NY/ VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN

UNICEF hosted in March a high level meeting designed to draw attention to the issue of violence against children. UNICEF

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:55
• Production Date: 1 April 2013
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: CRIMES; CRIMINAL JUSTICE
• Geographic Subject: AFRICA; AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; AFRICA; UNITED STATES
• MAMS Id: U130401e

Description

STORY: NY/ VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN
TRT: 1.55
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 25 MARCH 2013, NEW YORK

Shotlist

1. Pan left, high level meeting
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Mogwanja, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director:
“Recent research from countries in eastern and southern Africa suggests that more than half of all incidents of sexual violence against girls go under reported. The same research indicates that two out of every three boys who are victims do not tell anyone about their abuse.”
3. Various shots, meeting
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Margaret Biggs, President, Canadian International Development Agency:
“Momentum is building, there’s coalitions building around the world and in this room to see child protection addressed in the next set of goals.”
5. Various shots, meeting
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Neil Boothby, Government Special Advisor, United States:
“The numbers are staggering. We’re facing a pandemic and we don’t realize it yet. And if you look at the health consequences alone of violence, children who are exposed to maltreatment and violence early on have very adverse health outcomes.”
7. Various shots, meeting

Storyline

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) in March hosted a high level meeting designed to draw attention to the issue of violence against children.

Violence affects millions of children all over the world and yet vast majority of incidents happen in secret and go unreported and unpunished.

SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Mogwanja UNICEF Deputy Executive Director
“Recent research from countries in eastern and southern Africa suggests that more than half of all incidents of sexual violence against girls go under reported. The same research indicates that two out of every three boys who are victims do not tell anyone about their abuse.”

The meeting was co-chaired by the governments of Liberia and Canada.

Its purpose was to ensure that the issue receives appropriate attention as the international community considers its priorities after the deadline for the Millennium Development Goals expires in 2015.

SOUNDBITE (English) Margaret Biggs, President, Canadian International Development Agency
“Momentum is building, there’s coalitions building around the world and in this room to see child protection addressed in the next set of goals.”

The meeting heard that widespread violence against children has a profound effect not just on individual lives but also on economic development of nations.

SOUNDBITE (English) Neil Boothby, Government Special Advisor, United States:
“The numbers are staggering. We’re facing a pandemic and we don’t realize it yet. And if you look at the health consequences alone of violence, children who are exposed to maltreatment and violence early on have very adverse health outcomes.”

While some progress has been made in keeping children safer, the very many ways in which children can be abused means that the issue needs to be approached systematically and with a global consensus as development agencies and governments chart their course after the expiration of the Millennium Development Goals.