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Abuse reporting on helpline
Why is it in the news?
- According to data compiled by the CHILDLINE India Foundation (CIF), of every 10 calls made to the emergency helpline 1098 to report abuse against children, one was from a survivor desperately seeking help.
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- The data is for 2018-2019 from the CHILDLINE India Foundation (CIF).
- CIF is the nodal agency appointed by the Ministry of Women and Child Development to manage CHILDLINE helpline 1098- a free, emergency phone service for children in need of help.
- It is the largest network of agencies involved in protection of children.
- Data by CIF:
(1) Last year, the helpline received a total of 62 lakh calls, which were converted into three lakh cases.
(2) The largest number of phone calls were made to seek intervention for abuse cases, which were at 53,696 or 17% of the total cases.
(3) This category of complaints was followed by those pertaining to child labour (13%), education (12%), runaways (11%) and missing children (11%).
(4) From the total 53,696 calls made regarding abuse against children, 6,278 calls were made by survivors seeking urgent intervention.
(5) About 37% of the complaints were about child marriage, 27% about physical abuse and 13% regarding sexual abuse.
(6) The remaining 23% constituted emotional, corporal, domestic and cyber abuse.
(7) CHILDLINE has also collated data to examine the profile of abusers.
(8) The analyses show that 35% of the total 8,000 cases of sexual abuse were committed by neighbours, 25% by strangers and 11% by family members.
Source
The Hindu.