Child Sexual Abuse - India

Hello A society’s integrity and worth is not based on whether cases of   sexual  violence against children happen. Instead it is based on the acceptance of the possibilities of  occurrence and proactive steps taken to  both safeguard and respond in a timely and appropriate way to ensure that its children may benefit from its caring and foresight to truly have the right to be safe all the time, everywhere. Tulir - Center for the Prevention and Healing of Child Sexual Abuse is organizing  a Workshop on Forensic and Therapeutic Interviewing   on Dec15 &16, 2014 at Chennai,  which will be in English. Details of the workshop are mentioned below Since limited seats are available, participants will be selected based on their completed  application forms (Please find pasted below a description of the workshop and you may write to us for the Application form) which  will be accepted up to...

A full page poster published in today's Young World supplement of The Hindu -Thanks once again to The Hindu for their commitment to working towards every child 's right to be safe all the time from sexual abuse. And thanks Biswajit and Kota for also making it happen

November 19, 2014 at   6.30 pm at the Freemasons Hall Auditorium, C-in-C Road, Egmore, Chennai As part of its Technical Expert in Residence program ,    Tulir - Centre for the Prevention and Healing of Child Sexual Abuse  is pleased to be hosting Ms. Christine Beddoe, former Director  of ECPAT – UK  for  a fortnight in November 2014. The timeliness of   Ms. Beddoes’s visit cannot be further emphasized;  A recent order of the Madras High Court has impleaded the Secretary,  Ministry  of WCD, Govt of India  in a case of sexual abuse by a foreign national.   ht tp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Are-foreigners-sexually-abusing - children-in-the-name - of-providing-education-asks - Madras-high-court/ article show/44996930.cms There is an underlying sense of urgency as well.   In the past month alone, the UK courts  have rejected an appeal b...

As part of a collaborative, proactive and continuing effort and concern shared with the Corporation of Chennai since the last 8 years, to ensure the well being and safety of children studying in it’s schools, Tulir - Centre for the Prevention and Healing of Child Sexual Abuse has developed and installed boards in all the 275 schools managed by the Chennai Corporation with no n threatening age appropriate easy to remember simple personal safety rules. This initiative has been made possible with support from Friends of India and is part of commemorating Nov. 19 - The World day for the Prevention of Child Abuse It is based on the concepts of Personal Safety Education a program, which is an extension of the safety rules we teach our children, i.e. don’t play with fire, look both sides before and while crossing a road, etc. The messages will work towards equipping and empowering children to build self protective behavior besides strengthening the ability of those adults mora...

Please find attached information about a research project with adult men who have experienced child sexual abuse, being conducted by Alankaar Sharma. Alankaar has been involved with anti-child sexual abuse efforts in India for over 10 years . Male survivors are an under-addressed group and their experiences and concerns deserve greater attention. If you would like to participate in the research or have any questions about the research, please contact Alankaar directly (his phone number and email are mentioned in the flyer