Child Sexual Abuse - India

A researcher who has been shunned for her views argues that it is the breaking of trust, not the physical act itself, that tortures the victims of pedophilia Reviewed by Susan Pinker Globe and Mail Update Published on Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 11:18AM EST Last updated on Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010 8:26AM EST It’s hard to forget the newly separated mother of a preschooler who came into my child psychology clinic 20-odd years ago, her face dark with fury. Earlier that week, her daughter had calmly reported to a daycare worker that “daddy tried to put froggies up my bum.” Convinced this was sexual abuse, the mother wanted me to evaluate the child and be prepared to testify in court to bar the father – in her mind, a criminal and a pervert – from ever visiting his child alone again. Though I took the claim seriously, I admit I was reticent about the plan. This was the mid-1980s, the peak divorce years in Canada. The school of hard, if not vicious, knocks had taught me that divorcing parents will...

http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/24/stories/2010022463951800.htm Am highlighting this particular case not because of the number of child victims ( which according to the report is one of the highest ever reported in the US) but because of the profession of the perpetartor - a pediatrician. Without generalizing or casting aspersions there is enough documentation both anecdotal and research based which show that there are many people who chose professions which give them direct access to kids so then the proximity faciltates better the situations to abuse while at the same time giving the cover as well. It would be interesting to know if there are any guidelines that health professionals follow when examining a child - does a guardian/parent have to be present in the room? should there be another person like a nurse also be present? etc.. Am attaching the link to a case of an Irish pediatricain who is now being investigated for child abuse and who also has had links with a Children's Hom...

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Our latest iniative which will keep evolving While rapid innovative advances in information and communications have created an exciting world for anyone with access to the related services and offered unparalleled opportunities, it has also had an immeasurable impact on the sexual exploitation of children Various forums and groups randomly but routinely tend to report on adult content websites and the impact on children and young people accessing them. However there is hardly any scrutiny or understanding of an issue which warrants our immediate attention - online “grooming” of children and young people by potential child sex abusers leading to usually risky and dangerous situations - and which is now part of the recently amended IT Act. We need to understand that at any given moment thousands of potential/child sex abusers are making contact online with unsuspecting children and young people, native and completely reliant on ICT’s, with the intention of further exploitatio...

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/78247/India/Hotels+and+airlines+to+fight+child+sex+tourism.html Hotels, airlines to fight child sex tourism New Delhi January 8, 2010 Hotels and airlines will no longer allow the use of the Internet on their premises by anyone searching for child pornography or sites that peddle child sex tourism. If any of their employees is found helping tourists abuse children, these industries will ensure the workers are sacked and arrested. Besides, all employees will be trained to keep an eye on paedophiles. These are some of the guidelines framed for the tourism industry to curb child sex tourism. The guidelines have been drawn up by Pacific Asia Travel Association's (PATA) India chapter and the ministry of tourism. Sources said state tourism departments will start implementing them in the next two months. The guidelines also require the tourism industry to conduct all future businesses by introducing a clause in the contracts that will discourage sexu...

Why does an allegation have to be proved through a departmental enquiry before u report to police? Isn't it their job to substantiate or disprove? Multiple enquiries only ensure the child victim is so many times more revictimied. Why do we always go to inordinate lenghts to, at the expenseof the victim, establish beyond everybody's doubt concrete proof that there was molestation - AKA every other form of sexual violence which does not fall under the definition of rapeor sodomy??Why is that everyone is harping on little girls Are little boys also not molested? Do abusers and molesters start and stop with one child? Also the reasoning for the light senetence by the Judge is hilariosly ludicrous - especially when viewed aginst the alleged raunchy romps by octogenerain Governors. Forget an undesrtanding of senior citizen sexuality, how many of our ersthwhile judiciary are even aware of the complexities of sexual violence - rape trauma syndrome, post traumatic stress, grooming, w...