KEKERASAN TERHADAP ANAK RESPON PEKERJAAN SOSIAL

Abstract

Violence against child become national and global issue. In some developed countries, violence against
child emotionally, physically, and sexually happens. The same thing also happens in Indonesia so
efforts to protect children become a crucial issue, especially for those who are vulnerable. This paper
shows that boys are more vulnerable than girls. In case of sexual abuse for example, one of the 12 boys
are vulnerable to sexual abuse than girls who have a ratio of 1:19. Unfortunately, most children do not
know about social services related to child abuse. Perpetrators of violence are dominated by people
who are nearby and familiar with them. For protection of children, its system needs to beresponded to
byrelevantprofessioninsocialwork and it becomeconstitutional mandate