Number of child victims of violence and neglect at the end of the year

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Indicator

Indicator 16.2.1.1: Number of child victims of violence and neglect at the end of the year
Definition and concepts

Violence against children – forms of ill-treatment applied by parents / legal representatives / caregiver of the child or any other persons, that produce real or potential damage to the child's health and endanger child's life, development, dignity or morality, including the following types of violence: physical, sexual, psychological, spiritual, economic (p.5 of Annex 1 of the Government Decision No. 270 of 08.04.2014).

Neglect of the child - the willful or involuntary omission or ignorance of responsibilities regarding the upbringing and education of the child, which endangers his physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development, his bodily integrity, his physical or mental health. Neglect can take many forms of: food, clothing, neglect of hygiene, medical, educational, emotional, neglect in supervision.

Unit of measure

Number
Method of computation

Total number of children aged 0–17 who were victims of violence or neglect and were registered by the guardianship authority in the reference year.
Comparability with global indicator

National indicator, not comparable with the global indicator.
Periodicity

Annual
Data last updated Jun 30, 2025
Metadata last updated Jun 30, 2025

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Indicator

Indicator 16.2.1.1: NA
Target

Target 16.2: End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children
UN designated tier

2
Link to global metadata

https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-16-02-01.pdf
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United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Metadata (PDF)
International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

UNICEF

Source 1

Data sources

The Register of children at risk maintained by the local guardianship authority, Statistical report No. 103 „Children at risk and children separated from parents”
Data producers

Ministry of Labour and Social Protection
Data providers

District and municipal social assistance and family protection departments/directorates, and the Child Rights Protection Directorates in the municipality of Chişinău.
Institutional mandate

1. Ministry of Internal Affairs

2. Ministry Labour and Social Protection

Contact details

Ursachi Cristina, Main adviser, Child rights and family protection policies Department,

e-mail: cristina.ursachi@social.gov.md, tel. 022 804 457

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