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I personally have a few friends who have been sexually, physically and mentally been abused in their childhood. I have a high degree of sympathy to them and have always wanted justice for them. One of them told me that she never expect justice to be served to her, but would be very much satisfied if the future gets better (children of the future are saved from child abuse and be served justice).
This always motivated me to start the fight against child abuse. And today, I am starting the long and difficult effort (I can see the dangerous road ahead).
This blog will be sort of “the full picture of child abuse in Maldives”, filled with articles from local newspapers, blogs, etc and random stuff which directly or indirectly can influence the situation of child abuse in Maldives.
You can contact me from ameer1234567890[at]gmail.com
August 23, 2007 at 10:43 pm
Hi Ameer,
I cannot tell you how relieved I was to come across your website. I have been thinking for sometime about doing something like this, and never knew quite where to begin..
I appreciate and support your efforts against child abuse in Maldives, and am willing to give all the help I can.
I think I was triggered when I read the news about the child abuse case by four men, who got off virtually scott free. I was enraged and frustrated. However, amidst all the angry protests that I saw coming from people on websites, I saw that there was something missing.
I was, and still am, very concerned about the effects this incident is going to have on the child. Let me explain. Abused children almost always think that what happens is because of them. Their world revolve around them. But to have a grown up actually tell everyone in public that it IS your fault…is beyond disaster. She might forever live with that stigma.
I think it is very important that she KNOWS that society does NOT think it is her fault. That she was innocent. Every child who is abused needs to know this.
We need to become less complacent about these things. Parents need to know that yes, it might be shameful to admit that your husband, brother, cousin or friend is abusing your child under your protection, but the child would love her better for it if she stands up and says “this is enough”. It is the parents duty first to protect the child. We fail them, and we fail ourselves. We lose our right to call ourselves parents.
It is time to break the silence.
February 1, 2008 at 1:29 am
Hi Ameer,
I came across your blog while I was doing some research for an article on child abuse in the Maldives. The spark for the whole research being the sentence that was passed only days ago by the High Court to four men who were guilty of gang-raping a twelve year old girl.
I just wanted to let you know how much I admire the initiative you have taken. And it gives me hope to know that there are people like you in our society who have genuine concern over a major issue that a lot in our society choose to sweep under the carpet.
Keep it up! I’m with you!!