Economic meltdown worsens child abuse in Zimbabwe


	Economic meltdown worsens child abuse in Zimbabwe

tabsey

2-28-2008 3:10 AM

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children, abuse, go, hand-in-hand

tabsey says:

We can never be called civilized while this sort of thing happens

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Zimbabwe, the United Nations children's agency said today, linking
worsening child abuse and domestic violence to family tensions
caused by the nation's economic meltdown.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/world/economic-meltdown-worsens-child-abuse-in-zimbabwe/2008/02/28/1203788480748.html"><P>The UN Children's Fund launched a new "Stand Up and Speak Out"
campaign calling on children, relatives and church and other groups
to fight what it called the "staggering statistics on the
unspeakable evils of child abuse."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/world/economic-meltdown-worsens-child-abuse-in-zimbabwe/2008/02/28/1203788480748.html"><P>UNICEF said the number of cases of rape of minors reported to
police surged from 2,192 in 2003 to 3,112 in 2006.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/world/economic-meltdown-worsens-child-abuse-in-zimbabwe/2008/02/28/1203788480748.html"><P>Many other cases likely went unreported in a climate of secrecy
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Zimbabwe, said in the nation's economic crisis social workers
reported adults unable to provide normal care, food and schooling
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