Post-Kathua Law Sees Increased Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse In Kashmir

J&K has seen a spike in reporting of child sexual abuse since enactment of a new law following the Kathua Case

This matches a similar increase in the rest of India after POCSO was enacted in 2012, our analysis shows

Undeterred by a culture of silence around child sexual abuse, 8-yr-old Irfan's* family, filed a complaint against the juvenile who raped Irfan under the J&K POCSO Act. This case is among 343 cases of child sexual abuse (CSA) reported in J&K between January and November 2020

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