" (Office of Health and Human Services, US) .
2. CHILD ABUSE – LOCAL STATISTICS.
(As per the Study on Child Abuse India 2007 by Ministry of Women and Child Development, Govt. of India).
India is home to almost 19 percent of the world's children. More than one third of the country's population, around 440 million, is below 18 years. According to one assumption 40 percent of these children are in need of care and protection, which indicates the extent of the problem. In a country like India with its multicultural, multi-ethnic and multi-religious population, the problems of socially marginalized and economically backward groups are immense. Within such groups the most vulnerable section is always the children.
Major Findings.
It has very clearly emerged that across different kinds of abuse, it is young children, in the 5-12 year group, who are most at risk of abuse and exploitation.
# Physical Abuse.
1. Two out of every three children were physically abused.
2. Out of 69% children physically abused in 13 sample states, 54.68% were boys.
3. Over 50% children in all the 13 sample states were being subjected to one or the other form of physical abuse.
4. Out of those children physically abused in family situations, 88.6% were physically abused by parents.
5. 65% of school going children reported facing corporal punishment i.e. two out of three children were victims of corporal punishment.
6. 62% of the corporal punishment was in Goverment and municipal school.
7. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar and Delhi have almost consistently reported higher rates of abuse in all forms as compared to other states.
8. Most children did not report the matter to anyone.
9. 50.2% children worked seven days a week.
# Sexual Abuse.
1. 53.22% children reported having faced one or more forms of sexual abuse.
2. Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar and Delhi reported the highest percentage of sexual abuse among both.
boys and girls.
3. 21.90% child respondents reported facing severe forms of sexual abuse and 50.
It dates back far into history, as far as the colonial times and even back to biblical times. ... Accidental does not qualify as child abuse. ... Corrupting the child is another form of emotional abuse. ... Denying the child emotional responses, also the caretaker fails to provide emotional resources necessary for the child's health psychological development. ... Also, the type of abuse will affect the child. ...
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In Not wanted on the voyage, Timothy Findley rewrites a story that we believe we know and understand, the biblical myth of the deluge, and in doing so he unfolds the truth of the story. ... In other words, it becomes clear that Not Wanted on the Voyage is Findley's response to and questioning of the Bible over its philosophical value, which is, does the story of the flood, with its wicked description of sinners reflect a set of beliefs that we want to propagate? ... Many of today's citizens revolt against patriarchal order however, the ones with power see themselves above them and...
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This decline in Jewish pluralism was in response to a large negative feeling people held towards those who favored Christian beliefs. ... In it he is told by an angel to have Mary as his wife for she will bear the Messiah as their child. Next, scene two describes the evil King Herod's attempt to find and destroy "The King of Jews", by asking the Magi to inform him when they find the child so that he can "worship him"(Matthew 2:2-8). ...