"Girls over 13 are more likely to be raped, as well as sexually assaulted by their attacker, the Hearing Child Survivors of Sexual Violence report shows. It also says that 75% of sexual abuse survivors, both girls and boys, aged 13-17 were subjected to rape.
"The research, based on never before used data from 16 Rape Crisis and Children at Risk in Ireland (CARI) branches, confirmed that sexual abuse by children is a serious problem. More than a third of sexual abusers are children themselves, with 97% of these offenders male.
"Rape Crisis Network Ireland director Fiona Neary said: “This points to an urgent need to challenge culture and norms of gender and in particular to focus our attention on boys. The World Health Organisation recommends we target age- appropriate education and messages about consent and refusal, equitable sexual relationships and sexual communication to children of all ages. Yet Ireland’s formal education responses to sexual violence are optional and do not follow the 0 to 18 model of best practice...."
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