Violence against children rises by 18.75pc
Staff Reporter :
About 4,566 children became victims of different types of violence and torture last year, which showed the rise of violence against children by 18.75 percent last year, said Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF).
The number of children facing violence and torture was 3,845 in 2017, BSAF said while releasing its annual statistics “Child Rights Situation-2018” at a programme in the capital’s Dhaka Reporters Unity on Wednesday.
The actual number of violent incidents against children could be even higher as many such incidents remained unreported, said BSAF Chairperson Khawaja Shamsul Huda, adding the forum prepared the data based on reports published in the country’s 15 leading Bangla and English dailies.
Addressing the programme, National Human Rights Commission Chairman Kazi Reazul Hoque said, “We want there will be no child marriage and no child will become a rape victim.”
According to BSAF data, 2,354 of them became the victims of unnatural deaths while 812 faced sexual violence.
Of the unnatural deaths, 418 incidents were murders, which is 23.30 percent higher over the previous year. About 627 children were killed in road accidents and 606 children drowned, which is a 75.63 and 54.99 per cent higher respectively than 2017, it said.
However, the number of sexual violence incidents was 9.17 percent less than that of 2017, it added.
On the other hand, 38 incidents of child marriage were reported last year while 134 children could avert such malpractice due to government intervention, BSAF mentioned.
In 2018, only 31 child murder cases and 50 child rape cases were tried said.
These indicated impunity and a delay in efforts to reduce violence against children, BSAF Director Abdus Shahid Mahmood said, while disclosing the data. Addressing the programme, National Human Rights Commission Chairman Kazi Reazul Hoque said, “We want that there will be no child marriage and no child will become a rape victim.”
About 4,566 children became victims of different types of violence and torture last year, which showed the rise of violence against children by 18.75 percent last year, said Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF).
The number of children facing violence and torture was 3,845 in 2017, BSAF said while releasing its annual statistics “Child Rights Situation-2018” at a programme in the capital’s Dhaka Reporters Unity on Wednesday.
The actual number of violent incidents against children could be even higher as many such incidents remained unreported, said BSAF Chairperson Khawaja Shamsul Huda, adding the forum prepared the data based on reports published in the country’s 15 leading Bangla and English dailies.
Addressing the programme, National Human Rights Commission Chairman Kazi Reazul Hoque said, “We want there will be no child marriage and no child will become a rape victim.”
According to BSAF data, 2,354 of them became the victims of unnatural deaths while 812 faced sexual violence.
Of the unnatural deaths, 418 incidents were murders, which is 23.30 percent higher over the previous year. About 627 children were killed in road accidents and 606 children drowned, which is a 75.63 and 54.99 per cent higher respectively than 2017, it said.
However, the number of sexual violence incidents was 9.17 percent less than that of 2017, it added.
On the other hand, 38 incidents of child marriage were reported last year while 134 children could avert such malpractice due to government intervention, BSAF mentioned.
In 2018, only 31 child murder cases and 50 child rape cases were tried said.
These indicated impunity and a delay in efforts to reduce violence against children, BSAF Director Abdus Shahid Mahmood said, while disclosing the data. Addressing the programme, National Human Rights Commission Chairman Kazi Reazul Hoque said, “We want that there will be no child marriage and no child will become a rape victim.”
