Assessing the Needs of Each and Every Child: Child Well-Being Framework
The Aim of this Review
This Child Rights Review aims to explore the meaning of child well-being and demonstrate the existing gaps now in Hong Kong. T ...
Why This Review
The Hong Kong government has formed the Commission on Children on 1 June 2018 after continuous advocacy from the civil society for over two decades. I ...
Child Well-Being: Definition and Key Concepts
“Well-being may be best thought of as an umbrella term that encompasses different concepts and approaches – the “best” being dependent on the circumst ...
How Child Well-Being is Reflected in the Budget of Hong Kong
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child announced General Comment No. 19 on Public Budgeting for the Realization of Children’s Rights ...
Hidden Harm
The Aim of this Review
This Child Rights Review aims to explore the “Hidden Harm” problem in Hong Kong where we have yet reliable data to assess the ...
Why this Review?
The death of Yeung Chi-wai
How the world sees Hidden Harm today
The Aim of this Review
Our Appeal and Recommendations
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Children whose parents abuse substance are 3 times likelier to be abused and 4 times likelier to be neglected.
“Drugs and alcohol can lead to children being abused, but when drugs are in the picture neglect is a certainty… Most people who have substance-abuse i ...
Parental substance abuse places children at high risk for medical and mental health problems
A newborn’s withdrawal symptom from parental substance abuse – violent shaking. This video clip is kept at actual speed from a West Virginia hospital. ...