{{India’s government has failed to curb rampant sexual abuse of children, especially in schools and state-run child care facilities, a rights group said Thursday.}}<\/p>\n
The report from Human Rights Watch comes in the wake of the fatal gang-rape of a young woman on a New Delhi bus in December, an attack that shook the conscience of the nation and forced people to recognize the problem of sexual violence.<\/p>\n
The report said child sexual abuse is disturbingly common and government responses fall short in protecting children and treating victims. <\/p>\n
It also said the inspections of state-run child facilities were inadequate, with many not even registered with the government as required by the law.<\/p>\n
“Shockingly, the very institutions that should protect vulnerable children can place them at risk of horrific child sexual abuse,” said Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director of Human Rights Watch.<\/p>\n
The group called for strict implementation of laws on sexual violence and better monitoring of child-care facilities. <\/p>\n
It also demanded more sensitive treatment by police, including an end to internal medical exams that it says are traumatic and pointless.<\/p>\n
There are no clear statistics on the number of child abuse cases in India, primarily because of the low reporting of such crimes. <\/p>\n
As a result, Human Rights Watch based its reports on hundreds of detailed case studies with victims and their relatives, child protection officials, independent experts, police, doctors and social workers.<\/p>\n
India’s 430 million children form a third of its 1.2 billion people and around one-fifth of the global child population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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