Child Sexual Abuse - India

The Orange Book A Teachers’ Workbook on Sexuality Teachers have revealed their doubts and anxieties about teaching sexuality education in school. They say, ‘These are such taboo topics, such sensitive issues – when we have hardly spoken about these issues ourselves, how can anyone expect us to talk about these with our students?’ This is a legitimate and fair question. With the Adolescence Education Programme being implemented in certain institutions, most schools and teachers will not be able to ignore these issues. Expecting teachers to take on the mantle of becoming Sexuality Educators with little preparation or scope to explore their own doubts and feelings about these issues may be too tall an order. The Orange Book : A Teachers’ Workbook on Sexuality Education is a workbook with 28 exercises on imparting sexuality education with confidence, ease and élan. Contact Tarshi to request for copies of the book. Schools and teachers are encouraged to request for multiple copie...

  http://gizmodo.com/5726667/the-agonizing-last-words-of-bill-zeller The Agonizing Last Words of Programmer Bill Zeller Bill Zeller was a talented programmer whose work we've featured on Lifehacker. He took his own life on Sunday and left an explanation that I think it's important you read. Zeller was a victim of sexual and psychological abuse. It's clear from his writing that the abuse left him unable to interface with the world in any way that didn't leave him feeling he was too sullied to have the same experiences that he thought others had. He had a self-described "darkness", which despite his prostration it's clear he handled more ably than perhaps he ever realized. Programming was a solace, but only temporarily. Zeller never felt he could escape the things that had happened to him because he carried his torment with him everywhere. I think a person has the right to live or end their life as they choose. If Zeller really felt that s...