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Cambodian children's rights emphasised in television interview
“The hitting and punishing of children as a method of discipline cannot be tolerated. Parents should find other ways to raise their children,” she told the network. “Domestic violence and corporal punishment against children will have both physical and psychological consequences on future development of children,” she said. According to a household survey on domestic violence in Cambodia for the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, a majority of households support corporal punishment as a disciplinary option. Further, a study by Raghda Saba of the University of Phnom Penh’s Psychology Department in 1999 found that of 400 children aged between ten and twelve, 41 per cent had witnessed domestic violence, 56 per cent had witnessed the beating of a close relative, and three percent had witnessed the killing of a close relative. “Alcoholism, drugs, child labour, divorce, poverty and domestic disputes are the main causes of violence against children,” said Haidy Ear-Dupuy, World Vision Cambodia Advocacy and Communications Manager. She added, “Community acceptance also plays a major part in domestic violence. From the Khmer Rouge genocide to habitual beatings of children, corporal punishment has been passed down through generations, making people numb to the practice.” |
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