Violence against children in sport - a new UNICEF Report

12 July 2010

FLORENCE, Italy July 2010 - A study released today by UNICEF’s Innocenti Research Centre states that child protection and violence prevention are not embedded in sport delivery systems, and finds worrying knowledge gaps among sports teachers and coaches. As a result, the report says that the same types of violence and abuse sometimes found in families and communities can also occur in sport and play programmes.

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