Challenges faced by professionals working in child sexual abuse multi-sectorial forums: A case of the victim-friendly system in Zimbabwe

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dc.contributor.authorMuridzo, N., Chikadzi, V., & Kaseke, E.
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-05T19:28:36Z
dc.date.available2018-11-05T19:28:36Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThis article explores the challenges faced by social workers, medical doctors, nurses, police, magistrates, prosecutors, counsellors, teachers and psychologists working in the Victim-Friendly System (VFS). Studies from several countries show that child sexual abuse (CSA) is indeed an international problem (Lalor & McElvaney, 2010; Collin-Vezina, Daigneault & Hebert, 2013; Finkelhor, Stattluck, Turner & Hamby, 2014; Bhaskaran & Seshadri, 2016). Various scholars challenge the assumption that CSA is an exclusively Western problem (Jones & Jemmott, 2009; Sossou & Yogtiba, 2009; Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency, United Nations Children’s Fund and Collaborating Center; Lalor & McElvaney, 2010; Judical Service Commission 2012; Bhattacharya & Nair 2014 and Jones & Florek, 2015). In Zimbabwe, where this study was done, the National Baseline Survey on the life experiences of adolescents in Zimbabwe reported that almost one third of females and one in ten males aged between 18 and 24 years experienced sexual violence (Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency, United Nations Children’s Fund & Collaborating Center for Operational Research and Evaluation (2013). It is also estimated that more than 400,000 cases of CSA are reported every year in Zimbabwe (Médecins Sans Frontières, 2011). Jones and Jemmott (2009), Horner (2010), Lalor and McElvaney (2010) and Birdhstle, Floyd, Mwanasa, Nyangadza, Gwiza and Glynn (2011) show a correlation between CSA and many adverse medical, psychological, behavioural and socioeconomic outcomes, which can be short and long term in nature. CSA negatively affects the child and his/her ecological environment. Accordingly, the VFS was established to provide a community of medical, psychological, judicial and social services that mitigate the negative effects of CSA (Judicial Service Commission, 2012).en_US
dc.identifier.citationMuridzo, N., Chikadzi, V., & Kaseke, E. (2018). Challenges faced by professionals working in child sexual abuse multi-sectorial forums: A case of the victim-friendly system in Zimbabwe. Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 54(4), 452.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/328658060_Challenges_faced_by_professionals_working_in_child_sexual_abuse_multi-sectorial_forums_A_case_of_the_victim-friendly_system_in_Zimbabwe
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/4030
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSocial Work/Maatskaplike Werk,en_US
dc.subjectInternational Resourcesen_US
dc.subjectZimbabween_US
dc.subjectsocial workersen_US
dc.subjectchild sexual abuseen_US
dc.subjectadvocacyen_US
dc.subjectadverse outcomesen_US
dc.titleChallenges faced by professionals working in child sexual abuse multi-sectorial forums: A case of the victim-friendly system in Zimbabween_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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