Maldives ministry stats show rising child sexual abuse
01 Oct 2017, 9:00 AM
The gender ministry’s monthly statistics of reported cases have shown a drop from 260 cases in July to 246 in August, despite a rise in cases of child sexual abuse.
According to the ministry, 131 out of the 246 cases in August were connected to different forms of child abuse.
Child abuse cases have continued to make up the highest percentage of reports lodged with the ministry for the past three months.
In June and July, child abuse cases took up 51 percent and 48 percent of the total reported cases at the ministry.
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