3. Child abuse is when a parent or caregiver,
whether through action or failing to act, causes
injury, death, emotional harm or risk of serious
harm to a child. There are many forms of child
maltreatment, including neglect,
physical abuse, sexual abuse, exploitation and
emotional abuse.
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6. Child labour refers to the employment
of children in any work that deprives children of
their childhood, interferes with their ability to
attend regular school, and that is mentally,
physically, socially or morally dangerous and
harmful. This practice is considered exploitative by
many international organisations.
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8. The United Nations defines violence
against women as "any act of gender-based
violence that results in, or is likely to result
in, physical, sexual or mental harm or
suffering to women, including threats of
such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation
of liberty, whether occurring in public or in
private life."