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Article: Oprah Opens Child Abuse Conference
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 31, 1992
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The problems of child abuse and neglect span the globe.
This week, more than 2,000 child abuse prevention experts from
80 countries are meeting in Chicago for the Ninth International
Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect.
The biennial congress, which runs through Wednesday, is
sponsored by the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse
and Neglect. It's being hosted by the Chicago-based National
Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse.
It will focus on such global issues as child labor in India, war
in Croatia and the connection between parental substance abuse and
child abuse.
Sunday's opening session featured songs by the Chicago
Children's Choir and the Soul Children of ...