Due to rising cases of violence and bullying against minors in the digital platform including social media, an international organization urged teachers and parents to “build strong bond” with their students and children.
Save the Children Philippines, in a statement, called on parents and teachers to “strengthen” face to face interaction with children and learners to curb online abuse.
Save the Children founder Eglantyne Jebb drafted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child to grow up healthy, educated and protected from all forms of violence. The document became the basis of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and was ratified by United Nations on November 20, 1989.
In the Philippines, Save the Children Philippines noted that “close to half of the population of children” aged 13-17 experienced cyber violence based on the National Baseline Survey on Violence against Children. “Cases of online violence in the form of verbal abuse and sent sexual messages are higher among boys at 45.3 percent compared with girls at 42.2 percent,” the group cited.
Related to this, the report noted that “the suicide rate among LGBTQI teenagers is three times higher than heterosexual children as they face violence such as being ostracized and bullied in schools, at home, and in communities.”
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