Lawyer Daniela Azzopardi says the new child protection law should ensure that children who have been abused by their relatives are not forced to speak out in front of them. 6.20pm – Updated with social workers’ association views A planned new child protection law should ensure that children abused by their relatives are not forced […]
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How a child’s drawing sparked fears of abuse
A primary school teacher raised the alarm that one of her students was being sexually abused after the girl inadvertently strayed into the area below the belly of the man while colouring in a drawing. The drawing was sent to the government’s Child Protection Services where social workers, accustomed to “much more explicit drawings” by […]
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