>>508943194 (OP)"Overall, nearly 42% of Indian girls have gone through the trauma of sexual violence before their teenage."
"The first study on CSA in India was conducted by Recovery and Healing from Incest, an Indian non-government organization (NGO) in 1998. Majority (76%) of the participants reported being abused during childhood or adolescence."
"A study was conducted in 2007 by Ministry of women and child development in India covering 13 states.[9] The study reported that about 21% of the participants were exposed to extreme forms of sexual abuse. Among the participants who reported being abused, 57.3% were boys and 42.7% were girls, about 40% were 5โ12 years of age. "
"Save the Children, the international organization, and, TulirโCenter for Healing and Prevention of Child Sex Abuse, an Indian NGO, conducted a study in 2005 among 2,211 school going children in Chennai. About 48% and 39% of the boys and girls, respectively, reported as being sexually abused, while more than one-tenth (15%) of the participants stated as having faced severe forms of sexual abuse."
From: "An Epidemiological Overview of Child Sexual Abuse
Singh, Mannat Mohanjeet; Parsekar, Shradha S.; Nair, Sreekumaran N.
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Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 3(4):p 430-435, OctโDec 2014. | DOI: 10.4103/2249-4863.148139"