🇮🇳 India's child sex abuse victims battle stigma

Описание: The Indian government has released its latest figures on child sex abuse, which show there were fewer cases reported in 2015 than the previous year.

But with the government's own figures showing 53 percent of children have been sexually abused, many say the problem is an epidemic.

To address the problem, the government introduced new legislation four years ago that aimed to make courtrooms less daunting for children and to fast track cases in special courts.

But with a backlogged court system and the stigma attached to rape, child sexual abuse still remains a problem in the country.

Al Jazeera's Elizabeth Puranam reports.

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