Main description:

This book presents and brings together research on child sexual abuse from various countries and cultures in the Arab Region. It addresses the multiple types of Child Sexual Abuse Exploitation and Trafficking (CSAET) and responds to the expanding burden of its diverse presentations. The book identifies appropriate structures for efficient programs that are to be accepted and developed by diverse cultures in the region, in order to develop an action plan to combat sexual violence against children. It studies the gathered to date child sexual abuse protection systems in the Arab region, covering issues such as children's rights, challenges of protection and advocates for peaceful, safe, healthy and happy environments for children and their families.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Objectives of the present book.- Chapter 2. Introduction.- Chapter 3. The Rationale.- Chapter 4. Background of the book.- Chapter 5. The Settings within Lebanon.- Chapter 5. The Settings within Lebanon.- Chapter 7. The value of research.- Chapter 8. The prohibition of violence in the laws of Arab Countries.- Chapter 9. The definitions and their consequences.- Chapter 10. The impacts and Consequences of CSA.- Chapter 11. Commercial sexual exploitation of children and Trafficking.- Chapter 12. Female genital mutilation / female cutting/ female circumcision.- Chapter 13. Honor killings and crimes; familial and tribal homicide.- Chapter 14. Early and forced marriage.- Chapter 15. Sexual Violence.- Chapter 16. Violence in armed conflicts and Natural disasters: A link to CSAET.- Chapter 17. Principles and Practices in Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse.