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Child Sexual Abuse Numbers
« on: May 03, 2004, 08:16:00 PM »
The 2002 World Health Organisation Report on Violence and Health.

The 'WHO' commissioned a study and a whole bunch of hospitals around the world participated, including one near where I live.

The wash up was that 8% of males and 25% of females up to the age of 18 years experience sexual abuse of some kind.

The report is available at
www.who.int/health.topics/en/

In the alphabetical index go to 'C' and select 'Child Abuse'. The complete report can be downloaded.

At our particular participating hospital, the female numbers were a staggering 27%, but the numbers averaged out across the hospitals to 25%.

If that's not an epidemic I don't know what is!!!

Sitting at a school function last week I was looking around at the 300 or so young girls there and thinking, "My Goodness!!!!  :shock: if those figures are right, at least 75 of these babies have been, and are being sexually abused in some way or another."  :x  :x  :x

I cringed and ached and got so angry and sad, I went home and shot off a bunch E-mails about these stats to some local and state 'dignitaries'. Haven't heard back from any yet.
 
CG

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Child Sexual Abuse Numbers
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2004, 03:27:34 PM »
Hi CG,

My first thought...then some frustrated pondering...then back to my first thought: I feel so damn helpless about this. :evil:

I mean, like I said in another post, I've thought about becoming a Big Sister, but that's just one kid - and it still doesn't put me in a position of stopping something, really.

So instead of sitting here in my frustrated box twiddling my thumbs...does anyone else know of ways - even if small - that can help prevent/stop/lessen this???

Wildflower
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