Child Abuse and Neglect

On November 22nd 2011 the National Centre for Child Abuse Prevention launched in Moldova the "Bad touch" campaign aimed at preventing and combating the child sexual abuse. The event took place at the premises of Press Agency "Info-Prim" and was broadcasted by 5 national TV channels, 2 radio stations, 2 national newspapers and 13 news web sites.
The main media partner of this campaign is the National Public Broadcasting (IPNA) "Teleradio-Moldova" which launched the audio and video spots within the campaign.

The campaign „Bad touch" in Ukraine was conducted by Child Well -Being Fund . The launching event was carried out on November 22nd 2011. It was included to the national plan of activities in the frame of 16 Days against Gender Violence.The start of the campaign was dedicated to the International Day for the Child Abuse Prevention.

The campaign "Bad touch" was held in Lithuania between November 17th 2011 and January 22nd 2012. Children Support Center organized a press conference in a major Baltic News Agency ‘Baltic News Service". The participants of the press conference were opinion leaders: Ombudsperson for Children's Rights of the Republic of Lithuania Ms Edita Ziobiene, Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Mr Dalius Bitaitis, Deputy Minister of Justice Mr Tomas Vaitkevicius, adolescent psychiatrist Mr Linas Slušnys, and Director of the Children Support Center Ms Aušra Kurienė.

The campaign "Bad touch"  was held in Latvia between 03.10.2011 and 24.11.2011. The launching event was held on the 3rd of October 2011 in the premises of the Center "Dardedze". The partners of the campaign were: Ministry of Welfare who provided informative support and 7 regional crises centers providing services to abused children from Balvi, Dobele, Valmiera, Talsi, Zante, Allaži and Ventspils who organized local network discussions, communicated with local media, distributed materials and contributed to the success of the campaign in great deal.The campaign was conducted in both Latvian and Russian languages which helped to reach larger population of Latvia.