Last year 5,383 minors were
victims of some form of violence in Italy, or 15 every day,
according to a report released Tuesday by the Terre des Hommes
children's rights NGO.
It said there was a 6% rise with respect to 2015 and that
girls were victims in six cases out of 10.
It said almost 1,000 children are the victims of sexual abuse
in Italy each year.
The figures were in a dossier for Terre des Hommes's Indifesa
campaign, which was launched on Tuesday in the presence of
Senate Speaker Pietro Grasso.
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