This guide by Enfold Proactive Health Trust and UNICEF is a tool for support persons of child victims of sexual assault, and explains how they can best navigate the different processes related to assisting a victim. Comprising of ten chapters, it begins with an explanation of the dynamics of child sexual abuse and lays down guidelines for the multiple areas where a Support Persons may assist the child – like during medical interventions, recording of child’s statement with magistrate, judicial proceedings etc. All information in this carefully curated document is a mix of learnings from interviews with victims of child sexual abuse and other stakeholders involved in the process of rehabilitation. It also includes best practises for working towards the welfare of victims of child sexual abuse. READ MORE »