I think the difficulty is the fact that the victim, particularly where it's a girl, will face retaliation from other members of the community, and the victim will suffer additionally and unnecessarily. There have to be supports around the victim. Unfortunately, in my work what I find is mostly it's retaliation against the victim, and you do not have the issue of sexual abuse, for instance, coming forward, being addressed adequately, because they're discouraged from doing so because they fear actual retaliation or retribution, which is a reality in their life. So the degree of safety they experience is just far from adequate.
On February 13th, 2014. See this statement in context.