Child abuse is a serious matter. No matter what ethnic or social background someone comes from there is the potential for abuse. The Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA)‚ as amended and reauthorized by the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010‚ defines child abuse and neglect as‚ “Any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death‚ serious physical or emotional harm‚ sexual abuse or exploitation; or an act or failure to act which presents
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of child labor in the Philippines increased by almost 30 percent from 4.2 million in 2001 to 5.5 million last year‚ the 2011 Survey on Children of the National Statistics Office (NSO) indicate‚ alarming both the Federation of Free Workers (FFW) and the International Labor Organization (ILO). The NSO‚ which ran a survey on working children last year‚ also said the number of children engaged in hazardous work increased by 25 percent from 2.4 million in 2001 to 3 million 2011. Hazardous child labor
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Hershey Sued Over African Cocoa Farm Child Labor Accusations An investor group is suing the United States largest chocolate manufacturing company Hershey Co.‚ for allegedly using cocoa that is the product of child labor. The Louisiana Municipal Police Employee’s Retirement System filed a lawsuit in October of 2012‚ which seeks to force Hershey to open its corporate records for investors. This public pension fund‚ made up of Hershey shareholders believes that records could reveal the leading U
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What Should be done to Prevent Child Trafficking? Child trafficking is one of the most depraved evil of our time. Very few people are actually aware of how large the problem is. Even if people are aware‚ they generally turn a blind eye towards the entire situation. For this reason‚ the level of awareness needs to be increased drastically. Hence the media should be sensitized to the problem of child trafficking through information and public relations work and called upon to commit themselves to
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Child Soldiers In over 18 countries in the world‚ child soldiers and utilized and direct participants of war. These children‚ are denied a real childhood or any real life other then the destruction and death that surrounds them‚ an estimated 200‚000 to 300‚000 children are serving as soldiers for rebel groups and the government in wars that are going on in the world today. All of these children‚ from a young age participate in modern warfare. They hold AK-47s and M-16s on the front lines of these
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Child Labour ! Intro Hello‚ my name is Suriya Ragu. I am going to tell you about an important issue‚ that is not noticed by a lot people. It is about child labour. When a child’s job is hazardous to child’s physical‚ moral‚ mental‚ or social development it’s know as child labour. Also‚ when the child’s work stops the child from attending school is also know as child labour. I firmly believe child labour is a serious issue around the world and it needs to end. Child labour may not change a bit
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Sean Nelson SW320 J. Juarez Child Neglect This quarter at California State Polytechnic University‚ Pomona‚ I am taking a class called “Family Violence.” In this class‚ one of the most disturbing types of abuse that I have learned about is the neglect of children. Hard to detect and even harder to prove‚ it is the most common form of family violence between senior citizens who live with their families. In 1998 there were an estimated 903‚000 victims of child maltreatment‚ and more than half
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to end child marriages Thursday‚ October 11‚ 2012‚ 19:30 New Delhi: Observing that more than 40 percent of the child marriages in the world occur in India‚ the heads of four UN agencies in India on Thursday called upon the government to pay urgent attention to this and work toward the goal of ending the "harmful practice". The heads of UNICEF‚ UNFPA‚ UN Women and UN Information Centre on Thursday wrote to Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath on the issue of child marriage
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Child abuse is one of the biggest injustices of all time because it is a never ending cycle. Child abuse is the physical‚ sexual‚ or emotional mistreatment or neglect of a child. Children are young‚ innocent‚ and fragile. Their minds are like sponges‚ absorbing everything they see and feel. Thus‚ leading the children to being the advocate of child abuse when their older. Abused and neglected children are 11 times more likely to engage in criminal behavior as an adult. Therefore‚ child abuse leads
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to be very interesting from chapter four was the importance of raising a child correctly. If a child is neglected and abused‚ the consequences a child has may not be detected at first but can show up later on when they grow up. There are different forms a child can be abused‚ they can be physical‚ psychological and behavioral. One of the common forms a child is physically abused is by being shaken. The injuries that a child may experience include bleeding in the eye or brain‚ damage to spinal cord
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