Remember the time you heard about the Nithari killings and almost threw up – the kids went through stuff that we, thankfully, cannot even imagine. Remember the Mira Road case – where a man raped his daughters on the advice of a Tantric to get rich. Remember those times when you read about a 3 year old being raped and killed and looked up into the ceiling and yelled at the Heavens and said – you don’t exist because you let things like this happen to kids.
Child Sex Abuse – is stuff that isn’t supposed to happen. But it t happens to kids and screws up their today and all their tomorrows. The acts that make kids wonder, for ever, what they have done wrong. The stuff that we all skim through if, and when, the media reports it. The stuff which rarely gets to court – yet, sentences the victim to life.
Rahi – a NGO working “working towards prevention and intervention in the area of incest and child sexual abuse ” tells us that
53% of children in India are sexually abused.
72% of these children do not talk about it and suffer in silence.
A majority of these children have been abused by people known to them
64% of Incest Survivors were abused between the age of 10-18 years
32% of Incest Survivors were abused between the age of 2-10 years
87% of the Incest Survivors were abused repeatedly
19% of the abused were currently living with at least one of the abusers
We may say it happens elsewhere – but it happens here (wherever here maybe). I am sure that most of you will want to hang the perpetrators by their privates as a deterrent – but the system doesn’t allow us to do that.
Maybe you can do something :
Rahi a Delhi based NGO is raising funds for protecting vulnerable children.It’s using the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon as one of the methods of raising awareness and funds.
This is where the funds will be used
disclosure – I am not attached in any way with Rahi – i am just very glad that someone is standing up for abused children.
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Yes this is really disgusting truth about the Indian society that on the pretext of the family these perpetrators are protected. A child refuses to speak up because at most of the time he/she is not aware what has happened to him/her. But when he/she is aware there mouth is stuffed with the possibilities they would face in future.
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Thanks for this. Another organisation working on this, in my part of the country, is Tulir. I find their approach and views extremely sensible — if you’re passionate about the topic, they’re worth your time. (I have no connection with them but am somewhat familiar with them. They also have a facebook group and a blog, if you’re interested.)
By the way, boys get abused too. Here’s a recent survivor account.
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nice article…i think government should include this in text book also….so that children become aware of it……
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I JUST THINK THOSE PEOPLE DONT HAVE MINDS AND SHOULD BE PUNISH BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO SENCE ON DOING THAT SHIT WHEN THEY HURT OTHER PEOPLE AND THEY THINK OF THEM AND NOT OTHERS
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Most of the peoples are not aware about sexual harassment and its very important to make them aware this will help us to decrease occurring sexual harassment in our country. By the help of Pria’s (NGO) website we can came to know a lots of things base on sexual harassment. It’s my personal experience that this website helps girls a lot. Plus by using this website we will feel comfortable to explain to children, Kids and teenagers. We can share our views and queries with others in its forum……..
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