Breaking the silence : child sexual abuse in India /

Breaking the silence : child sexual abuse in India /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Dummett, Mark.
Imprint:[New York, N.Y.] : Human Rights Watch, c2013.
Description:82 p. ; 27 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Child sexual abuse -- India.
Sexually abused children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- India.
Child welfare -- India.
Child sexual abuse.
Child welfare.
Sexually abused children -- Legal status, laws, etc.
India.
Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9132973
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Varying Form of Title:Child sexual abuse in India
India : breaking the silence
Other authors / contributors:Human Rights Watch (Organization)
ISBN:1564329801
9781564329806
Notes:"This report was researched and written by Mark Dummett..."--P. 82.
Includes bibliographical references.
Also issued online.
Summary:The rape and murder of a student in New Delhi on December 16, 2012, followed by large public protests, has led to a great deal of soul searching about the problem of sexual violence in India. Politicians, lawyers, women's rights activists, and an independent government appointed commission have all made proposals for new laws, police reform, and public education. The government has promised action. if nothing else happens, the case has awakened many Indians to the scale and prevalence of sexual violence in their country.
"This 82-page report examines how current government responses are falling short, both in protecting children from sexual abuse and treating victims. Many children are effectively mistreated a second time by traumatic medical examinations and by police and other authorities who do not want to hear or believe their accounts. Government efforts to tackle the problem, including new legislation to protect children from sexual abuse, will also fail unless protection mechanisms are properly implemented and the justice system reformed to ensure that abuse is reported and fully prosecuted, Human Rights Watch said."--Publisher's website.

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