Child Sexual Abuse In and Out of Schools in Pakistan. How the Government must Respond Preemptively

Abstract

This paper is about the issue of child sexual abuse in Pakistan in and out of schools and how a schoolbased preventive program can help contain this problem in the longer run. As the issue has taken a more serious turn in recent years, with the number of victims rising sharply every year, the government is advised to adopt a preemptive approach and devise comprehensive school-based programs. For this purpose, lessons may be learnt from the US being a country that first launched child protection programs in schools. This article first talks in detail about the issue of child sexual abuse and makes certain recommendations as to how to deal with it in the longer run. In the course of this article, secondary sources of data were consulted. Books, articles and newspaper stories and other collectable materials were consulted to have a better understanding of the issue and how to address it effectively.