Breaking the Silence: Pedophilia & Child Sexual Abuse

Bold Conversations with Joyce – Episode 2

In this powerful  episode of Bold Conversations with Joyce, we confront one of the most urgent and heartbreaking crises affecting children across Africa and the world: pedophilia and child sexual abuse.

Every week, news headlines and social media are flooded with devastating stories of children whose innocence and futures are violently taken away by adults who were trusted to protect them. According to UNICEF, over 79 million girls in Sub-Saharan Africa were sexually abused before the age of 18, and the number is even higher when we include boys who are silenced by culture, shame, and fear.

Child sexual abuse destroys lives, physically, emotionally, mentally, and academically. Many survivors struggle with depression, anxiety, PTSD, shame, self-blame, low self-esteem, school dropout, and in some cases, death.

 What We Explore in This Episode

• What pedophilia and child sexual abuse really mean

• The hidden crisis affecting both boys and girls

• The lifelong consequences on children’s well-being and education

• Real stories, including Ransford, a young Ghanaian boy who was brutally sodomized by his coach and later died from the trauma

• Why silence protects perpetrators, not victims

• What we must all do individually and collectively to break the cycle

Why This Matters

This conversation is not for agencies or institutions alone.
Protecting children is the responsibility of all of us.
Silence is complicity. Awareness is protection. Action is prevention.

Watch, Share, and Be Part of the Solution

This conversation could save a child’s life.

Watch the full episode on YouTube & Spotify. Subscribe & Follow: @JoyceArthur

Spread awareness. Start conversations. Report abuse. Together, we can protect the most vulnerable.

Watch Full Episode Here : https://youtu.be/mDGN6XQhcbU

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