Jeonnam Province Puts All Efforts into Creating a Safe and Happy World for Children

Promotion of Establishing a "Zero Child Abuse" Action Plan

Jeonnam Province is putting all its efforts into creating a world where children are safe and happy.

On the 8th, the province announced that it has established and will implement the ‘Child Abuse Zero (ZERO) Promotion Plan’ to prevent child abuse and improve the quality of life for children.

The ‘Child Abuse Zero (ZERO) Promotion Plan’ includes 11 key tasks across three areas: early detection of at-risk children, public awareness improvement education and promotion, and strengthening prevention and protection systems.

In each area, to detect at-risk children early, social security big data will be utilized to proactively identify and investigate children at risk, such as those with long-term absenteeism or those who have not applied for child-rearing allowances.

Additionally, a full survey will be conducted to locate and check on children under the age of three who are being raised at home. High-risk children with repeated reports or investigation histories related to child abuse, who are at risk of re-abuse, will be the focus of prevention efforts through home visits in cooperation with the police and child protection agencies.

Education and promotion to improve public awareness for creating a child-friendly parenting culture will also be strengthened. Social networking services (SNS) and public campaigns will be used to raise social interest in child abuse, and experts will be invited to provide ‘Positive Parenting and Child Abuse Prevention Education’ for residents.

To strengthen the prevention and protection system for children at risk of abuse, local community leaders such as town and village chiefs, electricity and gas meter readers will be appointed as the ‘Namdo Child Guardians.’ A public-private cooperation system for child abuse prevention will also be established with Jeonnam Province, the National Police Agency, the Office of Education, medical and pharmaceutical associations, Mokpo City Gas, and the Korea Convenience Store Industry Association to effectively implement child protection policies.

Yoo Mija, Jeonnam Province’s Director of Women and Family Policy, said, “We will spread the community spirit of ‘We protect the children in our neighborhood’ so that the local community becomes the center of problem-solving, and strengthen cooperation with related organizations. We will do our best to make Jeonnam a safe and happy place for children.”

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