دورية أكاديمية

Child sexual abuse in Tanzania: much noise, little justice.

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Child sexual abuse in Tanzania: much noise, little justice.
المؤلفون: Rajani RR
المصدر: Sexual health exchange [Sex Health Exch] 1998 (1), pp. 13-4.
نوع المنشور: Journal Article
اللغة: English
بيانات الدورية: Publisher: Royal Tropical Institute Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 9813116 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 1388-3046 (Print) Linking ISSN: 13883046 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Sex Health Exch
أسماء مطبوعة: Original Publication: Amsterdam, The Netherlands : [Zimbabwe] : Royal Tropical Institute ; Southern Africa AIDS Information Dissemination Service, [1998-2005].
مواضيع طبية MeSH: Child* , Child Abuse* , Evaluation Studies as Topic* , Human Rights* , Interpersonal Relations* , Rape* , Sex Offenses* , Violence* , Women's Rights*, Adolescent ; Africa ; Africa South of the Sahara ; Africa, Eastern ; Age Factors ; Behavior ; Crime ; Demography ; Developing Countries ; Economics ; Population ; Population Characteristics ; Social Problems ; Socioeconomic Factors ; Tanzania
فهرسة مساهمة: Indexing Agency: PIP Local ID #: 135989. Indexing Agency: POP Local ID #: 00279435.
Keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Age Factors; Behavior; Child*; Child Abuse*; Crime; Critique*; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Eastern Africa; Economic Factors; English Speaking Africa; Gender Issues*; Human Rights*; Population; Population Characteristics; Rape*; Sexual Abuse*; Social Problems; Socioeconomic Factors; Tanzania; Violence*; Women's Status*; Youth
Note: TJ: SEXUAL HEALTH EXCHANGE
Local Abstract: [PIP] Every day in Tanzania, newspapers report horrible stories of the sexual abuse of children. This serious situation has aroused calls for stricter punishment of perpetrators, but little is being done to help the abused children. A 1997 analysis of these reports by the Tanzania Legal Human Rights Center has revealed that the majority of the perpetrators are adult males who are close to their victims and who hold positions of respect in society. The sexual abuse of children is fundamentally an expression of power over a child's life, and Tanzanian children have little control over their lives and are usually disciplined with corporeal punishment. Tanzanian children are accustomed to seeing men hurt weaker people without censure, and the children do not have the status to defend themselves against physical, psychological, or sexual abuse. Thus, child sexual abuse is an inevitable consequence in a society where children have no voice. It is impossible to condone physical and verbal abuse while condemning sexual abuse, and punishing the abusers will not solve the problem. Instead, perpetrators must be held accountable and made to understand the seriousness of their actions. In order to make amends to their victims, they should be required to pay for the child's health care and education and to perform mandatory community service to make children safer. Children must be given the opportunity to learn that they can say no to adults and refuse to accept abuse.
تواريخ الأحداث: Date Created: 20020928 Date Completed: 19990106 Latest Revision: 20071115
رمز التحديث: 20221213
PMID: 12348691
قاعدة البيانات: MEDLINE