UN Report on children experience violence
- UN has issued a rport based on “Global Status Report on Preventing Violence Against Children 2020”. report says that over 1 bn children are presently affected by physical, sexual or psychological violence.
- Due to COVID-19 lockdown, the situation are being more worsen that put many youngsters into stuck with their abusers.
- World Health Organisation (WHO) and the UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has launched this report on children.
- report studies on 155 nations against the “INSPIRE” framework and is a set of seven strategies to prevent and respond to violence against children.
What is INSPIRE mean?
it was Launched in 2016, INSPIRE is called a set of seven evidence-based strategies for nations and communities working to removing violence against children in the country. INSPIRE is an acronym, with each letter representing a strategy:
- I stands for the implementation and enforcement of laws
- N stands for norms and values
- S standsfor safe environments
- P standsfor parent and caregiver support
- I standsfor income and economic strengthening
- R stands for response and support services
- E stands for education and life skills.
About UNESCO:
Headquarters: Paris, France
Head: Audrey Azoulay
Founded: 16 November 1945
Formation: 4 November 1945
About UNICEF:
Headquarters: New York
Head: Henrietta H. Fore
Founded: 11 December 1946
Executive Director– Henrietta Holsman Fore
About WHO:
Heads: Tedros Adhanom, Soumya Swaminathan, Jane Ellison
Founded: 7 April 1948
Headquarters– Geneva, Switzerland
Director general– Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Chief Scientist– Soumya Swaminathan
About End Violence Against Children:
Executive Director– Howard Taylor
Headquarter– New York, US
UN Report on children experience violence