Tag Archives : child abuse

Missing children and the looming threat of child abuse are two of the biggest concerns that haunt the U.S law enforcement agencies, especially the highly revered Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In a society where civility modern ways are the way of life, the social evil of child abuse has been a well ingrained dark side that has loomed over [...]

To grow up as a victim of child abuse can be a terrible experience. However, what is usually ignored or not understood is the equally devastating experience of growing up with an Alcoholic parent, or with alcoholic parents. Children usually feel their parents turn into “someone else” once they are drunk, and this might lead to a belief that the [...]

One of the horrible and tormenting realities of human world is the abuse and pain human beings inflict on little innocent children and other human beings. Casa Do Menor’s latest campaign titled ‘Hands’ against sexual and other kinds of abuse of small children is very disturbing. The tag line: Certain Things hang on forever. Set the kids free [...]

Today is the 20th anniversary of UN’s Convention on Rights of the Child and various ceremonies are being held all over the world to mark the event. This Convention on Rights of the Child (CRC) was signed in 1989 and it endorses and guarantees basic right of all children to life, education, play and protection from abuse. This landmark human rights [...]

Most people cherish good memories of childhood and it is best phase in one’s life when mind is full of wonder. But realities are different for some troubled families where the children are ill treated and abused. Childhood is simply denied to these children and they grow up as individuals with deep scars. CAF onlus is a NGO which was founded in Italy [...]

The campaign entitled “You can lose more than your patience” is a strong message about the devastation experienced by abused children. The visual of broken porcelain children says it all: children are as fragile as porcelain, and if they ‘break’ and ‘shatter’ under the cruelty of child abuse, their childhood and even their whole life are [...]

A Saudi Arabian girl, 8, married to a 47 year old man by her father to clear off this debt was finally granted divorce. The plea for the divorce was rejected twice by the court in Saudi Arabia. It was reported that the girl was not even aware of her marriage to this man, who was her father’s friend. The marriage was not annulled twice when the mother [...]

Here is an innovative and thought provoking campaign of Australian Childhood Foundation. Ongoing campaign on the streets of Melbourne depicts the reality of neglected children and abused childhood. The campaign ‘Stop Child Abuse Now’ is created by JWT agency. For this campaign child sized mannequins hidden by wall posters were placed in different [...]

In an eerie reminder of the way Josef Fritzl imprisoned his incest-born children in his cellar while he raped his own daughter Elizabeth, a 7 year old boy Dylan was found imprisoned in a windowless room in Millau, France. Dylan was imprisoned by his parents from the day he was born in what could be called the most cruel imprisonment till date in France. [...]

A child is said to be best safe in mother’s care. But the sad and shocking death of Baby P in north London reveals the dark side of motherhood. This death of a toddler has forced child protection agencies, social workers and doctors to find the loop-holes in the system. It is indeed shocking, Baby P had been listed as abused and had suffered series [...]