Child abuse peaks at stations, bus-stands, parks: Survey

January 04, 2012 15:07

Public utilities in India, including railway stations, parks and bus-stands, are not
child-friendly with a spurt in cases of abuse in these places, a study has claimed.

According to the study by Childline India Foundation released today, children are often victimised in public spaces with 87 per cent of railway security forces claiming to have come across cases of child abuse in some way or the other.

"Protection of children and their rights has become an urgent imperative with a rise in the number of cases of children being victimised in public spaces," Deputy Director of Childline Nicole Menez said.

The study claimed children were victims of sexual, physical and verbal abuse in these spaces with "the public doing little to intervene except play the role of onlookers".

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