After Alexa advised a child to insert a coin in a socket for fun, study explores AI chatbots' current ability to protect kids. Researchers say AI is incapable of empathy, and findings recommend filters, human oversight, teaching AI / human differences and involving schools and families in AI use

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Close to one in ten children across the globe have experienced some kind of sexual violence. 11% of kids globally experienced sexual harassment and 9% experienced contact sexual violence. Additionally, 6% of children (7% of girls and 3% of boys) reported rape.

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Sexual Violence against Children and Teenagers – 20 percent of women and 5 percent of men report being sexually harassed in youth 🚸💔

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Violence against women and children among top health threats: New global study reveals disease burden far larger than previously estimated 💔👩‍👧‍👦🌍📊

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One in 20 babies experiences physical abuse, global review finds

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After the guns fall silent, violence follows children home across Africa for years to come. For the first time, a study has shown a direct link between political violence and violence against children, adolescents and young adults perpetrated by family members, acquaintances and peer groups

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• 🌍 New Study Links Political Violence to Child Abuse: Research published in Nature Communications reveals a direct connection between exposure to political violence and subsequent violence against children, adolescents, and young adults by family, acquaintances, and peers.

• 📈 Lasting Impact of Conflict: A 15-year retrospective analysis of data from over 35,000 young people in eight African countries (Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe) found correlations between past political violence and current emotional, physical, and sexual violence, particularly affecting poorer households.

• 🧠 Reshaping Attitudes and Behaviors: The study, conducted by international researchers from NRI, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and LSHTM, provides the first empirical verification of this "chain of violence," demonstrating that conflict's legacy influences behavior and social norms long after violence ends.

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Religion-justified childhood abuse linked to higher adult anxiety and depression. People whose abuse was justified by religious teachings report greater rates of anxiety, depression, stress, and anger in adulthood compared to people who experienced secular forms of abuse.

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