More children are sexually abuse

SANTO DOMINGO. The sexual abuse rate of children in Panama and the Dominican Republic continues to rise “silently”, the United Nation’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said Monday.

“It is a top priority that children and adolescents are guaranteed protection against abuse and exploitation,” Dominican Republic UNICEF representative Francoise Gruloos-Ackermans said.

“We must all work united together to end the social tolerance of this crime, as it is becoming so common it almost seems normal.”

Gruloos-Ackermans offered her thoughts in a presentation in Santo Domingo. The presentation was entitled “The sexual commerce of minors in Central America and the Dominican Republic.”