Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Helping Sexually Abused Children - by Mohammad Azim Khan Keyani

Helping Sexually Abused Children
By Mohammad Azim Khan Keyani

First of all we should protect children and promote recovery
A child has been sexually abused how painful is this discovery

It is natural to have different emotions, shock and sadness
People may feel anger, disgust, disbelief and helplessness

One should be careful, and a kind of calmness may pose
Otherwise the child may not be ready for anything to disclose

They fear that any disclosure will affect their fame
If adults’ response is inappropriate, children may feel guilt and shame

We should tell children that in them we shall believe
This positive feeling will encourage and provide some relief

The children are not dirty but pious and clean
In these innocents any bad thing no one has seen

What happened was not their fault, it should be stressed
Otherwise they will feel discomfort and remain depressed

We should say how painful it was for them to tell
All efforts will be made for perpetrators to go to hell

To comfort the child we should try to do everything
What can hurt the heart of child, avoid that thing

After speedy completion of all required legal formalities
Severe punishment be given to perpetrators by relevant authorities

Child sexual abuse will not stop unless each society section
On behalf of children sincerely take effective action

Health Risks of Child Labourers - By Mohammad Azim Khan Keyani

Health Risks of Child Labourers
By Mohammad Azim Khan Keyani

For working children’s health status two important aspects
Living conditions and their activities on health have effects

They are compelled to work day and night indeed
To meet their own and family’s each fundamental need

They face problems like low levels of income and unemployment
Deprived of safe drinking water and have to enjoyment

Have little access to schools or to hospital treatment
On small mistakes have to face serious impeachment

Of hygiene and health care there is always a lack
Cannot afford milk of cow, buffalo or in pack

Children of poor classes are hardly sent for vaccination
They also do not go to school to get education

In poor working conditions will not deteriorate, what to speak
The health status of these children who are already weak

In fact in each and every children work place
Different types of health risks they have to face

In inappropriate labour conditions they cannot properly grow
Less strong than adults, and mental and physical levels are low

Their health is affected badly when they work on roads
Have to handle tools and machinery and carry heavy loads

In fabrication of brackets and blowing of glass
Children would not have been involved in dangerous jobs alas!

They suffer from problems of respiration including eye
Could become serious any time and even may die

Have we done our duty and at any stage protested?
Children do labour in workshops, which by law is unprotected

Working hours for most child labourers are quite long
It has bad effect on their health, this argument is strong

For meager money they handle machinery and dangerous tools
Are compelled to work day and night and made fools

The prolonged contact with various kinds of chemical agents
Can make many children laborers at any time patients

We must work hard to end any human right violation
Do our utmost to eliminate all kind of child exploitation

Life conditions of child sex workers have become tougher
From sexually transmitted diseases many of them suffer

Child labour from the whole world must be eliminated
From taking very bold steps should not be hesitated

Forced Pregnancies - By Mohammad Azim Khan Keyani

FORCED PREGNANCIES
By Mohammad Azim Khan Keyani

Gender-based violence if someone wants to see in its worst shape
This is coerced pregnancy which is usually result of a rape

Victims of rape suffer badly, it is true not a drama
From physical consequence of sexual assault and psychological trauma

Physical injuries to a woman range from cuts to bruises
Many times the innocent to her conscious even loses

The heart starts to burst, when on occasions we hear
Raped women become unconscious and die when injuries are severe

Persistent post-traumatic stress disorder becomes part of their fates
It has been proved that rape survivors have high rates

Will suffer from lot of depression and are likely to decide
They are rape victims and many times commit suicide

Experience sexual dysfunction and fear of sexual problems with arousal
No one would like these victims and send any proposal

In addition to other evils one of the most serious consequences
Raped women have to suffer from unwanted pregnancies

Raping women and make them pregnant, who calls it humanity
They never get support, medical care and can’t preserve dignity

To complete the pregnancy is also one torturous choice
Otherwise with illegal, dangerous abortion methods will have to compromise

To sexually transmitted diseases women are often exposed
Physical and emotional horrors of sexual violations on them are imposed