Child Abuse and Neglect

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On 14 February 2017, the Lithuanian Parliament passed amendments to the Law on the Fundamentals of Protection of the Rights of the Child prohibiting all corporal punishment of children. It was the reaction on the January's case of the 4-year-old boy beaten to death by family members. Shocked Lithuanian society started demanding a legal ban on violence against children.

The campaign for adolescents is based on the materials of Empowering Children Foundation's campaign "Sexting? Think what you post".

What was your baby's first word? Mummy? Daddy? Or maybe even tablet? If the word ‘tablet' appears early in your child's vocabulary, then it's very probable that your baby is a ‘Homo tabletis'.

The report presents the results of an international research project carried out by the Nobody's Children Foundation in 6 countries of Central and Eastern Europe within the programme „Prevention of child sexual abuse and exploitation in Central and Eastern Europe-a comprehensive approach".