RHYNO HERSELMAN
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RHYNO HERSELMAN made a comment
I feel confident in reporting child abuse. I feel we as the teachers should be the voice of vulnerable children and we should always do our best to protect them. My only concern is that sexual abuse in particular is a taboo topic in Vietnam. People refuse to open up about these issues and if one were to report it, it might just be ignored. If there were more...
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RHYNO HERSELMAN made a comment
I will focus on identifying different types of abuse and lookout for signs of abuse. The only thing that I struggle with is the cultural difference in Vietnam. If one were to report the abuse, I am not sure if the school faculty would intervene and even if they do, if there is really anything that would be done by the government to protect vulnerable children....
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RHYNO HERSELMAN made a comment
The Child Care and Protection Department of Vietnam have found that an estimated 1,000 Vietnamese children are sexually abused each year. Because sexual abuse is a culturally sensitive subject in the country, families of both victims and offenders do not expect such incidents to be publicly revealed. In 2019, Unicef reported that sexual assault in Vietnam...
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RHYNO HERSELMAN made a comment
Hello everyone! I am a kindergarten teacher in Vietnam and my school has requested teachers register for this course. I believe that more awareness should be raised on Child Abuse issues in Vietnam. According to Unicef (2019), "In Vietnam, the law on child sexual violence is ambiguous, making convictions difficult. Some forms of sexual violence aren’t even...
