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World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse

Image: V. Krebs, ICVolunteers.org
Image: V. Krebs, ICVolunteers.org

Project at a glance

Dates and Place

19 - 20 October 2004, Geneva, Switzerland
Palais Wilson

Organizers

Women's World Summit Foundation (WWSF).

Project details

Child abuse, especially sexual abuse, is a universal and alarming problem and increased attention and efficient protection skills and prevention measures are necessary at family-, local-, national- and international level.

After a long tradition of silence, sexual child abuse is being more and more denounced and becoming a public and political topic.

Alerting Governments and civil society organizations to play a more active role in the promotion of and respect for the rights of the child (article 19 and 34* of the Convention on the Rights of the Child), and contribute to the prevention of child abuse, Women's World Summit Foundation (WWSF) launched in 2000 the World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse, a Day to be commemorated every 19 November in synergy with the anniversary of the International Day for the rights of the child (20 November) which has as its objective to be a rallying point around the issue of child abuse and the need for urgent effective prevention programs.

To make the Day a global call for action, WWSF launched in 2001 an international NGO coalition that marks the World Day with appropriate events and activities to focus on and increase prevention education.

* Art. 19 - States Parties shall take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect the child from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse, while in the care of parent(s), legal guardian(s) or any other person who has the care of the child.

* ART. 34 - States Parties undertake to protect the child from all forms of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse. For these purposes, States Parties shall in particular take all appropriate national, bilateral and multilateral measures to prevent:
 (a) the inducement or coercion of a child to engage in any unlawful sexual activity;
 (b) the exploitative use of children in prostitution or other unlawful sexual practices;
 (c) the exploitative use of children in pornographic performances and materials.

Role of ICVolunteers

ICVolunteers recruted volunteers to provide office support and help with the preparation for conference.



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