Rape of Minors NZérékoré Recorded 18 Cases in 2021 Against 22 in 2022

The prefectural director for the advancement of women, children, and vulnerable people gave guineenews . org an exclusive interview where he reviewed his time spent in N'Zérékoré. yozilé zaoro haba reports that compared to 2021, there were a total of 18 cases of minors being raped in 2022 as opposed to 22 in 2021. Additionally, there have been 75 instances of thwarted excisions, one early marriage, 23 instances of early mobility, and 26 instances of child trafficking reported.

The usual three main axes were the focus of our management in 2022. specifically, the promotion of women, the safety of children, and social protection.

Therefore, we had to handle cases of domestic violence. Through our ministry, support for women's emancipation was also provided. This was a presidential initiative, and the government was required to provide prefecture-level women's groups with a line of subsidy in order to enable them to become autonomous.

The prefectural directorate managed 253 cases of child vulnerability as part of child protection, which is the directorate's main focus. This was done by providing the children in these cases with the support and services they needed. such as family mediation, medical assistance for those in need, psychosocial support, and legal assistance for kids who are in legal trouble.

Following the management of the cases, we work with our technical and financial partners, particularly UNICEF, to reintegrate the children into their schools or socio-professional settings and to maintain a permanent follow-up of these kids. Yozilé Zaoro Haba, section head in charge of children's issues and acting prefectural director at the prefectural directorate for the promotion of women, childhood, and vulnerable people, explained that as a result, the management had to handle 74 cases of child-based violence.

He is happy to see that there have been significantly fewer cases of rape in his jurisdiction than there were in 2021. "I can only express my gratitude to God in regards to the rapes committed against young girls.

Compared to 2021, where we recorded 22 cases, 2022 saw only 18 cases. In terms of child marriage, we only documented one instance in 2022.

Additionally, there were 23 instances of kids roaming the streets unsupervised. cases referred to as "early mobility.".

They relocate without a guardian or close family members, he claimed. Nevertheless, he regrets the instances of female genital mutilation (FGM) committed by the communities, despite the efforts made by his service with the assistance of NGOs engaged in the fight against this scourge.

We have made that statement regarding instances of female circumcision. Additionally, we constantly transmit messages of awareness.

Yet, it persists in our neighborhoods despite everything. It was reported to us that there were 75 cases.

In order to keep these girls out of the circle of circumcised women and girls, we were able to prevent these 75 female genital mutilation ceremonies, the official said before revealing that his service had alerted authorities to 26 cases of child trafficking. "We recorded 26 cases of trafficking, which is a problem that occurs frequently; 25 of these cases originated in the Mamou region.

An individual who pretended to be a Koranic teacher enlisted these kids. He took advantage of these kids on the Côte d'Ivoire plantations in order to use their labor for his own gain.

Pure child exploitation, in other words. He was detained, and his judgment is being heard at the Central House right now.

In the N'Zérékoré prefecture, there was only one case that was reported. Our management, with the assistance of social workers and protection partners, has compiled a list of 253 cases of vulnerability for us.

Each and every rape case has received a perfect score.

Yozilé Zaoro Haba, section head in charge of children's issues and acting prefectural director at the prefectural directorate for the promotion of women, childhood, and vulnerable people, explained that as a result, the management had to handle 74 cases of child-based violence.