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RESEARCH
Research is an
important component of
Sahil programme.
Sahil is dedicated to
promote a greater
understanding on the
issue of CSA and its
implications on the
survivors. Sahil
conducts and publishes
a number of researches
each year on the
various dynamics of
CSA. Following is the
list of Sahil
published
research studies:
Conversation with
mothers on Child
Sexual Abuse
The purpose of this
research was to find
out the level of
understanding of the
issue amongst the
mothers in the
community and to
create awareness
amongst the mothers
regarding prevention
and intervention of
CSA.
Drug Abuse and
Child Sexual Abuse in
Street Children
This research was
based on two and a
half months of study.
A total of 180 street
children were
interviewed with age
ranging from 6 to 18
years. This research
was conducted in the
Federal Capital,
Rawalpindi, and Lahore
by Sahil. The other
provincial capitals
Peshawar, Karachi and
Quetta were covered
with the cooperation
of three NGOs Azad
foundation ,Pakistan
Pediatrics
Association (PPA),
SPARC.
The other side of
childhood: Male Child
Prostitution at a bus
stand in Pakistan
This research was a
pilot effort for Sahil
to pioneer into the
volatile and critical
areas of CSA, helping
to bring the reality of
these invisible
children to the world. Pir Vadai bus stand
(Rawalpindi) was the
area chosen for this
research. The sample
of the study was
restricted to 15
interviews of male
child sex workers, 7
local clinics, 8
policemen, 70
community members
(shopkeepers,
residents, religious
leaders, bus drivers,
cobblers etc.), 2
pimps and 5 clients.
The research was
conducted 4 years earlier, but for
ensuring
confidentiality and
security of the
respondents, it has
been published in
2004.
Teachers’ knowledge
attitude and practices
regarding child sexual
abuse
This research was
based on data
collected from primary
school teachers from
all over the country.
This research work was
in addendum to Sahil’s
teachers’ training
program on the book
Meri Hifazat (a story
cum coloring book).
The research was
conducted at national
level in all the
provinces of the
country. The schools
included for data
collection were from
public, private and
NGO sector. A total of
619 teachers were
interviewed for this
research.
Cruel Numbers
Cruel Numbers is a
compilation of child
sexual abuse cases
reported in the 56
national newspapers,
which Sahil monitors;
on daily basis these
newspapers include
four English, four
Sindhi and nineteen
Urdu dailies.
Commercial Sexual
Exploitation study in Pindora community,
Rawalpindi
The objective of the
pilot project "An
anthropological glance
at Commercial sexual
exploitation of
children and Child
Sexual Abuse among a
gypsy community of Pindora" was to study
the changes
in the socialization process
and their involvement
in Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of
children and the high
risk of
CSA.
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