Child abuse

In the last six months (Jan-June 2008), CWIN recorded 64 percent of rape cases of children below 16 years among the incidents of sexual abuse in Nepal. Similarly, nine percent were the victims of incestuous rape. This fact is revealed by the Half yearly report "The State of the Rights of the Child 2008" published by CWIN-Nepal. According to the report, 121 cases of trafficking were reported in which 28 percent of cases involved children below 16 years.

In the report CWIN has recorded a total of three thousand five hundred eighty-four (3584) cases/incidents of child rights violations within six months (Jan-June 2008) that includes child labour exploitation, child death, lost children, child abuse, child sexual abuse, child trafficking, and children in conflict and child delinquency. The issue of child protection is very serious as seen in the report.

Among 432 cases of child abuse, killing and domestic violence, 16 percent of incidents were of corporal punishment (physical and mental abuse) in schools. The Spokesperson of CWIN, Mr. Tarak Dhital said, "This is a very serious issue. The incidents of such abuse in schools are ever increasing. Such incidents show that we are still insensitive towards the rights of our children."

According to the report, 55 incidents of children in prison were reported in which 49 children were staying in different prisons with their parents and 6 minors were serving sentence in prison on burglary charge.

Many children are missing due to various reasons in our society. In this period 126 missing children were recorded and among them 38 children were abducted with intention to gain ransom from their parents. In this regard, nearly 6 children are abducted every month.

कृपया पर्खनुहोस, भिडियो 60 सेकेण्डमा लोड हुदै छ

Loading...