The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Protection recorded two cases of one day old child being a victim of child abuse and child neglect.
The ministry submitted this information to the Standing Committee on Social Affairs that reviewed the ministry’s 2020-2021 annual report.
The ministry said a total of 1727 child abuse and child neglect cases were reported in the financial year 2020-2021.
Compared with the same period in the last financial year (2019-2020), a total of 1478 cases were reported.
“There was an increase in the reporting of child welfare cases,” said the ministry.
“Majority of the child victims were females (924 cases) compared to males (803 cases).”
“Majority of the children were between the ages of 0-5. This was the same for the same period last year.
“Most of the children reported to be 0-5 years old, were victims of child neglect (155 cases) and physical abuse (96 cases).
“The youngest victims reported were 1 day old (2 cases) and the oldest victims reported were 17 years old (126 cases).”
