Every day, countless children suffer as casualties of war, as victims of racial discrimination, apartheid aggression; as refugees and displaced children forced to abandon the security of their homes; as disabled or as victims of neglect, cruelty and exploitation. Society has a heavy responsibility to combat violence against children and to allow them to grow as normal, healthy and happy children.
Hapa Mtume (s.a.w.) kwa ubaba wake mtukufu alijaribu kubadilisha mawazo ya watu ya kuwapendelea watoto wa kiume zaidi ya watoto wa kike, tena hata aliwatanguliza watoto wa kike zaidi kwa kusema: Mwenye kwenda sokoni, na kununua zawadi na kuwapelekea jamii yake, (familia yake) ni kama mtu aliyewapelekea sadaka wahitaji, basi aanze kuwapatia watoto wa kike kabla ya kiume.