A Mother's Agony!

A Mother’s Agony…………!

"Did you read today’s News headliner?" she asks me over a virtual conversation. No! I replied, “Three men raped a 4year old girl in a school bus” she further tells me “the accused are the Bus driver, cleaner and bus supervisor”. I could feel, if not completely, the pain and anxiety in her as she was a mother of three children.

Who do we trust? As we are living in this world among individuals who can cause harm to us, how can we protect our children especially when the children are too young to even realize and understand this thought of safety?  I will not be surprised to see all mother's looking at men with a suspicious eye, let it be within the family or a stranger as she cannot trust anyone when the reality scenario of the world moulds her to be like this.

On a recent TV show it was proven statistically that child abuse and child sex exploitation was an alarming concern than drugs in all countries especially the one which survives on tourism, partly to be blamed with the globalization. As such still very little has been done to actually stop or prevent this from happening. Social stigma and poverty has made it even more difficult for individuals to even report a sexual abuse of a child in both developed and developing countries, over the last decade we have seen many voices raised against child sex abuse within the religious community who we trusted. The awareness still has been slow and ignored. Organization like ECPAT-UK (End Child prostitution and trafficking children for sexual purpose) is trying to make a difference and they must be encouraged.

Today, when all parents strive and sacrifice to give the best for their children the very basic need of protection and safety for their children is the biggest concern .As we both end our virtual conversation in a different context and with greetings of the night, we know our insecure thoughts and feeling of helpless and hopeless on our children's safety are going to linger in our mind for the days to come.