AUSTRALIA
ABC News
The ACT Public Advocate says the terms of reference for the Royal Commission into sexual abuse should be broadened to include emotional abuse.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced a wide-ranging inquiry will investigate child abuse in institutions such as schools, churches and foster homes.
The terms of reference are yet to be announced, but Public Advocate Anita Phillips says it should cover government-run institutions and the abuse of women.
“Many of them, whether they were in single-mothers homes, or young women in organisations run by nuns, they were subjected to physical and emotional abuse,” she said.
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