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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>From January to March, out of a total of 20,000 calls received by Linha Fala Crianc\u0327a, at least 1,144 were designated cases of rape of minors.<\/p>\n

In Mozambique, minors report a rape every two hours. The country records 14 cases daily, most of them related to premature unions, sexual abuse and access to education (data from Linha Fala Crianc\u0327a \u2013 LFC).<\/p>\n

This reality is driving requests for more energetic actions from state institutions, with civil society saying the time for reflection and research has run out.<\/p>\n

Reports of sexual exploitation have also prompted the rescue of dozens of girls from premature unions.<\/p>\n

The majority of victims are female and, in some cases, under 12 years of age. Many are rescued from premature unions with men four to seven times their age. In other cases, unions are frustrated during the handover of the girl to the \u2018bestowed man\u2019 during the traditional ceremony.<\/p>\n

Almost half of the cases were reported in the provinces of Manica, Sofala and Zambe\u0301zia, in central Mozambique, followed by Nampula and Cabo Delgado (north), with fewer cases (12%) reported from the provinces in the south of the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese numbers are the tip of the iceberg. They are the cases that passed through an institution and received treatment, which means that, beneath these numbers, there are more children and teenagers who have been raped,\u201d says Simione Mhula, national manager of Child Protection at the Non-Governmental Organization World Vision Mozambique, an LFC partner.<\/p>\n

Complaints keep growing<\/b><\/p>\n

Among the most recent cases is the rape of a 13-year-old girl by an 82-year-old man, reported on Monday, 29th, in Chimoio, capital of Manica, following a complaint from her sister, which was taken to the authorities.<\/p>\n

The minor, now six months pregnant, was allegedly repeatedly raped by a domestic worker.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe child was left with the man while the mother went out to sell, and the man abused the child in the mother\u2019s absence. Then, at my mother\u2019s house, they noticed the child and saw that she was pregnant,\u201d the girl\u2019s sister explained. (Her identity remains protected.)<\/p>\n

Wounds in the future<\/b><\/p>\n

Last week, police arrested a man for raping his nine-year-old daughter, allegedly as part of a ritual for illicit enrichment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe police, upon learning through a complaint, did their job, culminating in the neutralization of this citizen, whose detention has already been legalized by the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office. (…) It is a very worrying that [cases like these] tend to increase,\u201d said Mateus Mindu, police spokesman in Manica.<\/p>\n

Simione Mhula said that Linha Fala Crianc\u0327a facilitated and reinforced mechanisms for minors to access justice institutions and other support services for victims of rape, but noted that an increase in support was urgently needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are cases in which families report a premature union and the case ends up consummated, because the police had no means of intervening and preventing it. The budget for child protection is lower than desired,\u201d Mhula said.<\/p>\n

The activist warns that, if urgent and sufficient investments are not forthcoming, the country could see an accumulation of children traumatised by violations, who will in turn become injured adults in the future, possibly generating troubled families.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mozambique<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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