Child Abuse
-
Women face chronic violence in Syria’s ‘widow camps’, report warns
Women and children living in some of the hardest-to-reach camps in north-west Syria face chronic and high levels of violence…
Read More » -
EU to step up fight against child abuse content
The EU plans to legislate to require technology companies to do more to tackle child sexual abuse, according to the bloc’s home affairs commissioner,…
Read More » -
Qandi’s father sold her for $1300 to feed the family. Her mother is fighting to buy her back
Aziz Gul’s husband sold the 10-year-old girl into marriage without telling his wife, taking a down-payment so he could feed…
Read More » -
What is complex PTSD and how does it relate to past abuse and trauma?
On ABC’s Australian Story last week, Tame highlighted the importance of accessing emotional support after trauma and said she had been diagnosed…
Read More » -
Grace under fire
Grace Tame raised her voice and started a revolution that would change the national conversation. Greg Hassall and Winsome Denyer…
Read More » -
‘You never forget the knock at the door’: why families of child sex abuse material offenders need more help
Last year, authorities in the United States received a record-breaking 21.7 million reports of child abuse material. Authors The Conversation This…
Read More » -
An inquiry exposed sexual abuse within French Catholic Church — now what?
The inquiry that unearthed the scale of the abuse could also lead the way to reforms within the church. Lisa…
Read More » -
Horror as French reveal more than 200,000 clergy abuse victims within Catholic Church
Report The landmark report says about 3,000 child abusers, two-thirds of whom were priests, operated within the church since the…
Read More » -
How the world’s biggest dark web platform spreads millions of items of child sex abuse material — and why it’s hard to stop
And according to reports, it has only become more prevalent during the COVID-19 pandemic. Authors : The Conversation This material is largely…
Read More » -
Zimbabwe arrests after child bride dies giving birth at church shrine
Anna Machaya, 15, is reported to have died and been buried last month at a church shrine in the eastern…
Read More » -
UN condemns child marriage in Zimbabwe as girl dies after giving birth
The United Nations has condemned the practice of child marriage in Zimbabwe following the death of a 14-year-old girl after she…
Read More » -
Dalit girl rape and murder: Indians protest over girl’s forced cremation
The girl’s parents have accused a Hindu priest and three others of attacking her when she had gone to fetch…
Read More » -
‘Collective strength’: the LRA captive restoring dignity to survivors in Uganda
When Victoria Nyanjura was abducted from her Catholic boarding school in northern Uganda by members of the Lord’s Resistance Army, she prayed…
Read More » -
Pope revises church law, updates rules on sexual abuse
The revision, which has been in the works since 2009, involves all of section six of the Church’s Code of…
Read More » -
Report due on ‘failings’ for fatal family
NSW Coroner Teresa O’Sullivan is due to release her findings and recommendations on Wednesday into the deaths of Jack and…
Read More » -
‘Hear me now’: Australian of the Year Grace Tame’s speech in full
She told ABC’s News Breakfast she could feel the atmosphere in the room. ABC “And the feeling was reconnection, the…
Read More »