Data from the Ministry of Health show that Brazil has reduced the number of deaths of children and adolescents from aggression by 53%, compared to the average recorded between 2012 and 2018. According to the Minister of Women, Family and Human Rights, Cristiane Britto, the strengthening at the end of the safety net was one of the reasons for the reduction.
“Guardian counselors who used to ride a bicycle to help a victim now have an air-conditioned car at their disposal, a computer, a minimal structure so that he can work”, said the minister, in an interview with the program. The Voice of Brazil this Thursday (12). According to her, the government has equipped more than 2,000 councils throughout Brazil and intends to reach all Brazilian municipalities.
national pact
Minister of Women, Family and Human Rights, Cristiane Britto, in an interview with the program The Voice of Brazil – Marcello Casal JrAgência Brasil
During the interview, the minister also spoke about the National Pact for the Prevention and Confrontation of Violence against Children and Adolescents. “Through this pact, the state commits to developing various actions to protect children. It is a scale, the municipality gains a certain score and, at the end, we give a seal of a child-friendly municipality”, she explained.
According to the minister, the first state to join the pact was Amazonas, where the first Integrated Center for the Protection of Children will be built, an institution that is part of the pact.
“In the same space, the child will receive assistance in the area of health, social assistance, public defenders, a specialized police station for children, and there we will have protected and specialized listening, thus avoiding re-victimization, that the child keeps repeating that one several times. situation that can generate lifelong trauma”, the minister detailed.
Internet
The minister also highlighted in the interview the ministry’s campaign to warn parents about the harmful use of the internet by children. “All over the world, this type of crime against children, online sex crime, has grown, and it scares us to know that many parents never had access to their child’s internet password” According to Cristiane Britto, 49% of Brazilian children used an electronic device for the first time before age six and 56% of children. “Parents need to know what their children are accessing on the internet,” she argues. The minister highlights that reports of abuse against children and adolescents can be made through Dial 100, 24 hours a day.
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