Uganda has published a book which teaches children how to recognize and reject sexual abuse. Titled, “The Bad Touch”,the book tells the story of a mother telling her children how to resist and expose abusers.
Author of the book, Lillian Butele Kelle said sexual violence was often swept under the carpet in Uganda because people don’t want to bring shame to their family.
She also recounted of her own experience in which she was abused by a family friend from the age of seven.
“I have used the pain that I have endured all my life towards something positive and empower children to not have to go through the same things that I did.”
Lillian Butele Kelle added that the book was meant to be read out loud to children by their parents.
“Children should be armed to understand it and be able to come out because often they don’t know it is happening,” she said.
The writer added that there was a cultural belief in Africa that children should not be exposed to certain things and that was stopping many people from speaking out.
Child sex abuse is reported to be increasingly getting attention in Uganda.
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Source: citifmonline.com