David Finkelhor, Director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center, 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 20 boys are a victim of child
sexual abuse. Self-report studies show that 20% of adult females and 5-10% of adult males recall a
sexual abuse incident in their childhood.
The panel, presenting its report yesterday following 15 days of evidence at public hearings in October, said it was the largest number of specific allegations of
sexual abuse in a single investigation that the inquiry has considered to date.
According to in his article on "Sexual Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean" [2]it is said that the number of studies on
sexual abuse in Latin America has increased in the last two decades, being one of the clearest manifestations of values, norms and traditions in a patriarchal culture that encourage men to believe that they have the right to control women's bodies and sexuality.
This has come after a series of shocking revelations about
sexual abuse of minors at the hands of clergymen that rattled the world last year.
Launched in consultation with local partners, the portal - which aims to eliminate online images of child
sexual abuse - exists in 27 countries, including India and Nepal from the region.
Written in readable prose, 'Protecting Your Children from
Sexual Abuse' opens with 51 heart-breaking and real-life stories of
sexual abuse victims.
But around 80% of child
sexual abuse is not reported, and around 95% of reported child
sexual abuse is not convicted.
The definition of
sexual abuse used in the study was highly inclusive, including both the range of abuses defined in existing sexual offences laws and those children and adolescents have identified to be sexually intimidating, abusive or exploitative in previous studies (e.g.
Islamabad: Police have arrested four suspects for allegedly raping a boy in the town of Phool Nagar in Kasur, again putting the district in the news for child
sexual abuse.
At least 90 percent of all reported child
sexual abuse by clergy in the diocese occurred prior to 1990, he said, and the diocese has since "made significant changes."
Child
sexual abuse (CSA) is a global phenomenon with dire immediate and long-term implications for the child (1,2).