Violence against girls doesn't say anything about problems faced by boys in Qatari families, but it does show that the risk of an atmosphere of domestic violence is considerable.
It is good that the authorities are facing up to these realities, which not long ago would just have been ignored as being a private family matter.
You are misinterpreting the Canadian statistics you provide. You are assuming that there is an equal chance of a child living with natural parents or with a step-parent. It is quite possible for natural parents to kill more children than step-parents, yet for the chance of a child being killed to be 120 times higher in the family of a step-parent. As we know, only a small percentage of children have a step parent. The link I gave a dozen or so posts up refers to the Canadian stats.
Olive, I can't find a general Qatar child abuse report. There is an astonishing survey from Qatar University into violence against women (astonishing in that it has been published) http://www.scribd.com/doc/21762454/Violence-Against-Women-in-Qatari-Society
Violence against girls doesn't say anything about problems faced by boys in Qatari families, but it does show that the risk of an atmosphere of domestic violence is considerable.
It is good that the authorities are facing up to these realities, which not long ago would just have been ignored as being a private family matter.
You are misinterpreting the Canadian statistics you provide. You are assuming that there is an equal chance of a child living with natural parents or with a step-parent. It is quite possible for natural parents to kill more children than step-parents, yet for the chance of a child being killed to be 120 times higher in the family of a step-parent. As we know, only a small percentage of children have a step parent. The link I gave a dozen or so posts up refers to the Canadian stats.