Sexual abuse of young boys in Pakistan
The number of young boys being sexually abused in Pakistan has increased this year, a new watchdog report said today, with more boys between the ages of six and 10 victims than girls.
In total the number of boys being abused increased by 4.3 percent in the first half of 2015 compared to the same period last year, according to the study from Sahil, a non-government organisation (NGO) working against child sex abuse.
The report said that 178 boys aged six to 10 were abused compared to 150 girls of the same ages.
“The reason for this is that more boys go out of home to play in the streets and are easily trapped,” Mumtaz Gohar, a spokesman for Sahil.
“Many families also prefer not to report offences against the girls because of defamation issues,” he said.
The number of women involved in sexual assaults has increased Serious, with the report saying that 102 cases from January to June in 2015 involved “female abettors” five times as many as the same period in 2014.
