Category: Media Room

‘Boy can’t be sexually abused: Cops’, screamed the headline of a Bangalore tabloid in late October. This was a statement allegedly made by the Mysore police when a distressed father [...]

Apart from being ‘World Toilet Day’ and ‘Men’s Day’, November 19 was also ‘World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse.’ To highlight the need for more counsellors to deal [...]

MUMBAI: Only penetration is sexual abuse and boys cannot be subject to such a crime: There are the two most common misconceptions among parents, showed a survey by Podar Institute [...]

Addressing an issue as prevalent as child sexual abuse is often a daunting task. The patriarchal structure of our society is such that those lower in the power hierarchy (in this [...]

Contrary to their image as protectors, fathers and uncles have emerged as the top violators in cases of child sexual abuse, a study by NGO Arpan has revealed. The organisation [...]

Perpetrators of child sexual must get punished, but most survivors dread about the matter being reported, thanks to lack of awareness and sensitivity in the society. This startling revelation is [...]

MUMBAI: If the media is a mirror to society, how well does Mumbai’s media reflect the prevalence of child sexual abuse in the world around us? An analysis of news [...]

NAGPUR: Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) had always been there and continues to exist both at home and institutions. But the bias towards the issue in society has always kept it [...]