* According to the World Health Organisation, up to 53,000 children are murdered worldwide each year.
* Between 80 and 93 % of children suffer some form of physical punishment in their homes; a 3rd are punished using implements.
* In 2002, the WHO estimated that 150 million girls and 73 million boys under 18 experienced some form of forced sexual intercourse or violence.
* 218 million children worldwide are labourers, 126 million of whom work in hazardous environments.
* 1.8 million are involved in prostitution or pornography and 1.2 million have been trafficked.
* Up to 275 million witness domestic abuse annually.
* Eight million worldwide are in residential care.
* There are 250,000 child soldiers in the world.
* 40 per cent of soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are children. 11,000 have still yet to be disarmed.
* One billion children live in countries where it is legal to beat pupils.
* A million children worldwide have been imprisoned.
2006-10-11
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