UN Children's Fund, UNICEF issued a report, "Hidden in plain sight for all", which resulted in the shocking data on violence against minors. According to the organization, in 2012 at the hands of adults killed 95,000 children in 190 countries, and most of all crimes in the countries of Western Europe and North America have been committed on the territory of the United States.
Physical abuse of a child
According to experts, the murder is by far the leading cause of death of juvenile males aged 10 to 19 years in Latin America, the Caribbean and West and Central Africa. The worst situation is in Nigeria - where the physical violence in 2012, the year died 13 thousand children, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, El Salvador, Guatemala and Brazil only slightly behind on this indicator.
As for the US, in the territory of the country two years ago killed 3,000 pupils and students up to 20 years. Thus, the government leader in the transatlantic antireytinge "civilized" countries. "For every 100 thousand victims there are four child or young person", - experts say.
In Central and Eastern Europe, including the CIS, the situation is much less crime - the killing of children there occur much less frequently. So, for a year have died a violent death there is only 1, 5 thousand minors, the report said.
The fact of the topic:
UNICEF staff who worked on the creation of the document "hidden in plain sight for all", stated that 17% of children from 58 countries around the world are regularly subjected to physical punishment, and at least three out of ten parents believe that to raise a child need not only a carrot but also whip.
Equally shocking figures are the experts to analyze the number of cases of sexual violence against minors. "In 2012, he underwent 120 million girls and young women under the age of 20 years" - the researchers reported.
In addition, about 84 million married adolescents in African and Asian countries almost every day suffer beatings, curses and insults from the couple. "At the same time in Afghanistan, Jordan, Mali, and such behavior is the stronger sex is the norm," - said representatives of the world-famous children's fund. (READ MORE)
As for the US, in the territory of the country two years ago killed 3,000 pupils and students up to 20 years. Thus, the government leader in the transatlantic antireytinge "civilized" countries. "For every 100 thousand victims there are four child or young person", - experts say.
In Central and Eastern Europe, including the CIS, the situation is much less crime - the killing of children there occur much less frequently. So, for a year have died a violent death there is only 1, 5 thousand minors, the report said.
The fact of the topic:
UNICEF staff who worked on the creation of the document "hidden in plain sight for all", stated that 17% of children from 58 countries around the world are regularly subjected to physical punishment, and at least three out of ten parents believe that to raise a child need not only a carrot but also whip.
Equally shocking figures are the experts to analyze the number of cases of sexual violence against minors. "In 2012, he underwent 120 million girls and young women under the age of 20 years" - the researchers reported.
In addition, about 84 million married adolescents in African and Asian countries almost every day suffer beatings, curses and insults from the couple. "At the same time in Afghanistan, Jordan, Mali, and such behavior is the stronger sex is the norm," - said representatives of the world-famous children's fund. (READ MORE)
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