This will be a virtual event with the presence of national and international experts.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the commission of crimes against minors has not stopped. Child abuse in its different forms: physical, psychological, labor, deprivation, homicide, continues to be an open wound worldwide and an invisible reality.
“More than half of the girls, boys and adolescents in the region are victims of physical and emotional abuse, negligent treatment or sexual abuse”, reveals UNICEF.
According to MIES data, in Ecuador the entry of minors to foster homes increased by 102% during the COVID-19 pandemic; among the causes are detailed: mistreatment, abuse and abandonment. Of those 756 new admissions of minors to shelters, most are concentrated in the provinces of Imbabura, Esmeraldas, Azuay, Cañar, Pichincha and Loja. The acts of sexual violence were allegedly committed by people who shared blood ties and those related to the minors.
Within the framework of this problem, this year the IV Ibero-American Congress against Child Sexual Abuse, Post-pandemic and Return to the New Normal. The virtual event will take place on November 26, 27 and 28 virtually, and will have the participation of national and international experts, as well as authorities and organizations for the defense of human rights and vulnerable groups, will address this issue with a worldview of the crime of child sexual abuse.
The congress seeks to eliminate all forms of violence and abuse against girls, boys and adolescents, in public and private spaces, as well as in education and work is part of actions organized by social groups to generate efficient public policies that change this tough reality. (I)
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