Despite years of lack of any specific child sexual abuse laws in India, which treated them separately from adults in case of sexual offense, the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Bill, 2011 was passed the Indian parliament on May 22, 2012, which came into force from 14 November 2012.In Pakistan, sexual abuse of children is a problem in some madrassas. Child sexual abuse has also been reported in Madrassas across Bangladesh and India.The Kasur child sexual abuse scandal, which involved forced sex acts and an estimated 280 to 300 children, was termed the largest child abuse scandal in Pakistans history.In 2019, Pakistans Human Rights Minister, Shirin Mazari has said that Pakistan was ranked as the country with the largest numbers of child pornography viewers. Geo Pakistan, the Federal Investigation Agency, cyber-crime chief has said, "Child pornography is a business  . . with those involved in the crime linked to international child pornography rings. "In Taiwan, a survey of adolescents reported 2.5% as having experienced childhood sexual abuse.In Uzbekistan, the UK Ambassador Craig Murray wrote that the government, under president Islam Karimov, used child rape to force false confessions from prisoners.
Megans Law which was enacted in 1996 gives the public access to knowledge of sex offenders nationwide.Anne Hastings described these changes in attitudes towards child sexual abuse as "the beginning of one of historys largest social revolutions. "According to John Jay College of Criminal Justice professor B.J. Cling,

"By the early 21st century, the issue of child sexual abuse has become a legitimate focus of professional attention, while increasingly separated from second wave feminism ... As child sexual abuse becomes absorbed into the larger field of interpersonal trauma studies, child sexual abuse studies and intervention strategies have become degendered and largely unaware of their political origins in modern feminism and other vibrant political movements of the 1970s. One may hope that unlike in the past, this rediscovery of child sexual abuse that began in the 70s will not again be followed by collective amnesia. The institutionalization of child maltreatment interventions in federally funded centers, national and international societies, and a host of research studies (in which the United States continues to lead the world) offers grounds for cautious optimism. Nevertheless, as Judith Herman argues cogently, The systematic study of psychological trauma ... depends on the support of a political movement." Media reporting and its quality
Media reporting plays a crucial role in tackling the word-wide problem of child sexual abuse because it puts the issue on the public and political agenda. Media reporting can even contribute to the exposure and criminal investigation of sexual abuse cases in institutions.