In a time of #metoo concept and liberty of talking about sexual abuse, it is painful to see that our Persian culture still is not ready to explore this horrible crime towards our young children. A large number of people including us Iranians do not know much about sexual abuse and we do not want…
Category: Child Rights
Children have rights to be humanly treated.
Child Protection
What do we know about Child Protection? Child sexual abuse is a problem that involve societal attitudes and the protection laws around individuals rights. In our Iranian culture children are often left out to the cruelty of their parents, adults in their neighbourhoods, teachers in schools, other adults who try to exploit the child in…
Children have Rights
How much do we believe that Children Have Rights? Do we all agree that children have rights? Do we know the rights of our children? How do we Iranian acknowledging children’s rights? How do we at all respecting human rights? Obviously, this topic is controversial. We have never in our history been given any rights…
Sexual Abuse
Not only we do not know about the issue of sexual abuse, we have no idea that boys could also be sexually abused. Since 2004, I’ve worked for the BC Society for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse. This is a non-profit organization that provides victim-services and counseling programs for males who have been sexually abused.…
In Raising Awareness
What Do we know about Child Sexual Abuse? What is sexual abuse? How much do we care to know about and to understand the huge issue of child sexual abuse? How is it that no one is taking responsibility for child victims of sexual abuse? How is that we do not admit we have such…