A new study carried out by Aldeas Infantiles SOS, “Children at Risk of Losing Parental Care in the Dominican Republic,” more than half of children in the country do not live with their parents.
The organization carried out the study in commemoration of National Day of Children’s Rights on Sunday, 29 September 2019.
The study reveals that at least 2,000 children are homeless and 47.3% live with relatives other than their parents. The main reasons are poverty, intra-family violence, child labor and orphaned children. Many femicides leave children orphaned.
The study said that more than two-thirds of the child population is disciplined with physical punishment and there is a need for more education on this issue.
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1 October 2019