Teen victims of rape, road accidents and addiction thrown lifeline by Thai Health Foundation

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Teen victims of rape, road accidents and addiction thrown lifeline by Thai Health Foundation

By The Nation

 

 

A 13.6 per cent rise in teenage drinking, 13 children killed daily on Thai roads, 3.6 million teens with gambling problems, and rape victims as young as 5 years old are among the social issues being tackled by the Thai Health Promotion Foundation.

 

The official figures, from 2017, were cited at the launch of a campaign to raise awareness of alcoholism, gambling, accidents and sexual abuse among adolescents on Wednesday, ahead of National Youth Day on September 20.

 

The Foundation has joined with several youth networks to step up efforts to solve the issues and rehabilitate youths already affected.

 

Some 60 youngsters shared their experiences during the campaign launch at a Bangkok hotel on Wednesday. One said he began drinking alcohol at the age of six and eventually lost both his legs to the addiction. Others told stories of falling victim to traffic accidents and sexual abuse.

 

Khangguy Areyasakul, who runs the KhangGuy Facebook page, described how she had been sexually abused from the age of four by people she knew well.

 

She said victims of sexual abuse often felt too ashamed to speak up for themselves, so she decided to campaign on the issue, drive for changes in the rape law, and encourage the Education Ministry to include sexual-abuse awareness in the curriculum so that victims would no longer be shamed into silence.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30394659

 

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[bodga]

22 minutes ago, webfact said:

13 children killed daily on Thai roads

Thais  just  love their children????

[bodga]

23 minutes ago, webfact said:

Khangguy Areyasakul

good  for you, Thailands rapes are  probably way higher than any figures due to <deleted>  like this with family doing a  lot of it.

[RichardColeman]

Less victims of social issues than ridiculous previous sentencing

[scammed]

this is one organisation i might support.

the issue with abuse in home is the victims have no idea

how to get free from parents, it need to be promoted and informed

in primary school i think, that there will be a guaranteed safe haven from parents indefinitely, not maybe, but guaranteed if the child so demands

[Matzzon]

Is this their subtile way of saying they have a huge problem?

[ChipButty]

This is a world wide problem my guess is Thailand does not have the expertise to deal with it, 

[Bender Rodriguez]

so much damage done onto children by perverts ... 

 

these monsters need to be put down

 

this is partly the idea that children are OWNED by parents and do the f.  what they want with no consequences 

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, ChipButty said:

This is a world wide problem my guess is Thailand does not have the expertise to deal with it, 

To deal with it they have to acknowledge it.

As far as experts I thought Thailand has thousand of them for every occasion.

[Knocker33]

6 hours ago, hotchilli said:

To deal with it they have to acknowledge it.

As far as experts I thought Thailand has thousand of them for every occasion.

If they don't have an expert in a particular field they will set up a committee to find out why .

[Artisi]

9 minutes ago, Knocker33 said:

If they don't have an expert in a particular field they will set up a committee to find out why .

Should be plenty of experts in TVF just rearing to go and impart their knowledge. 

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, Knocker33 said:

If they don't have an expert in a particular field they will set up a committee to find out why .

Then a sub-committee to check the findings.