Child sexual abuse
According to official data from the Council of Europe, 1 in 5 children falls victim to some form of sexual abuse or exploitation. In Greece, according to available research data (2011) from the Institute of Child Health, the rate stands at 16% (that is, 1 in 7), while for 7.6% of children these traumatic childhood experiences involve sexual violence with physical contact, and for 3% of them, rape or attempted rape. According to the Council of Europe and the World Health Organization, 9 out of 10 perpetrators come from the child's close family, relatives, or friends.
Prosecutor Maria-Eleni Nikolou and the patriarchal class courts.
What connects the acquittal of pimps and child rapists with the theory of parental alienation? Prosecutor Maria-Eleni Nikolou and the patriarchal class courts.
Legal rules establishing the obligation to report child abuse and neglect
There is a legal obligation to report suspected child abuse and/or neglect, and it is also a moral imperative to ensure the protection of children. Reporting protects abused children from further abuse.
History Taking in Sexual Abuse: Anatomical Dolls
The use of anatomical dolls reduces the likelihood of suggestibility in children during the diagnostic interview for child sexual abuse.
Anatomy of a trauma
A psychotherapist speaks publicly for the first time about the sexual abuse she suffered as a child, shedding light on multiple facets of a collective trauma. Kiki Petroulaki of the European Network Against Violence points out, speaking to "Kathimerini," that over the past two years in Greece, younger children in particular have started speaking up immediately. However, the response of the system that should be ensuring their protection is, at the very least, inadequate. [...] According to the World Health Organization, one in five women and one in 13 men report having been sexually abused during childhood.