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THE PEDOPHILES IN MACEDONIA HAD PROBLEMATIC CHILDHOOD A father of a minor, had raped his daughter for two years, an uncle had sexually harassed his 14 years old (daughter of a cousin), a father with his friend sexually abused his two daughters. These headlines on the news, lately, confirm the everyday abusive behavior and presence of pedophilia in Macedonia.

The pedophiles have “stoppage” in the psychosexual development and that’s why they feel themselves equal to the children and opposite, children feel them equal to themselves. Some of them were sexually abused in the early days, and that’s why they feel that this kind of behavior is the fitted model for raising their children. According to Freud, that person unaware, thru the love for the child it loves himself. Sometimes the sexual communication with the child, for the pedophiles represents the demonstration of manhood, by comparing his genitals with the victims - says Vera Curakova, a psychiatrist.

Some of the children-victims accept the violent behavior as a game, some of them as an unpleasant act, and some of the victims had lived a trauma with big consequences. Often happens that abused child after the act feels guilt and it develops an opinion that is their fault for the abuse, and some of them develop continuous awareness and expectation of a new harassment.

Furthermore, she says that the children, after they’ve experienced the trauma, should be placed somewhere where they will feel secure and surrounded by love, so that they can establish a control over the reality once again. Therefore, as prevention from this, it is recommended that in front of them should be spoken in third party, like such an event had happened somewhere, and let them, as the time passes by to accept the information.

The Center for Social Affairs informed that in Macedonia aren’t any specialized homes where the sexually abused children could be placed. They say that after the revealing of such an act, first they evaluate the psychosocial condition of the family, so they can decide where there are conditions for the child to remain with his mother or with some of the relatives. If that possibility is excluded, then The Center takes care for the child providing a new home for him.

According to the First Children’s Embassy in the World - Megjashi, the number of the revealed cases is terrifying, and for this year only, three cases of sexual harassment were reported by Megjashi, and other eight cases were discovered by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

For the period of five months we have reports for eleven cases, and according our analysis, in 80 % the children are victims of their own parents or close relatives. On our SOS phone number, 10 % of the total calls are for sexual violence and abuse of the children, and often this cases are reported after five or ten years, says Dragi Zmijanac, Head of the Embassy Magjashi.

According to Children’s Embassy Magjashi, for protection of the children - victims of sexual harassment, a national SOS line should be opened, working 24/7, a shelter camps should be build, or new families should be provided for the children, where they we’ll be constantly surrounded by love, and counseling should be provided for the children victims and their family.

With the new Macedonian Penal Code, a minimum sentence for pedophilia is 10 years in prison and a maximum is lifetime prison. Long term prison penalties are waiting those who committed this kind of felony in their own family. If a teacher or a parent commits a sexual act on a minor, he will stay behind bars for 10 to 15 years and will not be permitted to do this kind of job for a lifetime.