Child Sex Rife in Zimbabwe

Tens of thousands of children in Zimbabwe have been sexually assaulted over the past 10 years. This is according to Betty Makoni, founder of the Zimbabwean NGO Girl Child Network (GCN).

Makoni, a leading children’s rights campaigner who has been forced to flee the country, points out that the country’s political and economic collapse has created a climate in which its children have become increasingly vulnerable.

Speaking from the UK, Makoni says that since 2000, the GCN has recorded 45 000 cases of child rape, many carried out by men who believed they could cure themselves of AIDS by having sex with a child.

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