Sexual abuse of children is disturbing, abhorrent and very often an unimaginable crime but the unfortunate reality is that it exists. When children do not feel safe, their other rights are endangered. While it is the responsibility of adults to be the primary safeguards to care for and protect  the interests of children, with the increasing   incidents of abuse of children being reported, there seems to be a failure in this most basic of obligations.  

The UN and the Government of India have both recognized the seriousness and pervasiveness of violence against children and are currently in the process of related studies, worldwide and nationally, respectively. At a more local level, to understand the different experiences of sexual abuse faced by children and the issues and dynamics surrounding these events, Tulir-CPHCSA with the support from Save the Children, Sweden have undertaken a study among   Std. 11 school going children in Chennai.

Previous Conference items

• 28/03/2006: South Asia: Furthering Child Rights in Higher Education
• 28/03/2006: Conference on Internet Child Abuse Images
• 28/03/2006: Regional seminar Scaling up Parliamentary Efforts for Children and AIDS
• 27/03/2006: 5th African Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
• 25/03/2006: Middle East and North Africa: Follow-Up to Regional Consultation

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Obajimi Olamide wrote on 27/03/2006:
The neglect of children by the