The main focus of EMPOWER PEOPLE lies on awareness raising and sensitization trainings for law enforcement agencies. The organization is also offering direct victim support and assistance to women vulnerable to human trafficking and domestic violence.The alarming rise in the number of child rape cases is a pointer in that direction. Children as young as 4 years are being raped and brutally killed and the convicts walk free for want of evidence or exploiting the shoddy rape laws.
As many as 174 cases of rape of the minor girls were registered with the police during the six-month period from January to June 2011, according to figures released by the state police. The number is very high compared to last few years. The number during the 12-month period in 2010 was 208 and 235 in 2009.
The actual number of cases may be very high since all incidents are not reported to the police. A large number of cases are not reported especially those involving the family members. There have also been several cases, in which mothers and fathers selling for prostitution the daughters they are supposed to protect.
Several cases of fathers raping and pushing their daughters into flesh trade have been registered during the first six months of the year. A notorious case has been that of a 15-year-old girl from Paravoor. After raping her several times, the father sold his daughter to over 100 people for money.
Close on the heels of this, police came across another case in which a 14-year-old from Kothamangalam in Ernakulam district was raped by her father and sold to many. The case came to light a year after the girl was abused.
The lure for money, pleasure and fame has emboldened man to commit the sins that he would not have even dared to think two decades ago. The culprits in most cases have been known faces from politics, cinema and business.
In some cases, even minor boys were found involved in rape. A glaring case involved the rape and murder of a four-year-old girl by a 13-year-old boy. The boy confessed to the police that he was actually trying out what he saw in a porn CD.
Sleazy television programmes and easily available porn videos have been prompting young boys fairly early to the trap of physical pleasures. Dr Gracy Thomas, Medical Officer, Adolescent Reproductive Sexual Health programme, Ernakulam, says boys and girls are heavily into sexual engagement in many schools in the state. She said that much of this was getting hushed up.
The lure for money, pleasure and fame has emboldened man to commit the sins that he would not have even dared to think a couple of decades ago. There is a vast network of pimps and middlemen who operate through online media and telephonic deals right under the nose of the law enforcement agencies. State Women’s Commission Chairperson D Sreedevi said that the crimes against minor girls reported with the panel have been showing a steady increase over the years. She said that the failure of the authorities to ensure exemplary punishment to the guilty has been the basic reason for the increasing trend.
Interestingly, a series of major sex scandals, involving heavyweights, rocked the state after the accused in the infamous Suryanelli sex scandal 15 years ago were acquitted by the court. A special court in 2000 had found 35 of them guilty and sentenced them to various terms of imprisonment. In 2005, the high court acquitted all 35, raising questions about the character of the girl.
Women’s activists say only stringent punishments to the guilty, empowerment of woman by making them literate and independent alone can bring down the atrocities. The guardians of the girl child have to be extra vigilant against the vile forces at work to make sure that their daughters are safe.
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