Children Archipelago
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Violence toward children crosses boundaries of geography, race, social status, education, religion, and culture. It happens in homes and streets, schools, orphanages, and other care centers, places of work, and entertainment. Perpetrators include family members, caretakers, teachers, law enforcement officials, and other kids. Some children are especially unsafe because of disability, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, class. And no nation is exempt, whether wealthy or poor.
Violence against children includes at least one type of interpersonal violence that occurs at different stages in a kid’s development: maltreatment, maltreatment, bullying, psychological violence, and sexual violence.
Stopping violence against children is a subject of urgency. Governments are eventually responsible for the safekeeping of children. It is hence up to Governments to work now, to fulfill their human rights responsibilities and other duties, to guarantee the security of children from all types
of violence.
The world’s largest independent child rights organization, “Save the Children,” created the children’s world map that shows the countries that have banned violence against children.
Child rights organization “Save the Children,” located in Sweden and 119 other countries, works for all children’s apparent right to survive, develop, and grow up in safety.
Countries that have banned violence against children
- Argentina
- Albania
- Andorra
- Benin
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Philippines
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Greece
- Guinea
- Honduras
- Ireland
- Iceland
- Israel
- Japanese
- Cape Verde
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Croatia
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Malta
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Netherlands
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Norway
- New Zealand
- Peru
- Poland
- Portugal
- Republic of the Congo
- San Marino
- Seychelles
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- South Africa
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Germany
- Ukraine
- Hungary
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Austria
Key facts
- Violence against children encompasses all types of violence against people under 18 years old, whether committed by parents or other caretakers, matches, romantic partners, or strangers.
- Worldwide, it is estimated that up to 1 billion children aged 2–17 years have undergone physical, sexual, or psychological violence or negligence in the past year.
- Enduring violence in youth influences lifetime health and well-being.
- The economic consequence of violence against children is valued at hundreds of billions of dollars per year.
- According to the World Health Organization, more than 50 thousand children die worldwide each year due to violence.
- More than 80 percent of adolescent boys and girls aged 13 to 24 years experienced sexual abuse and physical violence in Tanzania.
- Among 11% and 26% of young girls and women in sub-Saharan African nations endured sexual violence in the past year.
