News Release - British Columbia Children and Youth in Care at Risk of Sexualized Violence – RCY Report

Abstract

This short article highlights the risk of sexual violence that children, specifically Indigenous girls, face in foster and youth care systems in British Columbia. The report found that Indigenous girls were nearly twice as likely to be victims of sexual violence in foster care, and that reports of the sexual violence are often delayed or not reported altogether. For more information please read the article.

Publication Information

Ministry of Children and Family Development. "British Columbia Children and Youth in Care at Risk of Sexualized Violence – RCY Report." October 4, 2016.

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Author
Representative for Children and Youth, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond
Publication Date
2016
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