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Child Sexual Abuse: Young women not too aware of details: Research

As per findings of the research, only 36.19 per cent of young women knew the meaning of CSA prior to an intervention programme.

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While cases of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) are reported across the city and country every day, students of city’s Nirmala Niketan College of Home Science conducted a research at Vidhyadeep Community Centre in Bharuch, Gujarat, that showed very little awareness among young women on CSA.

As per findings of the research, only 36.19 per cent of young women knew the meaning of CSA prior to an intervention programme. After the programme, 84.28 per cent came to know of its meaning. When asked about actions that amount to child abuse, 28.1 per cent of young women (prior to the intervention) mentioned forcing a child to undress. However, touching the child in an inappropriate manner (76.7 per cent) and forcing the child to undress (81.4 per cent) were responses recorded post-intervention.

Manasi Bist, Jaiti Gala and Priyanshi Madhwani students of Department of Human Development recently conducted this study on CSA. They were guided by Dr Kamini Rege, Assistant Professor of Nirmala Niketan College of Home Science. The research was conducted with a sample size of 210 young tribal women between the age group of 17-21 years. The students after a research on awareness regarding CSA, were also provided with an intervention that included role playing, skits, displaying flash cards, group discussions and a sensitisation drive on good touch or bad touch among participants.

The research also revealed that participants were unaware about reasons for an adult to abuse a child. Abuse could result from an abuser’s childhood experience of being abused (prior intervention 14.3 per cent; post-intervention 70 per cent), watching adult or child pornography (prior intervention 49.5 per cent; post-intervention 82.4 per cent) and psychological or mental disorder (prior intervention 23.9 per cent; post-intervention 46.2 per cent).

When the participants were asked about genders that usually resort to sexual abuse or violation of children, it was seen that a substantial majority of 92.4 per cent participants post-intervention indicated both genders whereas 28 per cent mentioned only males and 6.2 per cent only females prior to intervention. Neighbours and teachers, relatives and maids were other responses obtained from participants.

THE FINDINGS

  • Only 36.19% of young women knew the meaning of CSA prior to an intervention programme
     
  • Study shows participants were unaware about reasons for an adult to abuse a child
     
  • 92.4% said that both males and females can sexually abuse kids; this was after the intervention programme
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