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Press Release_9 August 2012: 1 in 10 children in Asia-Pacific suffer abuse--UNICEF
Unacceptable physical abuse is causing long-term damage to the lives and futures of far too many children in East Asia and the Pacific, according to a report to be released by UNICEF on 8 August.
The report, Child Maltreatment: Prevalence, Incidence and Consequences in East Asia and Pacific, is the first comprehensive analysis of existing studies undertaken by experts and academics about child maltreatment in the region. It examines studies produced between January 2000 and November 2010.
Estimates of the frequency of physical abuse of children vary from country to country and from study to study, but the report found that even the best case scenario suggests that 1 in 10 children experience physical abuse, while the worst case finds that 30.3 per cent of children suffer from abuse.
The prevalence of severe physical abuse ranges from nine per cent to nearly one in four children in the region, according to the studies. Severe physical abuse includes beatings, including those inflicted by fists or implements, which result in physical injury.
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