Inquiry Info Point 8: The Impacts of Violence Against Children Adapted from: Equal Rights for Women Worldwide The report concluded that “exposure to violence at an early age can impair brain development and damage other parts of the nervous system and other bodily systems, with lifelong consequences.”51 It is worth pausing for a moment to consider how necessary it is to ensure that this is avoided at all costs. Lani,52 Sisilia,53 Masina54 and many children in Samoa who lived and continue to live with these consequences every day in their adult lives and finds it impossible to shed himself/herself of the pain and suffering. 51 World Health Organisation. (2016). INSPIRE: Seven Strategies for Ending Violence Against Children. Document 48 Inquiry anthology. 52 Case Study 6. 53 Case Study 7. 54 Case Study 10.