bullying. However, such resolutions should avoid causing
secondary victimization.
Issue 17 Child Sexual Abuse and Sexual Harassment
85. According to Control Yuan investigation63 and government statistics,
the number of reported cases of suspected sexual abuse and harassment
on campus has been increasing since 2006. The number of reported
cases of sexual abuse of children in placement organizations has also
been increasing year by year. Areas of concern include:
(1) High percentage of sexual abuse through power and influence in
schools and placement organizations: Analysis of 17 major child
sexual abuse cases investigated by the Control Yuan over the
years indicates that most of them occurred in schools and
placement organizations, 64 and 76.47% (13 cases) were
committed by the victims' teachers, coaches, or supervisors with
more power and influence. The number and percentage of cases
of sexual abuse65 and sexual harassment66 by teachers against
students are increasing yearly. Most cases happened to children
in junior high and high (vocational) schools.67 In addition, the
Control Yuan investigation68 revealed that there are still cases of
teacher-to-student sexual abuse on campus that are not actively
handled by the school even with the knowledge of such incidents,
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The Control Yuan investigation report approved on Aug 17, 2021. (A Review of the Government's
Effectiveness in Preventing Child Sexual Abuse).
6 cases occurred in placement organizations (2 in organizations for children, and 4 in placement
organizations for people with physical disabilities), 11 cases occurred in schools (including a mass
sexual abuse case at the School for Students with Hearing Impairments in Tainan).
According to MOE's "Factual Statistics on Campus Sexual Abuse Investigations - Categorization by
Relationship" from 2014 to 2020, the number and percentage of teacher-to-student sexual abuse are:
2014 (32 cases, 4.54%), 2015 (18 cases, 3.46%), 2016 (34 cases, 7.33%), 2017 (29 cases, 7%), 2018
(38 cases, 9.90%), 2019 (40 cases, 9.69%), 2020 (36 cases, 8.82%), respectively.
According to MOE's "Factual Statistics of Campus Sexual Harassment Investigations - Categorization
by Relationship" from 2016 to 2020, the number and percentage of cases of teacher-to-student sexual
harassment are: 2016 (109 cases, 7.81%), 2017 (218 cases, 13.89%), 2018 (226 cases, 14.57%), 2019
(227 cases, 13.44%), and 2020 (296 cases, 14.55%), respectively.
According to MOHW's 2020 sexual assault victim profile statistics, there were 9,212 victims, of which
5,978 (64.89%) were children. The distribution of victims by age group was: 0 to under 6 years old
(329, 5.50%), 6 to under 12 years old (759, 12.70%), and 12 to under 18 years old (4,890, 81.80%).
The Control Yuan investigation report approved on Jul 16, 2020 (A Teacher Who Has Been Given an
Excellent Teaching Award and Taught For More Than 20 Years Involved In Sexual Abuse and
Harassment Of 31 Students), the Control Yuan investigation report approved on Jul 16, 2020 (A Judo
Coach Sexually Abused Students), the Control Yuan investigation report approved on Sep 12, 2019
(A Baseball Coach Sexually Abused Students), the Control Yuan investigation report approved on Jul
16, 2020 (A Club Teacher Sexually Abused Students).
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