is under the age of 18, accounting for about 50% of the victims.
The age of the victims upon admission can be estimated based on
the placement duration, and it is found that more than 80% of the
victims were under 16 years old.
（5） The rate of sexual abuse of indigenous children is higher than that
of non-indigenous children: 72 scholars analyzing the statistics
from 2010-2017 found that only about 3.5% of the national
population of children are of indigenous ethnicity, but the
percentage of sexual abuse of this group of children is as high as
about 12%. 73 This highlights the urgent need to focus on the
issue of sexual abuse of indigenous children.
86. Recommendations:
（1） In addition to strengthening the involvement of external
evaluation and investigation mechanisms and establishing an
independent complaint support system, the Government should
create a friendly environment that encourages victims to speak
out, consider adding rational and emotional education courses as
evaluation items for institutions, and urge schools at all levels to
enhance supervision and management of coaches or club
teachers.
（2） There is a lack of literature on the issue of sexual abuse of
indigenous children in Taiwan. The CIP, MOHW, and MOE
should actively collect and analyze data to understand the current
situation, and take into account ethnic and cultural factors to
carry out sexual abuse prevention in remote or indigenous areas.
（3） The Government needs to conduct and publish regular studies on
the prevalence of child sexual abuse to identify risk factors at an
early stage.
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According to MOWH's statistics, the rate of sexual abuse victims among indigenous children with
ROC nationality in 2019 was 0.0038367; the rate of sexual abuse victims among non-indigenous
children with ROC nationality was 0.0013314.
Shen, C.H., Tai, J.T., Chou, C.M., Kao, H.C. (2020). Reflections on the Treatment Journey and Work
of Child Sexual Abuse Cases in Taiwan: An Example of Child Protection Work in Pingtung County.
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