child including
parent(s),
legal guardian(s)
a teacher,
a community worker,
a babysitter or nanny etc.
2. committed by a stranger.
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Abuse
Forms of Abuse
1. Physical
2. Emotional and Psychological
3. Sexual
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Abuse
Physical Abuse
Causing actual or likely physical injury or suffering
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Abuse
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Abuse
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Abuse
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Abuse
Sexual Abuse
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Abuse
Incest
Early and forced marriage
Rape
Pornography
Sexual slavery
Indecent touching or exposure
Using sexually explicit language towards a child
Showing children pornographic material
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Abuse
Pornography
Child pornography is any visual or audio material material depicting
sexual activity by children but may also include all images of nude
children
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Abuse
Sexual slavery
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forced prostitution
single-owner sexual slavery
ritual slavery, sometimes associated with
traditional religious practices
slavery for primarily non-sexual purposes where
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Abuse
Neglect
Deliberate, OR through
Carelessness or negligence,
Failure to
provide OR secure children their rights
to physical safety and development which
results in significant impairment of the childs
health or development and to thrive emotionally
and socially
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Neglect
Types of Neglect
Medical neglect,
Emotional neglect
Educational neglect
Social neglect
Physical neglect
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Exploitation
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Exploitation
Exploitation
the use of children for someone elses advantage,
gratification or profit often resulting in unjust, cruel and
harmful treatment of the child.
Two main forms of child exploitation are recognized:
Sexual Exploitation
Economic
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Exploitation
Sexual exploitation
the abuse of a position for sexual purposes
vulnerability,
differential power, or
trust;
this includes profiting monetarily, socially or
politically from the exploitation of another as well as
personal sexual gratification.
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Exploitation
Exploitation
Violence
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Violence
Violence
all forms of physical or mental violence, injury and
abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment
or exploitation, including sexual abuse
the intentional use of physical force or power,
threatened or actual, against a child, by an individual or
group, that either results in or has a high likelihood of
resulting in actual or potential harm to the childs
health, survival, development or dignity" WHO
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Violence
by whom?
individuals
the State
groups and organisations
policies
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Violence
Violence
Violence
Death penalty
Torture
Forced displacement
Unlawful imprisonment
Extra-judicial killings and executions
Enforced disappearances
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Key CP programming
prioprities during emergencies
Family separation
Recruitment into armed forces or armed groups:
Exploitation and gender-based violence:
Physical Harm
Psychosocial distress
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