Raising public awareness on child abuse is important to address the problem, said the secretary on a non-government organisation, known as Project Layang-Layang, Petra Gimbad.
She said the public must be educated on the types of child sexual abuse as the knowledge would enable them to detect any signs of a child being abused and report it to the relevant authority.
"Programmes organised by Project Layang-layang are intended to provide such knowledge to participants, so that adults and children know what sexual crime is.
"Most often, parents felt helpless when their children are sexually abused or assaulted. Project Layang-Layang is set up to provide support to such parents and children," she told Bernama during a forum on 'Child sexual Abuse – What Are You Doing To Stop It' here recently.
One of the speakers at the forum, Dr Zahilah Filzah Zulkifli, who heads the Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) team at a government hospital, said for every one reported case of child sexual abuse in the country, nine often went unreported.
She said the sign of a child been violated was hard to prove as any sign of penetration in children resulting in wounds would only take 20 to 40 hours to heal.
"The healing process in children is much faster. Therefore, when a child comes for a check-up to prove if she or he has been sexually violated, it is already too late." she added.
As such, she said, it was imperative for parents to have the knowledge about child sexual abuse as prevention.
To learn more on Projek Layang-Layang, visit their page at www.facebook.com/projeklayang2 or email them at [email protected].
Bernama
Sun Aug 28 2016
The NGO said the public must be educated on the types of child sexual abuse as the knowledge would enable them to detect any signs of a child being abused and report it to the relevant authority.
Ipoh White Coffee disenarai ke-10 kopi terbaik dunia
Ipoh White Coffee menduduki tempat ke-10 dalam senarai 39 kopi terbaik di dunia yang diterbitkan laman web TasteAtlas pada 15 Mac lalu.
Tesla tawar potongan harga sehingga RM8,000
Tesla Model Y yang dijual bermula 20 Julai 2023 pada harga asal RM199,000 kini dijual pada harga RM191,000.
Lelaki parah kereta terbabas langgar pokok
Mangsa mengalami kecederaan parah di bahagian dada dan muka.
Prestasi mingguan FBM KLCI dan unjuran minggu depan
#NiagaAWANI bersama Ketua Strategi MIDF Research, Syed Muhammad Kifni Syed Kamaruddin bagi membincangkan mengenai prestasi mingguan FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI).
Kad Laporan MITI: Mudah cara pelaburan, fasilitasi perdagangan & pacu industri
Pengarah Institut Kajian Malaysia & Antarabangsa, UKM, Prof Dr Sufian Jusoh mengulas berkenaan kad laporan MITI yang memberi fokus kepada memudah cara pelaburan, fasilitasi perdagangan & memacu industri.
Harta intelek: Ada kesedaran tapi masih ada yang suka curi dan ciplak
Senario menciplak yang masih berleluasa berpunca daripada sikap masyarakat yang menyokong barangan ciplak.
AWANI Pagi: Tembusi Gerbang TVET Premier Negara dengan GMI
Diskusi bersama Ahmad Solihin Mohamed Yusoff, Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif (CEO) German-Malaysian Institute (GMI) dan dua alumni GMI, Muhammad Ashraff Mohamed Haniffah dan Raja Nur Athirah Raja Sharul Zaman, mengenai potensi pembelajaran dan kerjaya dalam TVET ditawarkan di GMI.
#AWANInews #AWANIPagi
#AWANInews #AWANIPagi
Bangun aplikasi penstriman digital TV di Ipoh seperti Netflix - Datuk Bandar
Idea itu kelak akan direalisasikan menerusi kerjasama MBI dan syarikat di bawah naungan Afdlin Shauki.
Keluarga mohon bantuan kesan anak dikhuatiri hilang
Anak kedua daripada empat beradik itu dilihat keluar dari rumah pada 20 Feb lalu, kira-kira jam 10.30 pagi dengan menaiki motosikal.
Piala Asia B-23: Indonesia hantar Korea Selatan pulang dari Qatar 2024
Penjaga gol Garuda Muda, Ernando Ari muncul wira selepas menafikan dua sepakan penalti bagi mengakhiri cabaran Young Taegeuk Warriors.
"Sea change" needed to achieve goal of ending child marriage by 2030
About 500 delegates from over 70 countries are attending a three-day meeting in Kuala Lumpur, beginning today, to discuss the issue.