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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 910 

Condemning violence against children globally, and encouraging the development of a strategy for preventing, addressing, and ending violence against 

children and youth globally. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 24, 2018 

Mr. MCGOVERN (for himself and Mr. POE of Texas) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 

Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a 

period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 

consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning violence against children globally, and encouraging the development of a strategy for preventing, addressing, and ending violence against children and youth 

globally. 

Whereas violence against children can take many forms, including sexual violence, physical violence, emotional violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation; 

Whereas more than one billion children worldwide are exposed to violence; 


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Whereas the global economic impact of physical, psychological, and sexual violence against children may be as 

high as $7 trillion, or 8 percent of the world’s GDP; 

Whereas the economic costs of child labor amount to between 

2.4 and 6.6 percent of the world’s gross national income 

annually; 

Whereas child abuse is estimated to cost 4.41 percent of the 

world’s GDP annually; 

Whereas around the world, nearly one in three adolescent 

girls aged 15 to 19, or 84 million girls, has been a victim 

of emotional, physical, or sexual violence, often perpetrated by someone they know; 

Whereas 1 in 3 girls in the developing world is said to be 

married before her 18th birthday, and of those, an estimated 1 in 9 is said to be married under age 15; 

Whereas if there is no reduction in child marriage, the global 

number of women married as children is projected to 

reach 1.2 billion by 2050, with devastating global consequences; 

Whereas 246 million boys and girls experience gender-based 

violence in schools each year; 

Whereas children with disabilities are three to four times 

more likely to experience physical or sexual violence; 

Whereas 168 million children are subject to child labor and 

5.5 million children are subject to forced labor, including 

situations of trafficking; 

Whereas nearly half of the 65 million people who are currently displaced by conflict and war around the world, or 

over 30 million, are children, exposing them to increased 

risk of exploitation, violence, and abuse; 


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Whereas unaddressed exposure to violence disrupts the development of critical brain architecture and other organ 

structures, leaving children at lifelong risk of disease and 

reduced potential; 

Whereas toxic stress relating to exposure to violent or dangerous environments becomes damaging to learning, behavior, and health across a lifespan; 

Whereas violence can lead to negative health consequences including injury, noncommunicable and communicable diseases, and poor maternal and child health outcomes; 

Whereas the United States Government invests 0.5 percent of 

its official development assistance in programs to prevent 

and address violence against children and youth; 

Whereas the United States Government, through public-private partnerships and in coordination with other organizations, has endorsed INSPIRE: seven strategies for ending violence against children; 

Whereas the seven evidence-based strategies to end violence 

against children include implementation and enforcement 

of relevant laws; addressing harmful gender and other social norms; creating and sustaining safe communities; 

supporting parents and caregivers; strengthening economic programs related to reducing violence against children; improving access to health services, social welfare, 

and criminal justice support; and ensuring safe school environments that provide gender-equitable education and 

social-emotional learning and life skills training; and 

Whereas the United States Agency for International Development, Department of State, Department of Labor, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of 

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venting and responding to violence against children and 

youth: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) condemns all forms of violence against chil3 dren and youth globally, including physical, mental, 

4 and sexual violence, neglect, abuse, maltreatment, 

5 and exploitation; 

6 (2) recognizes the harmful impact violence 

7 against children and youth has on the healthy devel8 opment of children; 

9 (3) recognizes the harmful economic impact of 

10 violence against children and youth; 

11 (4) recognizes that all children should be pro12 tected from all forms of physical or mental violence, 

13 injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, and 

14 maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse; 

15 (5) commends the End Violence Against Chil16 dren Solution Summit 2018 in Stockholm, Sweden, 

17 for its leadership; and 

18 (6) should develop and implement a comprehen19 sive and coordinated strategy built upon evidence20 based practices, including the INSPIRE package of 

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1 ernment agencies to prevent, address, and end vio2 lence against children and youth globally. 

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