One of the issues effecting children in India, that is rarely addressed, is child sexual abuse. In a 2007 survey conducted by the Government of India, 53.22% of children in India said they had experienced some form of sexual abuse, and 22% of them extreme forms of sexual abuse or violence. However, as horrifying as these statistics are, even this is still assumed to be a conservative estimate. In 1997, in a research survey of adults across 5 major cities in India, 76% of adult women respondents said that they had been sexually abused as children. India’s conservative stance on sex and sex-related issues not only creates a permissive environment for child sexual abuse, but it also makes it extremely hard for survivors to overcome the trauma of their abuse even as adults.
So one can well imagine the courage it took for one Indian woman to share her story…
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Thank you for informing us of this horrible situation. The battle to change it will be long and hard.
I wish all the best to those who are working on the problem. Louise Goueffic, Canada
Thankyou for your interests kind, supportive words and belated happy birthday, I always follow with interest too (but perhaps not much in commentary.)