India ranks among the top five countries with the highest rate of child sexual abuse. A 2013 report by the Asian Centre for Human Rights explained the epidemic proportions of this problem, with over 48,000 child rape cases recorded between 2001 to 2011. As high as 1 in 3 girls and 1 in 6 boys are sexually abused before their 18th birthday. On top of that, 85 % know their perpetrator. Most of the children surveyed did not report the matter to anyone. Despite these harsh statistics, children have remained a politically voiceless, vulnerable group that few organizations in the last 68 years has chosen to stand up for. The silence surrounding child sexual abuse is also partly due to the shame and social taboo surrounding. it. It is a reality that is familiar to many child sexual abuse survivors. This is why there is an urgent need to increase awareness about this issue as well as talk about it openly.

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