Half of all children suffer abuse: NGO

[geovalin]

The NGO Committee on the Rights of the Child has asked the National Assembly to intervene to protect the nation’s children, claiming more than 50 percent have suffered physical or mental abuse. The committee said lawmakers should urge the government to do more to safeguard children’s rights and called on the National Assembly to provide funding for social services as children continue to suffer as a result of domestic violence.

 

The request was made in a meeting between the NGO committee, provincial representatives and the Sixth Commission of the National Assembly over the weekend. According to the NGO committee, the government has made progress in preventing child abuse and legal measures to safeguard children, but young people are still suffering physical and mental violence at the hands of parents or guardians, including child labour abuses.

 

An NGO committee research report presented at the meeting said more than 50 percent of Cambodian children had suffered physical or mental abuse. The committee said parliamentarians should push the government to further protect children’s rights and provide funding for social services, especially education, which is the foundation of human development.

Pech Sotheary

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[phantomfiddler]

This sounds like an extremely self serving piece of "information" to me. This is not a perfect world, and sometimes children need to be disciplined. The NGO would probably classify this as some form of abuse, but any rational person would disagree. I have encountered the children of parents who did not believe in any form of discipline at all, and the children have invariably grown up to be complete a*s*h*l*s, often violent when they did not get their way ! N.G.O.s have to validate their own existence, and nothing would do this better than exaggeration of the problems they are waiting to "solve".

[williamgeorgeallen]

where do i donate to these non government organizations? they must need more money based on this report. are they crowdfunding?

[PomPolo]

Well backed up with facts and figures and references the NGO's statement here - NOT.

[connda]

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Edited July 25, 2017 by connda