Gender requests councils to share abuse information

Gender Ministry has requested councils to share with it previously unknown information regarding children and families in danger.

The Ministry announced last night that it requested the 200 councils to do so in the next seven days.

The move by the Ministry follows an increase in the number of sexual crimes reported in the country after the case of a two-year-old toddler allegedly molested by elderly family members in G.A Kanduhulhudhoo.