Nangona ukunciphisa, ukuxhaphazwa kwabantwana kuthinta phantse enye yezingane eziyi-100
Nangona iziganeko zokuxhashazwa kwabantwana kunye nokunyanzelwa kwabantwana ziye zinciphisa, ubuncinane abantwana abangama-683,000, okanye malunga nabantwana abayi-100 e-United States, baxhatshazwa ngo-2015, unyaka osandul 'ukwenziwa ngawo. Kuthatha ixesha ukuqokelela iinkcukacha, kungenxa yoko idatha esuka ngo-2015 ikhishwe yiBhodi yeBantwana ngoJanuwari 2017.
Ukungahoywa yindlela eqhelekileyo yokuxhaphazwa kwabantwana okuchaphazela malunga nama-75 ekhulwini amaxhoba okuxhatshazwa kwabantwana. Ukunganakwa kuchazwa njengomzali okanye umgcini wezemfundo ongakwazi ukubonelela ngeemfuno zabo ezisisiseko. Iifom zokungahoywa zibandakanya unyango, imfundo, umzimba kunye nokunyaniseka kwemvakalelo.
Olunye u-25 ekhulwini lwabantwana bexhoba lokusetyenziswa kakubi, kuquka ukusetyenziswa kakubi ngokomzimba, ukuxhaphazwa ngokwesini, kunye nokuxhaphazwa ngokomzimba. Abantwana ababahlanu bafa imihla ngemihla ngenxa yokuxhaphazwa kwabantwana okanye ukunganakwa.
Ukuhlukunyezwa kwabantwana
Ayikho iqela labantwana elikhuselekile ekubeni lixhoba lokuxhaphazwa kwabantwana okanye ukunyanzelwa, nangona amantombazana ahlala exhoba lokuxhatshazwa ngokwesini kunamakhwenkwe. Kuzo zonke ezinye iintlobo zokusetyenziswa gadalala nokungahoywa, amanani alingana ngokulinganayo kubafana kunye namantombazana. Nangona abantwana babo bonke ubudala bafumana kakubi nokunyanzeliswa, ngaba abantwana abaselula kunabo bonke abasengozini kakhulu; phantse ama-27 ekhulwini lamaxhoba okuxhaphazwa kwabantwana kunye nokunyanzeliswa bangaphantsi kweminyaka emithathu.
Abantwana bazo zonke iintlanga kunye nohlanga bangaba maxhoba ekuxhaphazweni kwabantwana. Ngo-2015, phantse isiqingatha sawo onke amaxhoba okuxhaphazwa kwabantwana kunye nokunganakwa kwaba yiCaucasian, enye yesihlanu yayingu-Afrika-yaseMerika, kwaye enye yesihlanu yayingamaSpanishi. Abantwana kwiintsapho eziphantsi kwezoqoqosho zentlalo banamaxesha angaphezu kwesithathu izinga lokuxhaphazwa kwabantwana kunye namaxesha asixhenxe ngesantya sokunganyaniseki kunabanye abantwana.
Abantwana abangenabasebenzi abangabasebenzi abanamaxesha aphindwe kabini izinga lokuxhaphazwa kwabantwana kunye nokuphindwe kabini kwisantya sokunganyaniseki kunabantwana abanabasebenzi abaqeshwe. Ukuphila kunye nabazali babo abatshatileyo bendawo babeka abantwana kwiingozi eziphantsi kakhulu zokuxhaphazwa kwabantwana kunye nokunyaniseka xa behlala nomzali ongatshatanga kunye nomlingane ohlala naye kwandisa umngcipheko wokuxhaphazwa nokunyanzeliswa kwezihlandlo ezingaphezu kwezibhozo zabanye abantwana.
Ukuxela ukuShatshazwa kwabantwana nokunyaniseka
Ngo-2015, ngaphezu kwesigamu (ama-57 ekhulwini) kuwo onke amatyala okuxhatshazwa kwabantwana kunye neengxelo ezenziwe kwi-arhente yeCPS zivela kubaqeqeshi abadibana nomntwana kubandakanya ootitshala, amagqwetha, amapolisa kunye nabasebenzi bezentlalo. Abantu abaninzi kule mi sebenzi bafunwa ngumthetho ukuvakalisa ukusetyenziswa kakubi okanye ukunyanzelwa.
Nangona kunjalo, ezininzi iingxelo zivela kwimithombo engekho yobuchwepheshe, njengabazali, ezinye izalamane, abahlobo kunye nabamelwane. Iingxelo ezingabonakali zilandele iipesenti ezili-9 zazo zonke iingxelo.
Kubalulekile ukuba wonke umntu azi iimpawu zokuxhaphazwa kwabantwana kunye nendlela yokuyixela. Sonke sineembopheleleko ekuncedeni ukugcina abantwana bekhuselekile njengoko sithatha amanyathelo okuthintela ukuxhaphazwa kwabantwana okuvela kwindawo yokuqala.
Ixesha eliqhelekileyo le-CPS lokuqalisa impendulo kwingxelo yokuxhaphazwa kwabantwana ngamahora angama-73, nangona bangaphendula kwiimeko eziphambili kwiiyure ezingama-24 nje.
Imithombo
- Inkqubo yeNgcaciso yoLwaphulo lwaBantwana beSizwe kunye neNgcaciso. Ukunyanzeliswa kwabantwana 2015.
- UMnyango wezeMpilo waseMelika kunye neeNkonzo zoLuntu. Isifundo sesine seNational Impact Study of Child Abuse and Neglect. Bika kwiNgqungquthela.