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Recently the horror of child sexual abuse has received extensive media coverage in South Africa. Some experts have referred to the incidence of child sexual abuse as being high enough to be seen as a war upon our children. Whilst it is impossible to describe the exact physical and emotional wounds that children who have been violated are left to deal with, it is common cause that sexual abuse causes immense physical and emotional pain at the time of the assault. It also leaves scars that linger in children's lives in a multitude of ways, threatening their physical and emotional well being and development, their sense of self and their right to health, happiness and a life free from all forms of violence. These scars often persist well into adulthood.
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