IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 910 
Condemning violence against children globally, and encouraging the develop-
ment 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 com-
mittee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning violence against children globally, and encour-
aging the development of a strategy for preventing, ad-
dressing, and ending violence against children and youth 
globally. 
Whereas violence against children can take many forms, in-
cluding sexual violence, physical violence, emotional vio-
lence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation; 
Whereas more than one billion children worldwide are ex-
posed to violence; 
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Whereas the global economic impact of physical, psycho-
logical, 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 per-
petrated 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 esti-
mated 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 con-
sequences; 
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 cur-
rently 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 devel-
opment 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 dan-
gerous environments becomes damaging to learning, be-
havior, and health across a lifespan; 
Whereas violence can lead to negative health consequences in-
cluding injury, noncommunicable and communicable dis-
eases, 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-pri-
vate partnerships and in coordination with other organi-
zations, has endorsed INSPIRE: seven strategies for end-
ing 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 so-
cial norms; creating and sustaining safe communities; 
supporting parents and caregivers; strengthening eco-
nomic programs related to reducing violence against chil-
dren; improving access to health services, social welfare, 
and criminal justice support; and ensuring safe school en-
vironments that provide gender-equitable education and 
social-emotional learning and life skills training; and 
Whereas the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, Department of State, Department of Labor, De-
partment of Homeland Security, and Department of 
Health and Human Services play a critical role in pre-
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