Swaziland: Child abuse declining

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17 November 2006

On 17 November 2006 IRIN News reported: A year after establishing a specialised unit to combat domestic violence and child abuse, Swaziland is claiming to have reduced crimes against children by a third. Global Good News service views this news as a sign of rising positivity in the field of government, documenting the growth of life-supporting, evolutionary trends.

The article reported: At the launch of the first annual report by the Royal Swaziland Police Force's Domestic Violence and Child Protection Unit, Leckinah Magagula, head of the unit, told IRIN: 'Last year, we recorded three abuse offences committed against children every day. This year, on average and nationally, two child-abuse offences were recorded each day. This is a diminishment by one-third, and it is an achievement.'

Crime statistics used to be compiled by individual child welfare NGOs in their area of operation, but this year's statistics were gathered by the police unit in concert with the nongovernmental organisation, Save the Children, based in the capital, Mbabane.

The apparent success in reducing child abuse cases in a population of about one million people is also seen as being rooted in a 2004 campaign launched by the United Nation's Children's Fund (UNICEF), called Lihlombe Lekukhalela, SiSwati for 'a shoulder to cry on'. The initiative educated daycare workers and teachers of orphans and vulnerable children at neighbourhood care points to recognise the warning signs that a child was being abused.

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