Asia Attempts to Understand, Reduce Violence Against Kids

Cambodia has launched a U.N.- backed survey into violence against children that found most abuse is carried out by family or adult relatives.   The survey in Cambodia, part of a U.N. program on the extent of child violence, found emotional, sexual and physical abuse of children was rampant, with more than half of minors encountering some form of physical violence by age 18.   The survey, with the backing of the Cambodian Government, found a quarter of children were subjected to...

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