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This paper was presented in a seminar about "Domestic Violence and Ways to Prevent It" at the forensic medicine department in Damascus university, in cooperation of the Forensic Medicine Institution- Hamburg/ Germany.

This paper is a sample study of (400 students) in Damascus university. It declared that (40%) of them faced sexual experiences in their childhood, but did not tell any body about it. Besides, (34%) of the sample were touched in a suspicious manner by an adult stranger. The study concluded that (76%) of the sample had gone through a sexual experience under the age of (18), which should be verified via inclusive studies.


written by Dr. Mota'a Barakat

Syrian Women Observatory SWO, Dr. Mota'a Barakat, Sexual Abuse of Children As Adults Remember It From Their Childhood, 10/10/2006

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