Protecting The Female Child
On May - 5 - 2011
The 10-year-old girl who video-recorded her rapist using a mobile phone as he coerced her into a sexual act about two years ago can best be described as empowerment at its best.
Rape on minors has always posed a headache for the justice delivery system because vital evidence is sometimes lost as children tend to forget what exactly would have transpired. The sad reality, however, is that young girls have been infected with HIV through rape and this has created a serious problem in families as they try to come to terms with such cases.
READ MORE HERE:
http://www.newsday.co.zw/article/2011-05-05-protect-the-girl-child
---------------------------------------------By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
Educate Yourself -- Learn the Facts
It May Just Save a Child's Life!!
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