Proposal for spreading awareness campaign Chuppi Todo to combat Child Sexual Abuse And Signature campaign for

passing Prevention of offences against the child Bill Exe

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summary: National campaign against child sexual abuse by child rights studentprofessionals from Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS). This campaign includes demand for passing the Prevention of offences

against the child Bill

Every second child is abused in India (according the Family and women development) Every 155th minute child below 16 years raped (According to Childline)

Primary Target audience: Children-One Lakh Secondary Target : Parents and teachers 30,000 (thirty thousand) 22 minutes Documentary film on child sexual for Parents (depending on funding) Duration: August 8th August, 2010 to 17th August

Geographical Area: This campaign will start from Tuljapur and cover the following cities, Mumbai, Baroda, Ahmedabad, Udiapur, Jaipur, Delhi.(about 1700 km) Exhibit 1: The Route Map of showing areas of campaign
Route Map Tuljapur Mumbai Baroda Ahmedabad Udaipur Jaipur Delhi

Tuljapur

Campaign starts from Tuljapur, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Rural Development campus.

Activities:
1. Screening of the film Followed by discussion and survey of level of

awareness 2. 22 minute Documentary for parents

3. Over all video coverage recording vox-pop of children on Child Sexual

Abuse (CSA).
4. Interaction with Counseller or psychologist and NGO filed workers

5. Painting competition on Child Sexual Abuse 6. Children Signature campaign for separate act for child sexual abuse 7. Poster Display 8. Banners 9. Pamphlets 10. 11. Publication of booklet Mass CD production

Screening of film followed by discussion: The film Chuppi Todo will be screened on large screen in schools. The film screening will be followed by a discussion and child psychologists will be available to answer to the queries. The pre and post questionnaire will be given to students to check the awareness level of children about child sexual abuse before and after the screening of the film. A questionnaire related to child sexual abuse will be distributed before the screening of the film. They will be given 10 minutes to fill it. It will be collected before the screening of film. The documentary film Chuppi Todo will be shown in schools followed by open question answer session and after screening of the documentary film second written questionnaire related to Child sexual abuse will be given to children. Children will be given 10 minutes to fill it. Later the question before and after will be compared to see the impact of film on the awareness level of children. Painting competition: The painting competition will organized for children in school and the topics related to child sexual abuse will be given. To encrypt rules of touches the

topics for painting will revolve around rules of touches. Three paintings will be selected form each school and finally out of all selected paintings one painting will be chosen by a committee and this will be signed by former president Abdul Kalam. This signed copy will be released later in the form of poster for campaign against child sexual abuse. Signature campaign for Child sexual offences bill The children will be encouraged to sign to press the demand for child offences bill. The signature collected will be handed over to the President of India, Honorable Pratibha patil or Vice president. Pamphlets, Posters, Banners and T- shirt Distribution: On the way we will distribute pamphlets and t-shirts for children answering quiz on topic related to CSA.

Background:
Child sexual abuseA dark secretA black traumaYes, black trauma because experiences of childhood remain fresh for a lifetime till the last nail in the coffin is putThe startling fact is that every second a child in India experiences this black traumaYes, thats right - 53% children in India are sexually abused

According to Childline, India has the worlds largest number of sexually abused children; with a child below 16 years raped every 155th minute A child below 10 abused every 13th hour And one in every 10 children sexually abused at any point of time.

This black trauma is locked in the dark secret mazes of childrens minds and the keys are thrown in a deep ocean bed, which lays buried in the subconscious mind. Once in a while the black trauma manifests in different abnormal behavior patterns in real life situations. The reason: The statistics paint a very grim picture and some action is required as soon as possible. Statistics of prevalence of Child Sexual Abuse in India
a) The first ever National Study on Child Abuse in April 2007

by Minister for Women and Child Development shows these stark reality figures:

 More than 53% children report facing one or more forms of sexual abuse Almost 22% faced severe sexual abuse, 6% were sexually assaulted 50% of sexual offenders were known to the victim or were in positions of trust (family member, close relative, friend or neighbour). Onset of abuse is from 5 years of age Boys were equally at risk as girls Severest sexual abuse in age group of 11-16 years 73% of sexual abuse victims were in age groups of 11-18 years
b) Tulir - CPHCSAs study in 2006, conducted among 2211 school going

children in Chennai, indicates a CSA prevalence rate of 42%. Children of all socioeconomic groups were found to be equally vulnerable; while 48% of boys reported having been abused, the prevalence rate among girls was 39%. Fifteen percent of both boys and girls had been severely abused.
c) Survey conducted in 2001 by SAVE THE CHILDREN, Sweden found

that 68% children had faced physical abuse; 46.6% faced severe abuse leading to injuries; 32.2% had their private parts touched by the abuser; and 20% were forced to have sexual intercourse.
d) In a survey with 350 school girls in New Delhi by Sakshi in 1997, 63%

had experienced CSA at the hands of family members; and 25% of the girls had either been raped, made to masturbate the perpetrator or engage in oral sex.
e) Another 1997 study on middle and upper class women from Chennai,

Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Goa by RAHI revealed that 76% of respondents had been sexually abused as children, with 71% been abused either by relatives or by someone they knew and trusted.

f) Samvadas 1996 study on students in Bangalore states that 47% of

the respondents had been sexually abused; 62% of whom had been raped once and 38% of whom had suffered repeatedly.
g) Childline: - An estimated 150 million girls and 73 million boys under

18 years of age experienced forced sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual violence during 2002.

The purpose:
How to avoid bad touch? It is said that prevention is better than cure. The irreversible impact of CSA can be nipped in the bud if we really take this cause seriously. The only way is to prepare our children to handle the worst case scenarioand teach children the fundamentals of touches. There is no magic wand to ward of all possible untoward incidences related to child sexual abuse but we can make an effort. One of the ways is to educate children with the help of films like chuppi todo that talk about fundamentals of rules related to safe touch and unsafe touch. A qualitative analysis was carried out in mogolepuri Delhi. Details in

Annexure 1
Annexure 1: Qualitative study of impact of Mime performance about safe and unsafe touch

The encouraging result and success story of Mangolpuri DD Cluster Delhi: A Qualitative studies were carried in JJ Cluster of K and L blocks of Delhi Mangolpuri at Delhi and the following results were evident
Exhibit 1 Map of Delhi, showing Magolpuri

BASIC INFORMATION Exhibit 2. Basic information

Information Total population No. of schools Primary Secondary No. of ICDS centres Dispensaries Health post No. of ANMs or HW No. of AWWs

Mangolepuri K and L Blocks 13,675 3 2 1 7 2 1 3 7

20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 Total children 0-3 yrs 3-6 yrs 6-14yrs 14-18 yrs Baliga Trust 5,618 1,085 967 2,511 1,055

Table 2. Statistics regarding children in Mangolpuri case study area (source Plan India)

The Study carried out to ascertain the Impact of Mime Performance depicting Safe touch and Unsafe touch related to child sexual abuse in K and L blocks of Mangolpuri (Delhi) in May, 2010 as a tool of advocacy. The qualitative analysis, done in the area of Mangolpuri, reveals that the mime performance had a positive impact on the community. Mime performance had positive impact on the community.

Awareness levels increase Increased awareness about role of Juvenile welfare officer Youth groups becoming stronger against CSA Adolescent group more aware about CSA Parents know how to handle Children are aware about good and bad touches Children are able to share feelings related to CSA The abuser is scared leading to less occurrence of CSA Children feel confident to interact with police

Now children know that there are three types of touches:

Safe Touch (Good Touch) Unsafe Touch (Bad Touch)

Confusing Touch (you feel good but it is uncomfortable)

CONCEPTUAL MAPPING
Mime performance about good touch and bad touch Wide prevalence of CSA It can happen with any child Stakeholders RULES of touches: RULE NO. 1 There are parts of the human body that are supposed to be private and they are usually covered by undergarments. Types of sexual abuse It is not okay to touch someone elses private

Children:
Nanhi Toli and Adolescent group Parents NGO Child line

parts. It is not okay for someone to touch his or her

Dont keep quiet

own private parts in front of you. It is not okay for someone to ask you to touch

Problem situation CSA Widespread prevalence

Police

his or her private body parts. It is not okay for someone to take photos or

video of you with your clothes off. It is not okay for someone to show you photos

Silently tackled Most children

quietly suffer, and dont talk about CSA Parents sometimes miss out the Duration of abuse One time Ongoing

or videos of people without clothes on. RULE NO. 2 If someone tries to break this rule, say "NO", shout and RUN AWAY. RULE NO. 3 TELL someone you trust Effect off mime performance Increased awareness level in community Children seeking help of Child line

Touching or fondling only

Sexual manipulation

Intercourse/ Consequences of child Rape

sexual abuse: Psychological Physical consequence

Children seeking help of

Juvenile Welfare Police Officer Abuse level coming down Types of touches Good touch Bad touch

Information about Abuser Known or unknown Relative (nature of relationship) Age of abuser

Bad performance at school Low self esteem Shame, guilt and anger Social withdrawal

Better level of
communication between

Inappropriate sexualized
behavior Fear, shock and confusion

Confusing touch

Data collection Area: The field area is K and L blocks of Mangolpuri (Delhi). For data collection FGD were conducted and it was followed by In-depth unstructured interviews. FGD using Non-participant observation method: For data collection focus group discussions (FGD) with non-participant observation method was used. FGDs were organized with the help of an NGO Baliga Trust (the Partner unit of Plan India) working in this area. Two FGDs were conducted with 12 participants in each. The FGDs were conducted with: 1) A homogenous group called Nanhi Toli with the age group 12-14 years 2) An adolescent group called Vazood Group with age group 15-18 years In-depth unstructured interviews of Nanhi Toli and Vazood Group In-depth unstructured interviews of members of Nanhi Toli and Vazood Group were conducted. The interviews were one-to-one keeping the sensitive nature of the topic. Ragini (name changed) mama-tau hamein achi tarah janete hai and hamara fayda bhi uthat sakte hain(You are not vulnerable to outsiders as they dont know much about you. You should be careful of your uncles and close relatives as they have access to you and they know you well. That is why it is important to know about rules of touch ) Pooja (name changed): Chote bachcho ko iski jankari honi chaheyeki kya galat spash ahi anur kya sahi sparh hai ( children should know what is a good touch and bad touch Ritu (name changed) Mime ki wajha se hamein pat chalta hai ki sahi saparh kya and hamara confidence bhi bdhta hai ( because of the mime performance the level of awareness has increased manifold and due to which our confidence level has increased,) The data was collected till saturation point of divergence reached. Parents in-depth unstructured interviews: In-depth interviews of parents were also taken to asses the level of openness and awareness about child sexual abuse. The purpose was to understand the level of awareness related to good touch and bad touch in the context of child sexual abuse. Pushpa -parent hamare bachche mar nahi kha sakte, humne training di haijaise hum miya bibi ke beach bat hoti hai waise he khule baat ki hai bachcho se ( our children cannot be abused

as the have been trained by usthe way chat happens between husband and wife we are open to discussion with our children) Poonam-parent- Sahi chuna kya hai, galat chuna kya hi bachchon ko pata hona chahiye (what is good touch and what is a bad touch children should know) The data was collected till saturation point of divergence reached. In-depth unstructured interview of Head of NGO working in Mangolpuri: Ashok we came across an incident when children complained about sexual abuse at school in this areawe took swift action and got teachers involved suspended immediately and later the teacher was dismissedapart from that we used come across incidence of child sexual abuse so we decided to take concrete action. As a part of strategy we oraganised a mime show performed by children of magolepuri. The mime gave us the platform that helped us to talk about sensitive issue like child sexual abuse openly The data was collected till saturation point of divergence reached. FGD summary FGD Nanhi Toli: There were 12 participants in the age group 12-14 years. There was no inhibition about the topic related to child sexual abuse among any of the participants as some of them were part of the mime performing group about CSA and the rest of them had seen the mime performance many times. The level of understating about CSA was excellent among the participants. Rules of touches related to CSA were also extremely clear.

Summary report analysis of FGD Nanhi Toli: The mime has a positive impact on the group They are well aware of types of touches, bad, good and confusing touch They are very proud of this fact that they are part of Mime group or part of nanhi toil The mime performance has given them confidence level They know how to handle odd situation related to child sexual abuse. They are quite open to the idea of discussing about Child sexual abuse with the parents Field workers have great role to play for this awareness They know how to use child line 1098

From time to time they are in touch Juvenile welfare officer

FGD Vazood Group: There were twelve participants in the age group 14-18 years. They were hesitant in the beginning but opened up gradually and started discussing about the issue of CSA. One of the participants came up with an instance of someone trying to touch her friend and how she resisted. They decided to take up this issue and informed the NGO working in the local area. Summary report analysis of FGD Vazood Group: The level of awareness was excellent related to rules of CSA. Moreover, the children also know how to handle the situation related to CSA. Level of awareness about child line was also good. They even knew about Juvenile Welfare Officer and CWC. The group meetings give them opportunity to discuss and share the feeling any issue major or minor

Hypotheses:
1. The level of awareness related to CSA is very high in K and L blocks of Mangolpuri area of Delhi. 2. Mime as a means of communication has worked beautifully in Mangolpuri area and this can be replicated in other areas 3. The children know how to handle abuser and they know how to use child line.

Note: this field work was carried out as a part of curriculum of PG diploma in child rights course from Tata Institute of Social Sciences