We are delighted that the government has recognised the importance of these services in protecting children from abuse.
It follows two reports highlighting failings in measures to protect children from abuse.
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The Welsh government sent a panel of experts into Pembrokeshire last year after serious problems were highlighted in protecting children from abuse.
Michael Pooley, 35, was sent to prison for 18 months by Judge Alan Goldsack QC, who said parents expected teachers to protect children not abuse them.
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As well as fulfilling her role on the wards of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, she is part of a six-strong team that see children when abuse is suspected.
This is the one way we can not only release children from abuse but break the cycle of poverty which is at risk of being transmitted from generation to generation.
One attorney I met at the conference had taken his entire family to Guatemala to found and run a non-governmental organization whose purpose was to protect children from abuse and trafficking.
"The vulnerability of children to sexual abuse is very high, and it becomes worse because there is nobody monitoring these children's homes, " said Anuja Gupta of the Recovering and Healing from Incest, or RAHI, Foundation in New Delhi.
Although ChildLine is associated with helping children raise concerns about abuse, the biggest single reason for children getting in touch is because of "family relationships".
The court heard he forced the children to sexually abuse each other while he watched during the six-hour ordeal.
That suggests that one in nine pre-teenage children has suffered abuse.
The broadcaster has set up its own inquiry looking at whether the culture and practices within the BBC at the time enabled Savile to abuse children.
Swansea Local Safeguarding Children's Board, which runs the services which protect children from drug abuse in Llanelli, said a review into Carly's death was under way.
Prof Kelly, who teaches children and women abuse studies at the University of North London, said she had found some officers overlooked the importance of timing in dealing with victims.
The research by Ceop and the University of Birmingham suggested physical contact did not appear to be a motivation for offenders who sought to abuse children in this way.
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The investigation was launched in the wake of revelations that ex-TV presenter and Radio 1 DJ Jimmy Savile subjected hundreds of young people and children to sexual abuse over four decades.
The report revealed that as many as 37 priests accused of inappropriate behaviour around children or sexual abuse of minors were still in active ministry even after the archdiocese learned of the allegations.
He said the government was determined to tackle the "despicable" trade of sex tourism , but new measures to clamp down on paedophiles travelling abroad to abuse children would not cover those aged 16 or over.
It says that government efforts to tackle the problem, including new legislation to protect children from sexual abuse, will also fail "unless protection mechanisms are properly implemented and the justice system reformed to ensure that abuse is reported and fully prosecuted".
Meanwhile, the Guardian and other papers are pursuing the links between Savile and the Jersey care home scandal: "The former head of the Jersey child abuse investigation has said he now suspects that Sir Jimmy Savile was implicated in the Haut de la Garenne children's home abuse scandal, " reported The Guardian.
Abuse of children by Roman Catholic priests has been a major issue in Australia recent years.
Military police are investigating allegations of sex abuse of children at a former RAF base in Berlin.
The system for stopping the neglect and abuse of children in Northamptonshire is inadequate, inspectors have found.
Still, experts believe sexual abuse of children remains widely under-reported, experts say, for both psychological and legal reasons.
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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced a national inquiry into institutional responses to the sexual abuse of children.
The inquiry will look into allegations of abuse in children's homes and fostering services, between 1960 and the present day.
The Pope promised "action" over abuse against children by priests when he met victims during a visit to Malta last week.
The tragic irony is that the closest analogy is Catholic priests and sexual abuse of children right there in the same general community.
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It seems as though up to 300 children were victims of abuse and the police expect to make more high profile arrests soon.
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