Child Sexual Abuse : Any Hope for the Survivors ?

lola aderoju
Aug 26, 2017 · 2 min read

Only few children can openly wind through the gruesome help of their life from childhood well into adult life; rape, incest, severe beating, molestation, mental anguish — all from the hands of the person(s) who are supposed to protect them against those.

The Team Advocate of Airtelchangeyourstory2017 class B, in this report seeks to unearth why a seemingly culture of silence has prevailed and how it could be reversed in line with measures to restore the survivors’ human dignity and societal care.

How Many Children In Nigeria Have been sexually Abused?

• 1 in 10 children experience sexual violence before age 18

• 1 in 8 children experience unwanted sexual touching.

• 1 in 9 children experience unwanted completed sex.

• 70.5% of victimized children experience multiple incidents of sexual abuse.

• Before the age of 13, 1 in 5 children experience sexual violence.

Who are the perpetrators?

· 1 in 13 children is being abused by a family member

· 1 in 8 children is being abused by a stranger

· 1 in 7 children is being abused by a neighbour

· Adults that are at least 5 years older abuse 70.2% of children

Where have Nigerian Children been abused?

1 in 8 cases of child sexual abuse occurs in the home

1 in 5 cases of child sexual abuse occurs in the perpetrator’s home.

1 in 7 cases of sexual abuse occurs in school.

What period of the day have Nigerian children been sexually abused?

· 1 in 10 cases of sexual abuse occurs in the morning.

· Half of sexual abuse cases occurs in the afternoon

· 1 in 5 cases of sexual abuse occurs in the evening

· 1 in 5 cases of sexual abuse occurs in the mid night

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