One in
three females in Swaziland is at risk of sexual violence as a child, an NGO
leader reported.
Swaziland
Action Group Against Abuse (SWAGAA) Director Cebile Manzini told media, ‘The
fact that one in three females are at risk of experiencing sexual violence
before they turn 18 years old means that gender-based-violence (GBV) in Swaziland
is a national disaster.’
Manzini said
GBV in Swaziland had reached disaster proportions.
Manzini
told media on Tuesday (25 October 2016), ‘No human being should live their
lives fearing they might be violated. The dignity, respect for integrity,
assurance of safety, protection and justice must be upheld by the state.’
Manzini
said without new legislation, GBV in the kingdom would persist and offenders
continue to go unpunished.
Sexual
abuse of children in Swaziland is not new. Swazi police said there were nearly 1,000 cases of
child sex abuse reported between January 2014 and May 2015.
Swazi culture condones sex abuse
of children, especially young girls, and there is little evidence that this is
going to change.
Child rapists often blame women for
their action.
The State of the Swaziland Population report in 2009 revealed that
women who ‘sexually starve’ their husbands were considered responsible for the
growing sexual abuse of children.
Men who were interviewed during
the making of the report said they ‘salivate’ over children wearing skimpy
dresses because their wives refused them sexual intercourse.
See also
SEX-STARVED
SWAZI MEN RAPE CHILDREN
http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2015/06/sex-starved-swazi-men-rape-children.html
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