Comments on: Focus on Child not on Perpetrators!

By: satchitananda

satchitananda — Sun, 13 May 2012 08:33:19 +0000

Congratulations Vivek on a very comprehensive look at the topic. It is a very complex problem indeed at various levels – whom to trust, when to know a person is taking undue advantage of the trust placed in him/her, how to bring the perpetrator to justice, how to help the child not to lose trust in all adults, ……

Parenting is truly a very tough job. What we see here is the cases which have come to light because the child told. How many cases must be there where the child never mentions what has happened and how many such perpetrators must be going scot free? I shudder to think.

By: priyadarshan

priyadarshan — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 05:29:16 +0000

Thanks for sharing and creating awareness. The issue is very serious. In the housing society, the child has a greater danger of sex abuse from the liftman, driver, servents. Recently there was one incident in my society about one 8 yr boy.

By: Sucharita Sarkar

Sucharita Sarkar — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:28:58 +0000

Thank you so very very much for this post. It gave me a lot of information that I had been on the lookout for. I think it will be very very good if such workshops are held in schools for the children’s parents. Thanks for giving the contact details.

By: Vivek Patwardhan

Vivek Patwardhan — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:13:15 +0000

Thanks Roshni. ‘Nirnay’ NGO has a web site but it needs updation in my opinion. It is a good idea to contact Shobha whose contact details are given.
Thanks again,
Vivek

By: Roshni Mitra Chintalapati

Roshni Mitra Chintalapati — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:20:13 +0000

Thanks for this article! I actually wanted to find, for some time, now an NGO in India which deals with child sexual abuse! I will definitely write to Ms Sreekumaran! If they have a website, please do include the URL.

By: naperville mom

naperville mom — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:47:49 +0000

Thank you for delving more into the topic and actually talking to somebody who’s involved in a related NGO. Got a more deeper perspective! And of course, kudos to the team!

By: Kavi

Kavi — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:39:34 +0000

Well written sir ! And also well chronicled !

I am sure Shobha and her team will be able to garner a few more ears and help spread awareness of child sexual abuse !

This was so very important !

By: nsiyer

nsiyer — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 06:57:58 +0000

Comprehensively dealt with interview. A subject that needs more focus and emphasis since the victims are too innocent to even realise the dastardly forms it can take. Thereafter, in their innocence and the veiled threats of the perpetrators, the whole issue gets supressed in thechildren's psyche. What a source to emerge from for those children victims.

Thank you, Sir, for raising this issue. Something will get done thro' me.