Yes, child abuse still occurs. I have highlighted 7 myths about child abuse below.
Feel free to share your thoughts and opinions I’m the comment section.







Do not forget to share, let’s create this awareness together.
Yes, child abuse still occurs. I have highlighted 7 myths about child abuse below.
Feel free to share your thoughts and opinions I’m the comment section.
Do not forget to share, let’s create this awareness together.
Human rights are moral principles or norm that describes certain standards conducts of human behaviour which people from around the world have agreed are essential.
1) Human rights are the total sum of civil, political, individual and collective rights in every states and countries of the world enshrined in their legslations and laws.
2) Human rights covers every aspect of a persons life.
3) Human Rights are inalienable, in other words, no person can be divested of his right. This is although subject to legal circumstances like where the person has committed an offence.
4) All of the Human rights are interwoven, indivisible and interrelated. One cannot be breached without affecting the other.
5) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides thirty (30) articles of Human rights.
6) Human Rights are universal as they apply to all people indiscriminately.
7) Human Rights serves as a check of abuse of power over the vulnerable.
8) According to an article titled “Human Rights Facts & Figures”, it was observed that women have been denied the knowledge,and freedom to act in the best interest of themselves and their children.
9) In “Abuses, Statistics, Child Abuse, Gang Violence & Child Soldiers”it was stated that worldwide there are about 246million child laborers.
10) The 10th of December is a set date for the celebration of human rights.
11) From the UN Declaration on Human rights, everyone is entitled holiday with a pay.
12) In Kazakhstan, Domestic violence is not an offence.While in Russia, there is no legal definition of domestic violence.
13) In 2018,the UN Human rights,WHO and UN women declared ” virginity testing” as violation of Human rights.
14)The Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been translated into nearly 400 languages, making it the most translated document in the world.
15) In 2011, access to the internet is declared a basic human right.
Child abuse is a harmful infliction of pain on a child, this pain can be inflicted by parents, teachers, care givers, family members and so on. According to Article 1 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the child, the convention defines a child as persons up to the age of eighteen. Child abuse may take different forms on a child, however, some persons are victims of more than one type of child abuse.
While growing up, I have been a victim to more than one of the types of child abuses, some were not intentional while some were intentional. Passing through the phase had its negative and positive impact in my life. I believe a lot of children have experienced one form of child abuse or the other.
According to the Centers for disease control and prevention, the types of child abuse are as follows:
It is important to note that you as an adult may be guilty of these acts in one way or ther other. We should always know that there are other ways to discipline or treat a child when they misbehave. The mental health of a child is very important.
Ways we can help are as follows:
Having said all that, I do hope you have learnt one or two things about child abuse as a lot of children are going through one or all of these types of abuses. Help a child.
Feel free to share so as to create awareness about child abuse, also feel free to drop your opinions or experiences in the comment section.