Mongolian activists protest over violence against women and children
As part of “Open Your Eyes” national movement, demonstration against violence against women and girls held.
As a part of the “Open Your Eyes” national movement, a demonstration organized by Ugukh Udur Movement and Lantuun Dokhio NGOs held at Sukhbaatar Square to bring attention to the issue of violence against women and girls. Participants of the movement demanded decision-makers to carry out a better and wider intervention for fighting against sexual violence and to provide better protection and security for the victims in order to eliminate the issue. 298 children were sexually assaulted between 2015 and 2016, according to a report by the General Prosecutor’s Office. As stressed by the national movement initiators, these are only documented cases and it’s impossible to imagine how many more have been abused and not reported. Reportedly, 48 percent of these children were assaulted by their family member or relative. Experts explained that interfamilial sexual abuse can cause a more painful and traumatic experience to a child than a person sexually abused by a stranger and those victims need treatment for a long time, if not, for the rest of their lives. “We’ve been addressing sexual violence for many years. We need a different strategy for combatting this issue. Each and every person needs to fight against violence. Violence against girls has reached a disastrous level and become a threat to the national security.” said Ch.Ganjavkhlan, director of Lantuun Dokhio.
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