Monitoring children's rights globally: can child abuse be measured internationally?

Abstract

UNICEF is developing indicators to measure the compliance of signatory states with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989. This article explains the role of international indicators in relation to the reporting process integral to the Convention. It then discusses the possibility of developing an indicator to measure child maltreatment globally. Practical and definitional obstacles are considered and measures suggested by other authors, including the rate of child homicide, are critically considered. The article concludes that at present there is no valid measure that allows child maltreatment to be measured globally but that a number of positive steps can be taken to promote awareness and measurement of child maltreatment internationally and these are discussed. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Cross cultural transferability in child protection: challenges and opportunities

“…First, Bolivia and other South American countries have recognized the high-level principles from the work of agencies such as the United Nations in the defence of children's rights as a sound basis for a review of national legislation (Peralta and Reartes, 2000;USP, 2000;Rizzini, 2002). The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) (United Nations, 1990) was designed to be a dynamic instrument promoting informed policy-making and the creation or amendment of national legislation relating to children's welfare (Forrester and Harwin, 2000;UNICEF, 2001). Signatory members are required to report progress every 5 years and UNICEF has been compiling international indicators of country compliance with the convention (UNICEF, 1998).…”

Cross cultural transferability in child protection: challenges and opportunities

“…First, Bolivia and other South American countries have recognized the high-level principles from the work of agencies such as the United Nations in the defence of children's rights as a sound basis for a review of national legislation (Peralta and Reartes, 2000;USP, 2000;Rizzini, 2002). The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) (United Nations, 1990) was designed to be a dynamic instrument promoting informed policy-making and the creation or amendment of national legislation relating to children's welfare (Forrester and Harwin, 2000;UNICEF, 2001). Signatory members are required to report progress every 5 years and UNICEF has been compiling international indicators of country compliance with the convention (UNICEF, 1998).…”

Psychometric Testing and Semantic Validation of Child Abuse Screening Tool in Urdu Language

“…A number of researches show that child abuse is not commonly reported. Forrester and Harwin (2000) in one of their articles threw light on the sad reality that so far very few accurate and reliable measures are available that can guage the degree of child abuse in the world.…”

Developing the social work role in the Indonesian child protection system

“…One framework to guide global partnership is a child rights framework using the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). However, uncritically applying the rights contained in the UNCRC can undermine local child protection practices embedded in communities (Forrester and Harwin, 2000; Rosen, 2007). This has especially been the case in Muslim-majority nations like Indonesia.…”

Cross cultural transferability in child protection: challenges and opportunities

“…First, Bolivia and other South American countries have recognized the high-level principles from the work of agencies such as the United Nations in the defence of children's rights as a sound basis for a review of national legislation (Peralta and Reartes, 2000;USP, 2000;Rizzini, 2002). The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) (United Nations, 1990) was designed to be a dynamic instrument promoting informed policy-making and the creation or amendment of national legislation relating to children's welfare (Forrester and Harwin, 2000;UNICEF, 2001). Signatory members are required to report progress every 5 years and UNICEF has been compiling international indicators of country compliance with the convention (UNICEF, 1998).…”

Psychometric Testing and Semantic Validation of Child Abuse Screening Tool in Urdu Language

“…A number of researches show that child abuse is not commonly reported. Forrester and Harwin (2000) in one of their articles threw light on the sad reality that so far very few accurate and reliable measures are available that can guage the degree of child abuse in the world.…”

Developing the social work role in the Indonesian child protection system

“…One framework to guide global partnership is a child rights framework using the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). However, uncritically applying the rights contained in the UNCRC can undermine local child protection practices embedded in communities (Forrester and Harwin, 2000; Rosen, 2007). This has especially been the case in Muslim-majority nations like Indonesia.…”

Cross cultural transferability in child protection: challenges and opportunities

“…First, Bolivia and other South American countries have recognized the high-level principles from the work of agencies such as the United Nations in the defence of children's rights as a sound basis for a review of national legislation (Peralta and Reartes, 2000;USP, 2000;Rizzini, 2002). The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) (United Nations, 1990) was designed to be a dynamic instrument promoting informed policy-making and the creation or amendment of national legislation relating to children's welfare (Forrester and Harwin, 2000;UNICEF, 2001). Signatory members are required to report progress every 5 years and UNICEF has been compiling international indicators of country compliance with the convention (UNICEF, 1998).…”

Psychometric Testing and Semantic Validation of Child Abuse Screening Tool in Urdu Language

“…A number of researches show that child abuse is not commonly reported. Forrester and Harwin (2000) in one of their articles threw light on the sad reality that so far very few accurate and reliable measures are available that can guage the degree of child abuse in the world.…”

Developing the social work role in the Indonesian child protection system

“…One framework to guide global partnership is a child rights framework using the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). However, uncritically applying the rights contained in the UNCRC can undermine local child protection practices embedded in communities (Forrester and Harwin, 2000; Rosen, 2007). This has especially been the case in Muslim-majority nations like Indonesia.…”