Faith Hope Foundation

R**e is unlawful s*xual activity that involves s*xual in*******se and it is done against the will of a person. R**e is done through force or threat. The act of r**e is normally committed by a male counterparts against female counterparts. According to the Zimbabwe Gender Commission (2022) at least 22 women are r**ed daily in Zimbabwe with an average of one r**e taking place per 75 minutes translating to an average of 646 women being violated each month.According to Child line Zimbabwe, they received 25,000 cases of abuse of children in 2018. The s*xual abuses accounted for 26%, physical abuses 20%, neglect 17%, emotional abuses 17%, and the rest 20% other forms of abuses.
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Mandatory 15-year jail terms for rapists Those convicted of r**e or aggravated indecent assault will soon face minimum mandatory 15-year jail terms under proposed amendments to the criminal code set to be enacted to arrest the rising number of s*xual assault cases.

Dear Parents/Guardians/Teachers, due to the alarming increase in cases of s*xual abuse, with our young ones not spared, there's an urgent need to educate and enlighten our children on s*x and s*xual abuse.

Children's Counselling: Follow-up Guide on Sexual Abuse
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kindly ask your children these questions regularly:👇

1. Mention the two types of body parts.

Ans: 👉 Public parts & Private parts.

2. What are private parts

Ans: 👉Your personal body parts (your own), that no one should touch, look at or play with.

3. What parts of the body make up each?

Ans👉 Boys: P***s, sc***um, a**s, lap, buttocks, lips.
Girls: Va**na, breast, lap, buttocks, a**s, lips.

4. Mention the two types of touches.

Ans: 👉Good touch & Bad touch

5. What is a good touch?

Ans: 👉 A Touch on any of the public parts.

6. What is a bad touch?

Ans: 👉A touch on any of the private parts (or areas around them)

7. If someone is trying to touch or play with your private parts, it is called what?

Ans: 👉Sexual Abuse

8. Who are those that can abuse you?

Ans: 👉 Anybody. (Mention)

9. Say something about your lips.

Ans: 👉 No one must kiss me on my lips - not even my mum, my dad, my uncle or my aunty.

10. Where can s*xual abuse take place.

Ans: 👉 Anywhere (Mention)

11. What do abusers tell their victims & are those things true?

Ans: 👇
"I will kill you if you report"
"You will not be my friend again"
'Your mummy and daddy will die'
'You will die if you tell anyone about it'
'Your parents will not believe you.'
"They will blame you and beat you'.

Parents, at this point, you must realise that some children don't tell when someone is s*xually abusing them because their parents could be very 'HARSH' and unapproachable. This is indeed a very delicate issue which must be addressed with utmost self-restraint, maturity and caution!

7. What will happen to you if someone is trying to abuse you and you don't tell?

Ans: 👇

- The abuser will continue to abuse you and threaten you the more.
- It will affect your studies because you won't be able to concentrate.
- You will be unhappy/depressed.
- You could be physically harmed and your life could be in danger
- You could contract diseases HIV/AIDS, etc.

8. What are the things you should & should not do to avoid been s*xually abused?

Ans: 👉

- Don't go anywhere without your parent's consent.
- Practice buddy system by always being in pairs or groups, but never alone.
- Don't talk to strangers.
- Don't allow anyone lie on you or carry you on his thighs.
- Don't allow anyone ask you to take off your clothes/pants.
- No one must ever touch or play with your private parts.
- You must report any such attempt by anyone (SCREAM, RUN, REPORT).