SEXUAL VIOLENCE OF CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS CONFRONTATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE TRAINING COURSE

Abstract

Child and youth sexual violence is a phenomenon characterized by the multiplicity of factors whose confronting requires the participation of different actors and social sectors. This descriptive and exploratory research aimed to identify the difficulties, people and/or institutions involved and the strategies for dealing with violence from the perspective of 57 participants in the training course for the Integrated Actions Referring to Confronting Child and Youth Sexual Violence Program. The data was collected by means of a questionnaire, was analyzed by content analysis and described by frequency of apparition. Cultural, family and political aspects were the principal difficulties met; the care system appeared with the highest frequency as responsible for confrontation involving actions aimed at preventing child-youth violence and strengthening of the protection network. The data supported the need for proposals and strategies for confronting the phenomenon which affect the training of the professionals who make up the network for the protection of children and adolescents.

Keywords

• Sexual violence
• Sexual maltreatment of children
• Defence of the child and adolescent