Child abuse

The Athens prosecutor's office has ordered an investigation into reports of child abuse at a nursery in Aspropyrgos, western Attica.

According to the claim of one of the mothers who spoke to Skai TV, children would return from the 2nd Nursery of Aspropyrgos with bruises, but were unable to react because they were only 2 years old.

Some 10,000 private dormitory licenses will be transferred to the supervision of the Education Ministry (MEB), the undersecretary has said, amid cases of child abuse and security issues in local dormitories that have been publicized by the media.

British Home Secretary Amber Rudd has said “political and cultural sensitivities” must not get in the way of uncovering child sex abuse amid calls to review offences that are racially aggravated.

A 27-year-old woman and her 19-year-old partner were remanded in custody on Thursday after defending themselves before an investigating magistrate in the western port city of Patra in connection with the alleged abuse of their 7-month-old daughter who was found with cuts, cigarette burns and bruises on her body.

A 27-year-old woman and her 19-year-old partner told an investigating magistrate in the western port city of Patra on Wednesday that the cuts, cigarette burns and bruises on their 7-month-old daughter were inflicted by her brother, a toddler who is just two years older.

One in two children in Greece aged 11 to 16 falls victim to physical abuse either from family members or their guardians, although some evidence suggests this statistic may even be as high as 76 percent of children in this age group, according to data published as part of the first national program for the prevention of physical abuse, which is supported by the ELIZA Society for the Prevention

Family and Social Policies Minister Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya refuted on May 4 reports that decisions on granting custody of children to foster parents was being affected by the gender of the children.

Controversy had been stirred over reports that local officials in the Aegean province of İzmir were not giving away girls to parents who already have sons. 

A group of women from the Turkish Mothers Association have begun an initiative to fight against child abuse in the Black Sea province of Trabzon, promoting their message in and around public transport.

A Turkish teacher whose actions led to the arrest of a principal for sexually abusing six girls between the ages of six and 11 received the International Women of Courage Award in Washington on March 29. 

Saadet Özkan, a teacher from the western province of İzmir, received her award from U.S. first lady Melania Trump.

The proposal that featured certain pardons for abusers who married underage girls has been withdrawn back to the commission. 

Yes, that was an achievement. But the matter is not closed.