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| December 21, 2006 | Thursday | Ziqa'ad 29, 1427 |
17pc students abused: report
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Data collected by an NGO from 300 children studding in class 8 to 10 in four different schools of Islamabad and Rawalpindi have revealed that 17 per cent of them were abused, with one in every five boys and one in every seven girls becoming a victim of sexual abuse. As many as 72 per cent of the victims were abused below the age of 13. The report prepared by Rozan was shared with mediapersons here on Wednesday at a one-day consultation workshop on sensitive reporting of child sexual abuse cases. It said only 37 of the victims stated the place where the abuse took place.— Staff Reporter
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