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After the July 2014 rape of a 6-year-old at a Bangalore school, police booked more than 180 schools for failing to implement child-safety guidelines.
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In September 2014, pediatric hematologist Myles Bradbury pleaded guilty to sexually abusing 18 child cancer patients at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.
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When an 11-year-old New Zealand boy fathered a child with a 36-year-old woman, it forced an uncomfortable question: why do we barely acknowledge female sex
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Three young sisters, aged 11, 9, and 6, were found dead in a well in Maharashtra's Bhandara district in February 2013 — and police first called it an accident.
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In May 2012 the Lok Sabha passed the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Bill — gender-neutral, with special courts, in-camera trials, and
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In May 2012, nine men were jailed for a child sexual exploitation ring in Rochdale — sentences of 4 to 19 years in a case that forced Britain to confront
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Satyamev Jayate's 2012 episode on child sexual abuse cited a devastating statistic — 53% of Indian children face sexual abuse — and asked parents to listen
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Child predators rarely act through sudden approaches — they groom. The warning signs experts highlight, and why awareness beats fear.
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A 2011 UK report found grooming gangs were disproportionately Pakistani-origin — and that fear of seeming racist had silenced police and social workers.
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