Abuse

1. By Tyler Emmerson

2. Over 3 million children are victims of abuse
1.8 million are abducted every year
1 out of 7 are approached by a predator online
National Child Abuse Prevention month is April
The Office for the Protection of Children and Youth has trained more than 160,000 priests, deacons, religious, lay employees and volunteers to recognize and prevent abuse
They’ve also helped warn 200,000 children to protect themselves from sexual predators

3. The Office for the Protection of Children and Youth has trained more than 160,000 priests, deacons, religious, lay employees and volunteers to recognize and prevent abuse
 They’ve also helped warn 200,000 children to protect themselves from sexual predators

4. President Karzai’s signing of the violence against women law in 2009.
Helped usher in protection for children and spouses in the Afghanistan.
Legislation will allow men to attack their wives, children and sisters without the fear of punishment
It will ban relatives of the accused from bringing evidence against them
Law passed by parliament but is waiting to be officially signed off by the president Hamid Karzai
Those who carry out honor killings would be impossible to prosecute
Domestic abuse is still rife and forced marriages are the norm

5. 1 in 4 women will experience domestic violence during her lifetime
Women are more likely to be killed by an intimate partner than men
Women ages 20 to 24 are at greatest risk of becoming victims of domestic violence
Every year, 1 in 3 women who is a victim of homicide is murdered by her current or former partner
Domestic violence is most likely to occur between 6 pm and 6 am
More than 60% of domestic violence incidents happen at home
Children who live in homes where there is domestic violence also suffer abuse or neglect at high rates (30% to 60%)
Survivors of domestic violence face high rates of depression, sleep disturbances, anxiety, flashbacks, and other emotional distress

6. http://www.epromos.com/education/calendars/national-child-abuse-prevention- month/?utm_campaign=DA%20- %20Dynamic%20Search%20Ads&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_term=_cat:epromos.com&_vsrefdom=p.4.c.966&gclid=CIaNnfORjMICFY17fgod-g0AUA
https://protectandhealchicago.org/?gclid=CM2s8fiTjMICFQdqfgodsDMAmw
http://www.safehorizon.org/page/domestic-violence-statistics--facts-52.html
http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/09/04/afghanistan-child-marriage-domestic-violence-harm-progress
http://afghanistanviolence.blogspot.com/2008/12/afghanistans-domestic-violence.html
http://info.sfcriminallawspecialist.com/bid/85761/NOLO-s-Encyclopedia-of-Everyday-Law-Domestic-Violence