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Hear the Children's Cry condemns treatment of Mona student
THE treatment by parents of the 12-year-old Mona Heights Primary student who reported a male teacher for sexual abuse this month, has drawn severe criticism from the children’s advocacy group, Hear The Children’s Cry.
The organisation’s chairperson, Gillian Rowlands, expressed sadness at the action of the parents, and insisted that children's rights be protected.
<span style="font-weight: bold">The parents — <span style="font-style: italic">mostly mothers</span> — protested in front of the school Monday, outlining their support of the teacher and condemning the student</span>. They drew their children into the protest, and padlocked the gates to the school shut.
“We are appalled and saddened by the response from adults, and in particular parents, to the plight of the girl who reported a personal experience of sexual abuse, and who has been caught up in a maelstrom of controversy and personal attacks and slurs,” the group said “This case is indicative of the depth of the crisis that we are in as a country with regards to our children’s safety and protection, and the lack of understanding about protecting our children’s rights.”
She said her group wants to pledge support for the child and her family, and “to commend both her aunt and herself for their courage in what must have been a very terrifying experience”.
“Hear the Children’s Cry pledges our support to this little girl and indeed to all children across Jamaica who are experiencing abuse of any kind. We also continue to call for the Government to establish a Sex Offenders’ Registry, and mandatory DNA testing to help in the protection of our children and ensuring that the perpetrators of abuse and other crimes against children are brought to justice,” she said.
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THE treatment by parents of the 12-year-old Mona Heights Primary student who reported a male teacher for sexual abuse this month, has drawn severe criticism from the children’s advocacy group, Hear The Children’s Cry.
The organisation’s chairperson, Gillian Rowlands, expressed sadness at the action of the parents, and insisted that children's rights be protected.
<span style="font-weight: bold">The parents — <span style="font-style: italic">mostly mothers</span> — protested in front of the school Monday, outlining their support of the teacher and condemning the student</span>. They drew their children into the protest, and padlocked the gates to the school shut.
“We are appalled and saddened by the response from adults, and in particular parents, to the plight of the girl who reported a personal experience of sexual abuse, and who has been caught up in a maelstrom of controversy and personal attacks and slurs,” the group said “This case is indicative of the depth of the crisis that we are in as a country with regards to our children’s safety and protection, and the lack of understanding about protecting our children’s rights.”
She said her group wants to pledge support for the child and her family, and “to commend both her aunt and herself for their courage in what must have been a very terrifying experience”.
“Hear the Children’s Cry pledges our support to this little girl and indeed to all children across Jamaica who are experiencing abuse of any kind. We also continue to call for the Government to establish a Sex Offenders’ Registry, and mandatory DNA testing to help in the protection of our children and ensuring that the perpetrators of abuse and other crimes against children are brought to justice,” she said.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Hear...t#ixzz1vrnb3RH4
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