Protecting Children from Abuse and Violence through Closer Collaboration by Bernadette J. Madrid, MD

Statistical studies show that more than 60% of Asian children are victims of physical, sexual, or emotional violence and abuse annually, regardless of poverty or income. The long-term negative effects of this violence on children as adults can be devastating, and it is critical that efforts are made across sectors, industries, and national borders to reduce the number of children affected.

Despite the seriousness of the problem, few municipalities or countries are coordinating their initiatives to prevent or respond to child maltreatment. The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation in partnership with the International House of Japan features Ramon Magsaysay Awardee BERNADETTE J. MADRID on its webinar series on Leaders Shaping the Future of the Indo-Pacific.

Pediatrician Bernadette J. Madrid has been working to eliminate the division of roles and to create closer collaboration to save more children. This webinar will discuss her current activities and vision, and provide ways each of us can do to help.

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RMTLI Lecture Series and AKO PARA SA BATA Opening Session Highlights

This event celebrates many milestones that have helped move the shared advocacy of child protection forward and will ensure that all children in the Philippines will be better protected from violence and abuse of all forms. These milestones include the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Philippine General Hospital-Child Protection Unit (PGH-CPU); the opening session of the 14th AKO PARA SA BATA Conference; the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement between CPN and the Integrated Bar of the Philippines; and the honoring of Dr. Bernadette J. Madrid, a fierce defender of children rights which earned her the Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia’s premier prize and highest honor.

Since 1958, the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation has been honoring individuals and organizations regardless of race, nationality, creed or gender, who address issues of human development in Asia, with courage and creativity. All Ramon Magsaysay Awardees are embodiments of the best of humanity through their inspiring lives and their transformative work. The Ramon Magsaysay Transformative Leadership Institute (RMTLI) Lecture Series is the official platform of RMAF to share to the public the awardees’ transformative leadership journeys that exemplified greatness of spirit as they created successful solutions to some of the most challenging issues of their respective societies.

AKO PARA SA BATA started in 2007 when the Philippines, through CPN, hosted the Asian Regional Conference of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN). The Child Protection Network Foundation organizes the annual AKO PARA SA BATA Conference as a continuing education for professionals and individuals in the field of child protection work.

The event is presented by the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) and the Child Protection Network Foundation (CPN) in cooperation with Consuelo Zobel Alger Foundation and UNICEF Philippines.

Dr. Bernadette J. Madrid is the Most Outstanding Pediatrician of the Year 2021

The Philippine Pediatric Society Inc. awarded Dr. Madrid during the 58th PPS Annual Convention in Manila, Philippines on the 25th day of July, in the Year Two Thousand and Twenty One.

Child Protection Network Foundation Narrative Video

Don’t look away. Please watch this. It is reality. It is what the Child Protection Network Foundation, Inc. (CPN) deals with daily. Child abuse goes on behind seemingly innocent facades.

We are here to reach behind these windows, to offer help and treatment. This is our mission. To reach as many abused kids as we can. To let them know that there is help, there are options.

Help us to help the kids.

Child Protection Network Foundation’s Pandemic Response

Child Protection Network (CPN) works to help all children who are victims of abuse. We aim to help prevent abuse and to treat those kids who have been victims of terrible situations.

Here is a look at what CPN has been doing to help fight abuse during the pandemic. Our continued success largely depends on friends like you.

The Science of Love in Childhood, conversations with leading experts in childhood love, adversity and mental health.

In this ground-breaking new series by UNICEF, Laura Mucha – author, poet and children’s advocate – interviews some of the world’s leading experts to share why love is so important in childhood. The series sets out to cover how adversity impacts us as children and the adults we become; what we can do to protect and improve young people’s mental health; and why safe and loving relationships are so vital for children’s health, development and wellbeing throughout life.

The Science of Love in Childhood, an interview with Dr. Bernadette Madrid on how childhood experiences affect your mental health throughout life.

In episode 3 of UNICEF’s series featuring conversations with the world’s leading experts in childhood love, adversity and mental health, host Laura Mucha, author, poet and children’s advocate, talks to Bernadette Madrid, Executive Director of Child Protection Network Foundation and Head of Child Protection Unit at Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines Manila – about how childhood experiences affect your mental health throughout life.

The Science of Love in Childhood series aims to highlight the impact of childhood adversity on children and young people, and how children of different ages respond to and understand stressful and severely distressing experiences. The conversations also explore why loving and connected relationships, including the presence of a stable and responsive adult caregiver, especially in early years, are so important in breaking this cycle of violence and poor mental health.

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