Dimapur, October 11 (MExN): CHILDLINE Dimapur in collaboration with Euro International School, Midland, Dimapur conducted an awareness cum sensitization programme on Child Rights, focusing on child sexual abuse, with the targeted audience being the teachers and mothers of the students on October 11.
The team consisted of K. Ela, Collab Director, CHILDLINE Dimapur, Lozua Kape, Centre coordinator CHILDLINE Dimapur and Waden, CHILDLINE Team member.
Speaking on the occasion, Lozua Kape, besides briefing on CHILDLINE and its activities, disclosed that sexual abuse cases of children as young as 6/7 yrs were being reported and in majority of the cases, the child abusers are people known to the children and their families and that sexual crimes have became a reality in the state. She stressed on the prime need of the mothers and parents to educate their children, who are too young to understand, on the difference between good and bad touches and how and where to look for assistance.
K. Ela disclosed that from experience with cases taken up by CHILDLINE, any man or woman can be an abuser. It could be the driver, step father, step brother, step grandparents, elder brother’s friends, brothers, uncles, neighbors, biological father, employers, etc. Besides urging the mothers to report cases of any sexual abuse and avail the Protection of Children against Sexual Offence Act (POCSO Act) which safeguards children, she also stressed upon the mothers to start playing major roles in bringing change to the society.
The programme also highlighted the issue of child sexual abuse and how to deal with it through an informative and educative movie and concluded with a fruitful interactive session with the mothers.
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