Until November 9, the French are invited to think about solutions to protect children victims of violence

The Make.org platform offers a national consultation on violence against children, as part of the "Great Cause for the Protection of Children", initiated by Adrien Taquet.

72. This is the number of children who die from parental violence each year. Or one child every five days, who dies at the hands of a parent. It is estimated that no less than 100,000 children are also at risk. A much heavier figure according to associations, which have more than 300,000.

In 2020, confinement led to an increase in violence against children. Indeed, the telephone line “Hello childhood in danger” (119) recorded an increase of 56.2% of calls. Worse, two deaths were counted during this period.

A national consultation

In an attempt to put an end to this scourge, Adrien Taquet, Secretary of State to the Minister of Solidarity and Health in charge of child protection, initiated at the end of 2019 "the Great Cause for the protection of childhood ”.

As part of this project, a citizen consultation entitled “How to protect children against all forms of violence?” was launched on the make.org platform.

Until November 9, the French are thus invited to propose solutions to best protect children victims of violence, via the platform or social networks. "We are convinced that nothing will be done without the massive participation of citizens", can we read on the site.

At the same time, a partnership was initiated with Bayard Jeunesse to set up a specific consultation for young people aged 8 to 16. “The results of these two consultations will, on the one hand, help to build a civil society action plan; and on the other hand to feed the discussions of the Estates General of Children. It is no longer time to be indignant. There is no more time to wait. It is more time than ever, however, to unite our forces and act collectively to combat this scourge ", says Make.org.

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