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Local state senators back bill to fight child abuse
Beacon Hill Roll Call records the votes of local senators on roll calls from prior legislative sessions. There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. CHILD EXPLOITATION (S 2048) Senate 37-0, approved an amendment providing that the state establish age-appropriate guidelines for child exploitation awareness education…
Woman arrested on charges of DWI, child abuse after Thanksgiving crash
Santa Fe County deputies say they arrested a 26-year-old woman who crashed through a guard barrier on Interstate 25 while driving drunk on Thanksgiving Day with a 7-year-old relative in the vehicle. Neither Kathryn Byrant, the driver, nor her young relative were injured in the crash. Deputies arrested Bryant of…
Calls for child abuse inquiry to ‘widen scope’
But the Scottish government said that for the inquiry to reach clear conclusions and recommendations it must focus on a set remit and time frame. Survivors’ organisations are demanding a rethink – even though the government says this would delay the process. Victims have said the Education Secretary who announced…
Child abuse inquiry: MPs, churches and spies among those examined for historic investigation
Current and former MPs, local councils and the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches are among the 12 sections of investigation during the “unprecedented” government inquiry into child abuse. Lambeth, Rochdale and Nottinghamshire councils will also be investigated over their failure to
Live Chat replay: Chief Social Worker Paul Nixon talks child abuse in NZ
Child, Youth and Family Chief Social Worker Paul Nixon will be joining us for a live chat to answer your questions on child abuse policy. Kia Ora, We hope you’ve been following our Faces of Innocents project – we’ll have chief social worker Paul Nixon joining us for a live…
Online intolerance: Kerala journo faces threats for writing about madrasa child abuse
A journalist in Kerala has come under a fierce attack on social media and even her profile has been deactivated by Facebook. Her ‘crime’: she recounted on Facebook the sexual abuses her classmates encountered in their younger days in a madrasa. Kozhikode-based VP Rajeena is a senior journalist with a…
Saskatoon man sentenced to 15.5 years in disturbing sex abuse case
A Saskatoon man has been sentenced to 15 and a half years in an extremely disturbing sex abuse case. On Tuesday, Michael John Slough was sentenced at Saskatoon
The latest child abuse statistics simply don’t stack up
Have 425,000 children really been abused during the past two years? That is the extraordinary claim
Up to 85% of child abuse in England remains undetected, study says
Urgent action is needed to identify and prevent child abuse according to a major new study that