Progress for Children A Report Card on Child Protection

Publishers United Nation Children's Fund Zones International Type Report / Study / Data Date of publication Undated Document main thematic Child Protection/ Related Topic Document thematics Worst Forms Of Exploitation Total pages 52

The violence, exploitation and abuse experienced by children all over the world takes many forms, including corporal punishment, harmful traditional practices, hazardous labour, sexual exploitation, trafficking, association with armed groups and forces, and needless placement in prisons and institutions. This edition of Progress for Children -the eighth in the series – that monitors progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), is a compendium of data that serves as a report card on global and national efforts to protect the rights of children.T here are some improvements but many remaining challenges to protecting children from such abuses.