CHILD Protection & Child Rights » III. Vulnerable Children » Children's Issues

Vulnerability of children leads to and is further created by the socio-cultural, socio political and socio-religious situations they are in. A child who is forced or born into a situation or discriminated group is at risk for abuse, neglect and exploitation. The lack of a protection system either due to mis-implementation of national laws and programmes or the absence of protection policies and legislation also renders children vulnerable. Following is a discussion of various protection issues concerning children.

• Abuse and Violence
• Child Sexual Abuse
• Street Children
• Children Living with AIDS
• Child in Armed Conflict
• Girl Child
• Child Marriage
• Children with Disabilities
• Children affected by Substance Abuse
• Birth Registration
• Missing Children
• Children in Conflict with Law
• Child Labour
• Child Trafficking
• Children without Parental care
• Child Health and Nutrition
• Early Childhood (Children below six)
• Children of Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe Families
• Children in Poverty