WOMEN'S RIGHTS
Three-year abuse toll tops 20,000, activists say
- Published: 8 Feb 2013 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: News
More than 20,000 women and children were physically and sexually abused between 2010-2012, a national human rights commissioner said yesterday.
Visa: Believes abuse figures are distorted
Visa Benjamano said she had obtained the figures from the Public Health Ministry on victims of sexual and physical abuse who had sought medical help and rehabilitation.
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