Report

Progress for Children (No. 8)

A Report Card on Child Protection.

A young child at the Peaun Mit street children centre, which provides support to children without family support in Lao PDR. — UNICEF/UNI76297/Holmes

Highlights

The violence, exploitation and abuse experienced by children all over the world take many forms, including corporal punishment, harmful traditional practices, hazardous labour, sexual exploitation, trafficking, association with armed groups and forces, and needless placement in prisons and institutions. This edition of Progress for Children reports some improvements but many remaining challenges to protecting children from such abuses. It calls on society to build a ‘protective environment’ for children.

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