The number of abuse cases
reported in Swaziland is on the increase.
The Swaziland Action Group
Against Abuse (SWAGAA) said reported cases in September 2017 were 11.4 percent
up on the previous month.
In a monthly report it said
the total number of cases reported to it was 127 compared to 114 in August. People
were either sexually, physically, financially or emotionally abused, or
suffered neglect.
The Manzini region had the
highest number of abuse cases with 68; Hhohho had 48; Lubombo, five; and Shiselweni,
four.
According to the report,
emotional/verbal abuse continues to record the highest number of cases;
followed by neglect, physical, sexual and financial.
There were 81 female and 46
male clients and 82 male perpetrators and 43 female perpetrators, the report
stated.
The report added parents
were the main perpetrators of violence and the home was where most reported
cases of abuse took place.
In August 2017,
a UNICEF report revealed
nearly nine out of ten children in Swaziland suffered violent discipline in the
home, nearly four in ten suffered sexual violence and one in three were
bullied. UNICEF (the United Nations Children’s Fund) reported that much of this
was kept secret within the family.
UNICEF said according to national data, violent
discipline in the home, which includes physical punishment and psychological
aggression, affected more than 88 percent of all children in Swaziland. The
study findings also revealed that sexual violence and bullying affected 38 per
cent and 32 percent of children in Swaziland, respectively.
See also
CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT SWAZI CHILDREN
9
IN 10 KIDS SUFFER VIOLENCE AT HOME
CHILD VICTIMS IN HALF OF ABUSE CASES
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