December will remain etched forever in the memory of young Pakistanis as a dark month when 133 children lost their lives in a heinous attack on Army Public School, Peshawar, on December 16, 2014. Eight years since then, Pakistani children are still not safe. This threat, although of a different kind, has similar repercussions over generations. Child sexual abuse, also called child molestation, is the most prevailing form of violence against children.
The nationwide outrage on the brutal rape-murder of young Zainab Ansari in 2018 had one single demand i.e. no more. People from all walks of life asked for swift justice and a surety that such crimes would never occur. The state machinery came into action and the perpetrator was sentenced to death in the same year. Several policy-related decisions and new legislation were made. However, fast forward four years, and more and more cases of child sexual abuse keep occurring, which shows that Pakistan is a long shot away from being a safe country for children.
The report “Cruel Numbers 2021” published by a non-profit organization, SAHIL, after monitoring data from 84 national and regional newspapers concluded that over 10 child abuse cases were reported every day. The number rose to 12 reported cases per day for the first half of 2022, but it should be noticed that these are the number of cases reported in media. The actual number can be higher because child sexual abuse is among the least reported crime in the country due to...
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