The wife of President Miloš Zeman, Ivana, is establishing a charity to
help abused children. In an interview for Saturday’s Mladá fronta Dnes
daily the First Lady said the issue of physically, mentally and sexually
abused children had been marginalized despite the fact that it was a
growing problem. According to official statistics 28 children died of
physical abuse last year alone and 750 suffered sexual abuse. Mrs.
Zemanová appealed to the public to be more vigilant with respect to what
is going on in their neighborhood and not hesitate to report cases of
suspected child abuse.