Table of Contents
Section 1: Introduction
- Child Abuse and Neglect: Challenges and Opportunities
- Child Protection: Child Abuse and Neglect: Global
Perspectives
Section 2: Extent, Forms of Child Abuse and
Neglect
- Child Physical Abuse
- Medicolegal Aspects of Child Abuse in India
- Corporal Punishment in the Middle East and North Africa
Region
- International Perspectives on Child Sexual Abuse
- Child Sexual Abuse in India
- Medical Evaluation of Child Sexual Abuse
- Child Trafficking in Asia-Pacific Countries
- Child Labor
- Violations of Child Rights During Disasters
- Child Neglect: Wider Dimensions
- Abuse and Neglect of Children with Disabilities: Under the Veil
of Secrecy
Section 3: Protection and Prevention
- General Comment 13 on Article 19 of the Convention on the
Rights of the Child – Essential Elements of Child Protection
Systems
- Child Protection: Assigning Responsibility
- Developing Disaster Preparedness for Child Protection
- Corporal Punishment: Movement to Prohibit and Eliminate all
Corporal Punishment of Children
- Child Abuse and Neglect: Influence of Context, Culture and
Timing on Resilience
- Public Health Approach to Child Abuse and Neglect: From Grass
Roots to Public Policy
- Monitoring and evaluating community-based interventions for
children and families in the Asia-Pacific region
Section 4: Judicial Aspects
- Enforcing Justice Through Law and Governance
- Juvenile Justice in India: Challenges and the Way Forward
Section 5: Social and Cultural Aspects
- Socio-legal Measures for Protection of Child Rights in India: A
Review
- Cultural Issues and Child Maltreatment:
- Media and Child Protection
- Involving Children in Policy Making: The Norwegian
Experience
- Asia-Pacific Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
- The Delhi Declaration
About the Author
RN Srivastava MD
Paediatrician, Apollo Centre of Advanced Paediatrics; Adviser,
Indian Child Abuse and Neglect and Child Labour Group, New Delhi,
India; Member of ISPCAN
Rajeev Seth MBBS MD DNBE DABP FAAP
Senior Consultant Paediatrics, Rockland Hospitals; Chairman, Indian
Child Abuse and Neglect and Child Labour Group, New Delhi, India;
Member of ISPCAN
Joan Van Niekerk
Manager Training and Advocacy, Childline, South Africa; President,
ISPCAN
