Argentine activists Silvia Piseda and Sebastián Quattromo have been fighting what they consider “the most unpunished crime on earth” child sexual abuse for more than 10 years and, as survivors, are asking the European Union for “political leadership”.
Piseda and Quattromo founded Adults for Children’s Rights, a civic association in 2012, to break the silence they say has “protected” the world’s sexual abuse for years.
During their European tour, they stopped in Brussels to meet with members of public institutions and call on the European Union (the EU as “an international political actor of great importance”) to give top priority to this “cause of human rights”. children” to combat child abuse.
“The EU can make a very significant contribution if it decides to pursue policies and actions in Latin America, where we see great material constraints for expanding and multiplying all our experience in the region,” Sebastian Quattromo emphasized in an interview with EFE.
Quattromo was sexually abused at the age of 13 by a teacher and religious worker at the Catholic school in Buenos Aires where she studied, and Silvia Piceda was abused between the ages of nine and 11 by people close to her family. Now they are a couple who share the same calling as an activist.
According to the Council of Europe, one in five children have experienced sexual abuse, including touching, rape, sexual harassment, exhibitionism, sexual blackmail and pornography.
In addition, in 70-85% of cases, abused children know the aggressors: “This is someone they love and trust and need to care for. That’s why it’s so hard to deal with,” commented Quattromo.
As a rule, rapists are people in power, as was the case with priests, teachers, doctors or parents, Piseda explains.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
I am Michael Melvin, an experienced news writer with a passion for uncovering stories and bringing them to the public. I have been working in the news industry for over five years now, and my work has been published on multiple websites. As an author at 24 News Reporters, I cover world section of current events stories that are both informative and captivating to read.