According to the NGO, Coalition for Childhood, some 67% of children and adolescents in the country suffer from some type of physical or psychological violence. The NGO reveals that around 330,000 children are working in the formal or informal job market. Coalition for Children observes that 37% of the female children are carrying out a role they were not prepared for, as they are marrying before the age of 18.
Tomás Polanco, the NGO coordinator, called on the ministries of Work, Health, Education along with the Attorney General’s Office and the Dominican Municipal League to work against all types of violence towards minors.
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El Dia
23 November 2017
