UN or regional body paper
Regional Status Report 2020: Preventing and Responding to Violence against Children in the Americas
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Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-sonnet-5-5This is a regional status report on how countries in the Americas prevent and respond to violence against children. It is described as the first report of its kind for the Region. It draws on the INSPIRE technical package of seven strategies, and governments reported on their own work in line with those strategies. The report is presented as a baseline of effort in the Region and notes that COVID-19 has made action on this issue more urgent.
Key points
- Violence against children is widespread in the Region of the Americas and takes many different forms.
- This is the first report of its kind for the Region.
- It is the first time governments have self-reported on their work to address violence against children in line with INSPIRE strategies.
- The report offers a baseline of effort in the Region to prevent and respond to violence against children.
- The COVID-19 pandemic has created a new urgency for action on violence against children.
Limitations
Only a short introductory abstract is available, so it gives no data, country-level findings or specific results. The report relies on government self-reporting, and the abstract does not name the countries covered or say how reliable the reports are.
Abstract
Violence against children is widespread in the Region of the Americas and it takes many different, equally unacceptable forms. This report is a major milestone for the Region, because it is the first of its kind. It specifically builds on and is informed by the momentum of INSPIRE: Seven Strategies to End Violence Against Children, a technical package of seven strategies based on the best available evidence and with the highest potential to end violence against all children. The report provides a more in-depth analysis of strategies and approaches to prevent and respond to violence against children in the Americas. Being in line with the commitment made by Member States to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and multiple regional and global strategies, attention to this topic is timely. Its importance is further underlined by the fact that it is the first time that governments are self-reporting on their work to address violence against children in line with the evidence-based strategies of INSPIRE. The report comes at unprecedented times, as the COVID-19 pandemic has created a new urgency for action on violence against children. This report offers a baseline of effort in the Region to prevent and respond to violence against all children everywhere.