Data shows that over 30% of parents use severe corporal punishment, but the law should not allow it, writes Carol Bower and Wessel van den Berg.
Panyaza Lesufi has told a school to say sorry after female learners were allegedly checked for sexual activity after a bloodied condom was found.
The head of the Catholic Church has appointed the first eight members of a panel announced in December to tackle paedophilia scandals in the church.
Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai is deciding whether to veto a "backward" law that would restrict prosecutions for domestic and child abuse.
Political leaders need to get their priorities straightened out when it comes to homosexuality versus child abuse, writes Jane Raphaely.
Following the rape of a baby and toddler in the week, President Jacob Zuma and Minister Lulu Xingwana have condemned sexual attacks on children.
Mariella Furrer confronts her demons in her book, "My Piece of Sky", as she untangles the horror of child sexual abuse. (Trigger warning)
Morocco says King Mohammed VI "would never have consented" to Daniel Galvan Vina’s release had he known the nature of the man’s crimes.
Riot police have broken up a protest by Moroccan demonstrators late on Friday against a royal pardon for a Spanish paedophile.
To criticise the way many black parents discipline their children shows a lack of understanding of the complex nature of society, writes Khaya Dlanga.
Child rights activists say the rape of a five-year-old girl is the latest case in which India’s police have failed to act on a missing child report.
A church leader accused in the US of complicity in covering up child abuse shouldn’t be allowed to speak at a local Rezolution Christian conference.
Child rights advocates have welcomed a ruling overturning parts of the Sexual Offences Act, which they say was out of step with reality.
The BBC marked the 90th anniversary of its first ever transmission beset by doubts about its future after scandals surrounding its reporting.
Parents claim child abuse and financial mismanagement is rife at Glenstantia Primary School but expert says teachers often lack support.
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/ 23 December 2011
Archbishop Rowan Williams’s decision to probe the diocese of Chichester will throw the spotlight on abuse by clergy in the Anglican Church.
Until a few days ago, Jerry Sandusky’s face smiled down on students from a mural in downtown State College, the home of Penn State University.
The Vatican has decided to release confidential files about an abuse case in the US to avoid accusations of a cover-up.
The words of little children from an isolated town in rural South Africa may have stopped an international sex predator.
Colombia prostitutes have united in a popular tourist destination to protect children from an international network of pimps and sexual predators.
Those charged with rape and murder of children should not get bail, says Lulu Xingwana, the Minister for Women, Children and People with Disabilities.
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/ 13 January 2011
The state has asked for the conviction of a father on a charge of murdering his two-year-old son after the child died of a severe head injury in 2008.
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/ 1 December 2010
There are many in the fields of popular and alternative music that speak about violence against women and children from a different angle.
Pope Benedict begged forgiveness from God and victims of child sexual abuse by priests on Friday.
Most children are abused by people they know, and widespread poverty feeds a cycle of violence, abuse and neglect.
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/ 17 December 2009
Bishop of Limerick Donal Murray apologised on Thursday to victims of sex abuse by Irish Catholic priests.
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/ 26 November 2009
Today’s guide shows you how to get protection through the courts If you are in an abusive relationship or a child in your care is being abused.
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/ 25 November 2009
We’ve all heard the sounds of a child screaming. But what practical steps can you take if you seriously suspect a child you know is being abused?
Roman Polanski’s arrest on a 32-year-old charge of having sex with a minor has outraged the French government and film community, reports Jon Henley.
Legalising sex work will not stop human trafficking or child abuse, the ACDP Youth Foundation said on Wednesday.
Priests beat and raped children during decades of abuse in Catholic-run institutions in Ireland, an official report said on Wednesday.
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/ 4 December 2008
One in three women may suffer abuse and violence in her lifetime.This is an appalling and widespread human rights violation.