Child Abuse and Neglect

Child abuse includes all forms of physical and emotional mistreatment, sexual abuse, and neglect of a child’s basic needs, which results in actual or potential harm to a child’s physical, mental, and emotional health. Exploitation of children is also a form of abuse and includes trafficking for sexual or economic purposes, and recruitment of children into armed forces.

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Defence for Children International – Palestine Section,

Overviews the results from a workshop addressing child protection issues surrounding child collaboration in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Admira Foundation,

Training manual for a three-day course (targeted at care workers) on domestic violence. Focus on empowering battered women to find safety and regain control.

Prevent Child Abuse - America,

A three-page document outlining how to recognize signs of abuse, including sexual abuse, physical abuse, or neglect.

Romania National Authority for Child Protection and Adoption,

Minimum standards for day care centers in Romania.

© Inter-agency Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Working Group (IDDRWG),

Guidance on planning and implementation of child-specific disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programming in a peacekeeping environment. Includes definitions, roles for child protection agencies, and key programming considerations on prevention of recruitment.

International Social Service and International Reference Center for the Rights of Children Deprived of their Family (ISS/IRC),

A brief fact sheet on providing legal protection for children. Highlights the search for stable solutions, personalization of measures, procedural guarantees and care decisions.

United Nations Inter-Agency Standing Committee,

Comprehensive guidelines for dealing with the planning, establishment, and coordination of multisectoral interventions to prevent and respond to sexual and gender-based violence.

Reach Out Refugee Protection Training Project ,

This module is designed to increase field staff awareness, knowledge, and understanding on gender-based violence (GBV) and aims ultimately to contribute to the effective protection of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).

Al Azhar University and UNICEF,

An overview of child rights and protection as it relates to the central tenets of Islam. Contains brief information on alternative care, children affected by HIV/AIDS, protection from abuse, and other issues.

Jacqueline Ramdatt,

Describes and analyses abuse in institutional care using a case study of a home for girls in the developed world.