65% of the respondents considered, in a poll conducted by the Emirates Today newspaper, that psychological abuse is the most targeted among adolescents in Arab societies, among other types of abuse they are exposed to.
The Ministry of Community Development is currently developing a unified system at the state level, which will protect family members from various forms of “abuse”, including abuse from another family member.
She stressed that the reality of the Emirati family is not cause for concern, nor is pessimistic, as the family continues to lead the social and moral scene in the Emirates, and it is the focus of attention at the individual and institutional levels.
The Ministry confirmed that the system will operate in accordance with the themes of the "Family Protection Policy", which work to put in place mechanisms that enable the competent authorities to implement it.
She explained that the mechanisms include the establishment of a system for reporting abuse, at the state level, which will be ready within three years, and the establishment of a unified database to link institutions and bodies related to family protection in the state, in addition to establishing a center for family protection.
The World Health Organization reports recently revealed about one billion children worldwide exposed to one or more types of violence, at a time when the competent authorities in the UAE have stepped up, in recent years, the efforts required to ensure the protection of the child and the family and all other groups of society from various types of abuse, And work to prevent forms of abuse by launching a set of policies and programs.
And «Emirates Today» asked the readers, in a poll conducted on its account on the social networking platform «Tuter», about the most types of abuse suffered by adolescents (the age between 17 and 21 years) in Arab societies, so 65% of the 430 participants Persons, psychological abuse comes first, compared to 10% of them who found that teenagers are subjected to physical abuse more than any other kind of abuse.
WHO reports state that child abuse is defined as abuse and neglect suffered by children under the age of 18.
This includes all forms of ill-treatment, physical and emotional, as well as sexual abuse, neglect, disregard, commercial exploitation, or other types of exploitation, which cause actual or potential harm to the child's health, and threaten his survival, development, or dignity, In the context of a relationship of responsibility, trust or strength.
The organization sometimes includes partner violence on the list of child abuse.
According to data announced by the World Health Organization last June, it has estimates that approximately one billion children worldwide have experienced physical, sexual or emotional violence, or have suffered neglect, during 2018, which results in a judgment of psychological harm Passionate.