Twelve children on average were subjected to sexual abuse every day in Pakistan from January to June according to a report published on Thursday by Sahil a nonprofit organisation that advocates for the protection of children . Last year Sahil said a total of cases of child abuse were reported in the entire half of which were sexual abuse .
The number of boys abused had risen to while cases of girls remained the same as last year . The report titled Six Months Cruel Numbers stated that more boys were abused than girls within the age bracket of years . According to the data abusers were found to be related or known to the victims or their families in most cases .
In cases the abuse was committed by both strangers and acquaintances in comparison to strangers committing the crime in cases . Sindh reported the highest number of cases with Punjab in second place . The data reveals that the most vulnerable age group of children was in this age group years.
Out of the total number of abuse victims were in this year similarly to last year the age group are in this group of years. The abuse was reported from rural areas and the most of the cases were reported from the urban areas. The report stated that the abuse remained unidentified in most of these cases.
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