One in 10 girls sexually abused worldwide: UN
One in 10 girls sexually abused worldwide: UN
Around 120 million girls around the world, close to one in 10, have been raped or sexually assaulted by the time they turn 20, a new UN report has found.
In a global study of violence against children, the child welfare agency reveals that one fifth of all murder victims are children and adolescents under age 20.
Homicide is the leading cause of death among boys and young men aged 10 to 19 in including Venezuela, Colombia, and .
UNICEF says the study entitled "Hidden in Plain Sight" is the largest-ever study of violence against children, drawing on data from 190 countries.
"These are uncomfortable facts -- no government or parent will want to see them," said UNICEF Executive Director .
"But unless we confront the reality each infuriating statistic represents -- the life of a child whose right to a safe, protected childhood has been violated -- we will never change the mind-set that violence against children is normal and permissible. It is neither."
Other abuses include bullying, which regularly affected more than one in three schoolchildren aged 13 to 15 worldwide.
And as for violent discipline, the study found that about 17 percent of youngsters in 58 countries were subject to severe forms of physical punishment, including being hit on the head, ears or face or being hit hard and repeatedly.
report also tackles the mindsets it says perpetuate and justify such violence.
It recommended six strategies for preventing violence against children.
They include "supporting parents and equipping children with life skills; changing attitudes; strengthening judicial, criminal and social systems and services; and generating evidence and awareness about violence and its human and socio-economic costs, in order to change attitudes and norms."
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This has GOT to stop!!!
Used to be one in three women had been abused. zhsrd to tell which way better or worse. But all bad.
Yes, it's all bad.,and I'll never understand abuse...of any kind...sigh..
1 in 5 are raped in the U. S. - that is more scary and sick.
It sure is scary and sick 1st.
Sad commentary on the human race.
It sure is Kav. I hope some day soon it will end.
Sadly, it won't stop, nona. No matter what, no matter where. But it doesn't mean we do nothing. It happens here in America. It happens everywhere. Which goes to show there is something that is universally underlying the concept of sexuality that we cover up with morality, religion, and whatever else. It is sick because it undermines all of those high ideals we create and then violate. It makes me question all of those ideals and morals - who are they for? Those who violate are often fathers, husbands, and even those who carry the religious flags. Our human society has not come to terms with sexuality. It is conflicted and this conflict leads to denial and to behavior that reflects the most loathsome and vile conduct.