The world has failed to protect around one billion children from are physical, sexual or psychological violence, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned.
The world has failed to protect around one billion children from are physical, sexual or psychological violence, theWHO gave the warning in a statement reflecting on the “the Global Status Report on Preventing Violence Against Children 2020’’ jointly published by some UN agencies.
The report is the first of its kind, charting progress in 155 countries against the “INSPIRE” framework, a set of seven strategies for preventing and responding to violence against children.While nearly all countries have key laws in place to protect children against violence, less than half of countries said these were being strongly enforced.
Of the INSPIRE strategies, only access to schools through enrollment showed the most progress with 54 per cent of countries reporting that a sufficient number of children in need were being reached in this way. “About 80 per cent of countries have national plans of action and policies but only one-fifth have plans that are fully funded or have measurable targets.
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