Non-Governmental organisations have described
the trend of fathers molesting their biological daughters as an unforgiveable and an immoral act.
Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) Executive Director Anne
Ngwira said such an act was the worst kind and should be condemned in
the strongest terms.
Mrs. Ngwira stated that the act was a sin and uncalled for behaviour which was not even animal like because animals protected their young ones and did not molest them.
In an interview with ZANIS in Lusaka today, the Executive Director
urged mothers not to conceal such atrocities but to report them to save their children’s lives.
She further said women needed to be more aggressive in such matters but was however quick to note that their economic vulnerability contributed to them not reporting such cases adding that this was a sad development.
She said men who were destroying lives of their female children needed
spiritual transformation and should desist from such activities.
Meanwhile, Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) National
Coordinator Nelson Mwape has called on society to play an active role
in educating each other against such vices.
Mr. Mwape said Zambia had rules and regulations which were supposed to
be abided by stressing that the bible did not equally allow carnal knowledge of children by their parents.
He noted that some mothers were aware of what was happening in their families but instead opted to remain silent adding that this was wrong and such acts should be exposed.
He encouraged mothers to expose their husbands for the betterment of
their children describing such situations as abnormal.
Mr. Mwape said there was urgent need to get to the root cause of the
problem and called on all concerned stakeholders to come up with a
campaign to help address the issue.
He added that the campaign should include both men and women who should work together and observed that cases of women molesting under age children was equally happening.
Turning to the media, Mr. Mwape further said there was also need for the media to expose child defilers in an effort to curb such acts instead of taking photos of victims who were already traumatised.
”it is our duty as parents to protect, guide and provide for our children and once we start molesting them we are not performing our duty but instead we are damaging their lives,”Mr Mwape noted.
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