A recent survey released
by the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), through its weekly opinion poll
platform U-report, revealed that about 60 per cent of children experienced
physical, emotional and sexual violence before their 18th birthday and less
than five per cent get required help for recovery.
The
national survey on violence against children found that one in every four girls
and one in every 10 boys experience sexual violence (unwanted, forced or
pressurised sex or sexual touching) before 18 years.
The
survey also asked respondents if they would tell someone if they experienced
sexual violence.
Sixty-one
per cent of respondents revealed that they would most likely tell their parents
and 10 per cent declared that they would rather tell someone else.
UNICEF,
however, hinted that sharing information on sexual violence with a trusted one
is an important step in preventing it.
Meanwhile,
while sensitising respondents on the need to know their Human Immunodeficiency
Virus (HIV) status, 37 per cent of U-reporters respondents said they
didn’t know their status. 54 per cent of those who had taken an HIV test did so
during pregnancy or for other reasons, another 66 per cent of the respondents
said they didn’t pay for their test and 78 per cent declared that they would
still take the test if they had to.
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