1. Child Abuse

3. Introduction
 What is Child Abuse?
 Type of Child Abuse
 Indicators of Child Abuse
 Instruments and Standards for protection of
Child Right
 Recent Case of Child Abuse
 Recommendations

4. A Picture
is worth a thousand words

5. Some Sweet Ones

6. Some Bitter Ones

7. Type of Child Abuse
PhysicalAbuse
Sexual Abuse
Emotional Abuse
Neglect

8. Child Abuse
 Risk Factors
 Prematurity
 Chronic illness
 Mental retardation
 Difficult temperament

9. Child Abuse
 Characteristics of abusers:
 Young parents
 Abuse of the caretaker as a child
 Lack of family support
 Low socioeconomic status

10. Indicators of Child Abuse
Physical Abuse
 Slapping/ kicking
 Beating with stave/stick
 Pushing

11. Methods of Physical abuse among Children
4. 4%
8. 8%
1. 1%
7. 7%
Slapped
44. 44%
Beat with stick
Kicked
36. 36% Hurt with sharp edged wepon
Pushed
others

12. Indicators of Child Abuse
Sexual Abuse
 Sexual assault
 Forcible kissing
 Making the child exhibit private body parts
 Exhibiting private body parts to a child
 Photographing a child in the nude

13. Percentage of Sexual Assualt among different
Evidence Groups
17%
28% Children in family
environment
16% Children in School
Children at work
39%
Children in institutional care

14. Indicators of Child Abuse
Emotional Abuse
 Humiliation is the lowering of the self
esteem of the child by harsh treatment,
ignoring, shouting or speaking rudely,
name calling and use of abusive language
 Comparison is between siblings and with
other children

15. Indicators of Child Abuse
Girl Child Neglect
 Lack of attention to girls as compared to
brothers
 Less share of food in the family
 Sibling care by the girl child
 Gender discrimination

16. INCIDENCE OF CRIMES
COMMITTED AGAINST CHILDREN
SR. No. Crime Head Years % Variation
in
2002 2003 2004 2004 2005 Over
2004
1 Rape 2532 2949 3542 4026 13.7
2 Kidnapping & 2322 2571 3196 3518 10.1
Abduction
3 Procurement 124 171 205 145 29.3
of Minor Girls
4 Selling of Girls 5 36 19 50 163.2
for Prostitution
5 Buying of Girls 9 24 21 28 33.3
for Prostitution
6 Abetment of 24 25 33 43 30.3
Suicide
7 Exposure and 644 722 715 933 30.5
Abandonment
8 Infanticide 115 103 102 108 5.9
9 Foeticide 84 57 86 86 0
10 Child Marriage 113 63 93 122 31.2
Restraint Act

17. Case Study
 2-year-old Falak and 14-year-old teenage girl
 Teenager who is a victim of abuse
 Father Vijender abusing her and pushing her into prostitution
 Constant physical abuse by her alcoholic father
 14-year-old ran away from but caught in another vicious cycle of torture
 teenager was forced by Sandeep and Arti, into prostitution
 Months later, she met Rajkumar and the two started staying together in the
slums of Mahipalpur.
 Rajkumar brought baby Falak home
 Initially Teenager girl looked after the child
 the 14-year-old took her frustration out on Falak
 It's a case of how one lost childhood almost led to ending another

18. Instruments and Standard for
Protection of child right
CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
 Article 21A
 Article 24
National policies
 National Policy for Children, 1974
 National Policy on Education, 1986
 National Policy on Child Labour, 1987
 National Nutrition Policy, 1993

19. SCHEMES AND PROGRAMMES ON
CHILD PROTECTION
 Shishu Greha Scheme
 Rajiv Gandhi National Creche
Scheme for the Children of Working
Mothers
 CHILDLINE Service

20. RECOMMENDATIONS

21. Thank You