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Childline officials and section of the participations during the awareness cum sensitisation programme on child rights on October 11.[/caption]
Dimapur, Oct. 11 (EMN): Childline Dimapur in collaboration with Euro International School, Midland, Dimapur, conducted an awareness cum sensitisation programme on child rights by focusing on child sexual abuse with the targeted audience being the teachers and mothers of the students on October 11.
The team consisted of Ms K Ela, Collab Director, Childline Dimapur; Ms Lozua Kape, Centre coordinator Childline Dimapur; and Waden, Childline team member.
Speaking on the occasion, Ms Lozua Kape, besides briefing on Childline and its activities, disclosed that sexual abuse cases of children as young as 6/7 years were reported. She said in most cases, the child abusers were people known to the children and their families and added that sexual crimes have became a reality in the state.
She stressed on the prime need of mothers and parents to educate their children, who are too young to understand on the difference between good and bad touches and how and where to look for assistance.
Sharing experiences on cases taken up by Childline, Ms K Ela disclosed that any man or woman can be an abuser. She said the abusers could be a driver, step father, step brother, step grandparents, elder brother’s friends, brothers, uncles, neighbours, biological father, employers, etc.
Besides urging the mothers to report cases of any sexual abuse and avail the Protection of Children against Sexual Offence Act (POCSO Act) which safeguards children, she also stressed upon the mothers to start playing major roles in bringing change to the society.
The programme also highlighted on issue of child sexual abuse and how to deal with it through an informative and educative movie. The programme concluded with an interactive session with the mothers.
