Introduction to Child Protection

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The exploitation, abuse, and violence against children often take on covert forms. It happens in every society, and it happens in places where children should be safest: their homes, environments, and schools.

There are three forms of violence against children which need to be protected:

  1. Emotional Abuse
  2. Physical Abuse
  3. Sexual Abuse
Emotional Abuse: A pattern of behavior by parents or other caregivers that can substantially impede a child's cognitive, emotional, psychological, or social development is referred to as emotional abuse of a child.
Physical Abuse: It happens when someone attempts to control another person's behavior by using a body part or an item.
Sexual Abuse: Is any violent attempt or act to achieve a sexual act, regardless of the perpetrator's relationship to the victim.

From the above three forms, children are frequently harmed by those in whom they have placed their trust most in the society even in the family. 

Every child has the right to be safe from harm, exploitation, and abuse including those displaced by conflict, poverty, or disaster; trafficking; and those with disabilities. Protecting children entails safeguarding their physical, mental, and psychosocial needs in order to secure their futures.

Children may be compelled to abandon their homes during armed war, natural disasters, and other calamities, with some being separated from their families and being subjected to exploitation and abuse.

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