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. one notorious example is the boston globe coverage of the sex abuse scandal in the catholic archdiocese of boston for which the newspaper received a pulitzer prize for public service in 2003. another award-winning example is the indianapolis star coverage of the usa gymnastics sex abuse scandal in 2016. media reporting can be very beneficial by giving survivors a voice and informing the public. media reporting can also violate the rights of abuse survivors and disseminate misleading and harmful messages. content analyses of news reporting have revealed several quality issues such as a focus on sensationalized individual cases (so-called episodic framing) and neglect of thematic framing in the sense of contextualizing individual cases and pointing to the systematic problems that enable child sexual abuse. when media reporting on child sexual abuse is investigated, usual methodological approaches are the media content analysis and the media quality analysis. here it is important to not only analyze text but also documentary and stock photos commonly used in media that report about child sexual abuse. research shows that myths and stereotypes about child sexual abuse are disseminated through text and images alike. several checklists and guidelines for journalist have been published by violence prevention and journalism organizations to help improve the quality of news reporting on child sexual abuse. future media content and media quality analyses will show if and how the quality of news reporting on child sexual abuse will be improving over time in different countries and across different media systems. civil lawsuits in the united states growing awareness of child sexual abuse has sparked an increasing number of civil lawsuits for monetary damages stemming from such incidents. increased awareness of child sexual abuse has encouraged more victims to come forward, whereas in the past victims often kept their abuse secret. some states have enacted specific laws lengthening the applicable statutes of limitations so as to allow victims of child sexual abuse to file suit sometimes years after they have reached the age of majority. such lawsuits can be brought where a person or entity, such as a school, church or youth organization, or daycare was charged with supervising the child but failed to do so with child sexual abuse resulting, making the individual or institution liable. in the catholic sex abuse cases the various roman catholic diocese in the united states have paid out approximately $1 billion settling hundreds of such lawsuits since the early 1990s. there have also been lawsuits involving the american religious right. crimes have allegedly gone unreported and victims were pressured into silence. as lawsuits can involve demanding procedures there is a concern that children or adults who file suit will be re-victimized by defendants through the legal process, much as rape victims can be re-victimized by the accused in criminal rape trials. the child sexual abuse plaintiff's attorney thomas a. cifarelli has written that children involved in the legal system, particularly victims of sexual abuse and molestation, should be afforded certain procedural safeguards to protect them from harassment during the legal process. in june 2008 in zambia the issue of teacher-student sexual abuse and sexual assault was brought to the attention of the high court of zambia where a landmark case decision, with presiding judge philip musonda, awarded $45million zambian kwacha (us$13,000) to the plaintiff, a 13-year-old girl for sexual abuse and rape by her school teacher. this claim was brought against her teacher as a "person of authority" who, as judge musonda stated, "had a moral superiority (responsibility) over his students" at the time. a 2000 world health organization – geneva report, "world report on violence and health (chap 6 – sexual violence)" states, "action in schools is vital for reducing sexual and other forms of violence. in many countries a sexual relation between a teacher and a pupil is not a serious disciplinary offence and policies on sexual harassment in schools either do not exist or are not implemented. in recent years, though, some countries have introduced laws prohibiting sexual relations between teachers and pupils. such measures are important in helping eradicate sexual harassment in schools. at the same time, a wider range of actions is also needed, including changes to teacher training and recruitment and reforms of curricula, so as to transform gender relations in schools."