Child Abuse a Burning Social Issue
The latest episode of Ranra (Light) addressed child abuse as a burning issue in the light of recent cases reported in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The program highlighted the main causes and solutions of the issue. The guests in studio Mr. Imran Takkar, an anthropologist, and Ms. Nuzhat, an educationist, termed growing extremism and access to religious content as some of the reasons for this.
Mr. Takkar, while defining abuse, said that it is the power or authority exercised by weak individual, thus, a child is vulnerable to abuse anywhere. He added that our education system gravitates towards academic excellence with minimum focus on social development of students that might teach them how to deal with unpleasant situations. He said that in a broader sense, the main reasons behind child abuse are psychological, economic, social, and cultural issues.
While discussing the solutions, the guests stressed that to minimize such incidents, parents and teachers must build confidence among the youth. They were of the opinion that as a society we need to acknowledge child abuse as a real issue, only then we can tackle it.
Ms. Nuzhat emphasized that enough legislation is present on national and provincial level, yet the real issue of implementation remains. A report aired during the program shared the public opinion that a well-planned awareness campaign should be initiated to minimize the number of such incidents.
Four calls and five text messages were received during the show.
About Sabawoon:
Sabawoon airs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) since 2011. It began as a counter-radicalization, strategic communications programme, designed to highlight and promote the fundamental governance values such as democracy, rule of law, women’s rights, and equal citizenry, social cohesion.
The show airs Monday through Thursday every week under four themes on FM-101.5 Peshawar and Dera Ismail Khan 711 KHZ from 3:20 PM to 4:00 PM.
On Monday, Jarga Maraka covers current affairs and important regional issues with an input from government and other senior officials. On Tuesday, Da Simay Jaaj gives an overview of the top stories from KP and FATA regions. Jwandai Jazbey airs on Wednesday and deals with issues of relevance to, and significance for, youth, students and women. Socio-cultural affairs are discussed in Ranra on Thursday.
The primary objective of the show has been to underline the criticality of constitutionalism, fundamental rights, public accountability and the rule of law for countering extremism illegalities of all forms.