UN report reveals one in 10 girls sexually abused by the age of 20

Drawing upon data compiled from 190 countries, the UN has revealed that nearly 120 million girls around the world - slightly more than one in 10 - have been raped or sexually assaulted by the time they reach the age of 20 bbc.com. The children's agency UNICEF has also revealed that 95,000 children and teenagers - most of them in Latin America and the Caribbean - were murdered in 2012 alone. The report also notes that children around the globe are routinely exposed to violence, including bullying. Moreover as UNICEF executive director Anthony Lake has remarked - the violence 'cuts across boundaries of age, geography, religion, ethnicity and income brackets.' The worst part is that these sexual offences occur in places where children should be safe namely, their homes, schools and communities. Such acts are committed by family members and teachers, neighbors and strangers and other children. The internet plays a major role in sexual exploitation of children because of increase in cyber bullying. The various social networking websites draw out the innocents into the gory world of crime and violence and it is quite easy for the evil-minded to influence the immature impressionable minds and lead them down the dark alleys where danger lurks in every corner. Some more similar reports ...
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