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Much worse is the horrid and shocking content that is being uploaded nowadays; the demand for sadistic content is also on a rise.
Trigger Warning: This deals with child sexual abuse and child pornography, and may be triggering for survivors.
Enough is Enough. Child pornography is a big industry grossing more than $3 -20 billion every year, and it is also one of the fastest-growing online businesses which saw a steep hike in searches, especially from India during covid19 lockdown. Delhi leads the searches for child pornography indicating keywords. This poses a high risk to children because the creators see them as raw materials for their money-making illegal content with children.
The risk is also increased for children around those who are watching more and more of this content since they forget their the child is to be protected by the adults and not abused.
Gone are the days when they posted naked pictures of children. Now they are showing explicit videos and images depicting brutalizing of children by adults and animals. Of the victims are 83% children aged 6-12 years of age, 39% are children aged 3-5 and 19% had images of infants and toddlers aged below 3 years. People who view child pornography are more likely to abuse a child.
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I know those pervert people who stoop down to such low levels will never read or heed such pleas but WE can stop them by being alert.
You can report child pornography online by forwarding the site address to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).
NCMEC will forward your report to the appropriate investigative agency for follow-up. You can also report it to Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP), Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), and Report Child Pornography.
In India it is a crime to browse download, create, or publish child pornography. Browsing websites containing child pornography can lead to a 5 year term of imprisonment and fine of up to 1 lakh INR.
Let us not hesitate to report people indulging in such crimes. Let us together save our children and give the protection and love they deserve.
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Child Sexual Abuse Awareness Month [CSAAM] is about taking back our power, our lives, even if it is years after it has happened. It’s a violence that preys on the fact that a child is vulnerable to both – the abuse itself, and to the guilt a predator burdens them with, effectively silencing the survivor. Add to that the fact that in majority of cases, the predator is someone the child knows socially, possibly in family, and who takes advantage of that fact.
We need to take this power away from these predators, and reclaim it by speaking up.
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I am Farida Rizwan, 57, Counselor and Psychotherapist working as Senior Curriculum Developer with Chimple Learning. I am the founder of My Giggle Garden, Preschool, and Daycare. I am an ardent blogger @www.chaptersfrommylife.com read more...
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People say that women are the greatest enemies of women. I vehemently disagree. It is the patriarchal mindset that makes women believe in the wrong ideology.
The entire world celebrates International Women’s Day on March 8, 2024. It should be a joyful day, but unfortunately, not all women are entitled to this privilege, as violence against women is at its peak. The experience of oppression pushes many women to choose freedom. As far as patriotism is concerned, feminism is not a cup of tea in this society.
What happens when a woman decides to stand up for herself? Does this world easily accept the decisions of women in this society? What inspires them to be free of the clutches of the oppression that women have faced for ages? Most of the time, women do not get the chance to decide for themselves. Their lives are always at the mercy of someone, which can be their parents, siblings, husband, or children.
In some cases, women do not feel the need to make any decisions. They are taught to obey the patriarchal system, which makes them believe that they are right. In my family, I was never taught to make decisions on my own. It was always my parents who bought dresses and all that I needed.
14 years after her last feature film Dhobi Ghat, storyteller extraordinaire comes up with her new film, Laapataa Ladies, a must watch.
*Some spoilers alert*
Every religion around the world dictates terms to women. The onus is always on women to be ‘modest’ and cover their faces and bodies so men can’t be “tempted”, rather than on men to keep their eyes where they belong and behave like civilized beings. So much so that even rape has been excused on the grounds of women eating chowmein or ‘men will be men’. I think the best Hindi movie retort to this unwanted advice on ‘akeli ladki khuli tijori ki tarah hoti hai’ (an alone woman is like an open jewellery box) came from Geet in Jab We Met – Kya aap gyan dene ke paise lete hain kyonki chillar nahin hain mere paas.
The premise of Laapataa Ladies is beautifully simple – two brides clad in the ghunghat that covers their identity get mixed up on a train. Within this Russian Doll, you get a comedy of errors, a story of getting lost, a commentary on patriarchy’s attitude towards women, a mystery, and a tale of finding oneself, all in one. Done with a mostly light touch that has you laughing and nodding along.
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