Child rape gets more media attention in Pakistan

It is a fact few are willing to face, but each year hundreds – perhaps thousands – of children under 18 in Pakistan are raped or sodomized, and the situation is either getting worse or being more widely reported. According to the Islamabad-based NGO Sahil, there were 3,861 child sexual abuse cases in 2012 – a 17 percent increase on the previous year. The data is drawn from NGOs monitoring the situation, child abuse helplines and Sahil’s own media monitoring.