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Curbing sexual violence against non-adults
Hindustan Times West UP
|May 13, 2025
A study published in The Lancet has found that nearly 32% girls and 13.5% of boys (under 18 years of age for both sexes) in India have suffered sexual violence (unwanted physical sexual acts).
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This is higher than the global average of 19% for girls and 15% for boys though it isn't very different from many high-income countries such as the US, France, New Zealand, and Australia.
Read along with the fact that many other jurisdictions with less strident protection frameworks — some of them conflict zones reporting crises of child trafficking — throw up lower prevalence, this could also indicate robust reporting in India.
This story is from the May 13, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times West UP.
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