Child Sexual Abuse - India

http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/14/stories/2008121457140200.htm His mission is to take on child abusers "One of the best predictors of future behaviour is past behaviour," Jonathan Picken says. Not in an arbitrary sense of generalisation, but with a sense keenly sharpened after years of looking out for children and helping others protect children against abuse. As the chair for the British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (BASPCAN), Mr.Picken gets a rapt audience wherever he talks. In Chennai recently to deliver the third annual Tulir -CPHCSA lecture, he spoke ahead of the event to Ramya Kannan. The recent case that surfaced in Austria of a father confining and sexually abusing his daughter is merely one instance of the truth behind sexual abuse; the length people would go to abuse children. "Most perpetrators spend a great deal of time and effort plotting and also coming up with excuses. Despite the advances in technology, people are

The Awards have been instituted by Tulir-CPHCSA with an aim to affirm, support and celebrate efforts that strengthen every child’s right to be safe from sexual violence, as enshrined in Article 34 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Please join us in congratulating the recipients of the 2008 Awards, (a) Sankalp - Organization category (b) Raka Sinha Bal - Individual category who have worked substantially in addressing concerns relating to sexual violence against children. The Awards were presented at The Third Annual Tulir - CPHCSA Lecture on Dec. 5, 2008 at Chennai, by Hon. Justice Mrs Prabha Sridevan, Judge, Madras High Court

Jonathan Picken is currently Chair of the British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (BASPCAN) and an honorary lecturer for the World Health Organisation as well as visiting lecturer at Birmingham and Worcester Universities. He has a great deal of experience of multi disciplinary consortiums and working with a diverse range of professional agencies. With a specific interest in the multi-disciplinary management of child abuse and neglect he is currently Training and Development Adviser for Worcestershire Area Child Protection Committee, located in central England. He began working as a social worker in 1984, in both Adult and Children's Services. Having studied criminology his early career was spent working with young people within the criminal justice system, before going on to work within a local authority child protection team and later in a regional paediatric unit. On behalf of BASPCAN, together with Dr Lorna Bell, he was responsible

http://www.unicef.org/photoessays/46469.html On 25-28 November 2008 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Third World Congress against the Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents seeks global protection policies to prevent the sexual abuse of children. A guiding principle is that silence on this abuse is a form of acceptance