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Wo+men Against Child Abuse

What is Sexual Abuse?	microsoft word format	pdf format
“Stranger Danger” online	microsoft word format	pdf format
Teach Children	microsoft word format	pdf format
Today's Victim could be Tomorrow's Abuser	microsoft word format	pdf format
Understanding Child Abuse	microsoft word format	pdf format
Fact or Myth?	microsoft word format	pdf format

Wo+men Against Child Abuse has noticed a disturbing trend when child abuse cases are being reported, judged and generally discussed.

It greatly concerns us to hear comments like:...

"She came on-to-me" - statement by a 37yr old male in his defence against raping a 3-year-old.

"She was wearing such a short skirt, he could not help himself" - defence attorneys plea to the Magistrate.

"She is sleeping with a lot of boys, why is it child abuse if I sleep with her" - a fathers statement to the police after being arrested for raping his 11-year-old daughter.

These and other archaic statements has fuelled and motivated Wo+men Against Child Abuse to submit 5 articles during Child Protection Week (25th May - 1st June 2004) to (re) educate and return back-to-basics regarding the factors and issues that surround child abuse in South Africa.

Please feel free to use the articles at your discretion and I would like to challenge your publication to publish them not only in an attempt to educate, but to also re-establish norms and values that we can all authentically live by.

Wo+men Against Child Abuse – Fighting For Their Rights
+ 27 (11) 789-8815, South Africa