April 28, 2007
(South Africa) Sex Offense Stats Indict Children
[In a recent presentation at the Joint Oxfam HIV and Aids Programme Link and Learn Partner Platform 2007]
More than 50 percent of all sexual offences committed in the country and reported to Childline are committed by children under 18, with the youngest abuser being just seven years old.
Furthermore, according to statistics, at least 70 percent of all sexual crime victims are children younger than nine.
In comparison with figures released by Interpol, South Africa has the highest rape statistics in the world - 117 cases per 100 000 of its population - and of the victims, 40 percent were children.
(Linda) Naidoo (Director of Childline KZN) said South Africa had a very narrow definition of rape compared to many countries in the world, and added that when the new Sexual Offences Bill had been passed with an expanded definition of rape - including penetrative sexual offences on boys and men - the country's rape statistics would appear to be even higher.
>compare & contrast Ms. Naidoo's remarks in the article with What Will It Take.org
~It's a shame South Africa's not a rogue nation developing WMD's, the President could send our troops in there and clean that place up.
[photo google "brady bunch"\ not with above]
Posted by Stubbornson at April 28, 2007 06:12 AM