<p>An 11-year-old boy in New Zealand has become a father after conceiving a child with the 36-year-old mother of a school friend.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The woman coerced the boy, from Auckland, into repeated sexual encounters over a period of time before becoming pregnant, the New Zealand Herald newspaper reported.<br /><br />The woman gave the boy beer to drink and then later took part in a sexual encounter with him, the report said.<br /><br />The sexual contact continued for a number of months after the initial encounter. The boy had turned 12 by the time the child was born.<br /><br />The Child Youth and Family Services, which took a baby into care about two months ago, confirmed it was dealing with a case at the school and that it was before the courts.<br /><br />According to the report, both the father and child are now understood to be in care after the principal at the boy's school raised the alarm.<br /><br />The case has caused counsellors working in the area of child sexual abuse to highlight the lack of attention given to women as potential offenders.<br /><br />It has prompted Justice Minister Judith Collins to step in saying she will seek more information on the law.<br /><br />"This case raises an important point. I will seek advice from officials on whether or not a law change is required."<br /><br />And it has also highlighted disparity in the law of rape, which makes it impossible for a woman to be accused of the crime. Present legislation stipulates the crime of rape applies only when men force sex.<br /><br />In contrast, women who force an unwilling partner to have sex face charges of sexual violation. Both carry a maximum sentence of 20 years but only men can be charged with rape.<br /><br />The principal said he was shocked when the child revealed the details. The boy approached him in his office about two-thirds of the way through the 2012 school year and told the principal he had a disclosure to make.<br /><br />"You won't be very happy with me," he recalled the boy saying. He said he had been having sex with his friend's mother "and it needs to stop".<br /><br />The principal said the boy was "very aware" of the situation he was in and determined he wanted the contact to end.</p>
<p>An 11-year-old boy in New Zealand has become a father after conceiving a child with the 36-year-old mother of a school friend.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The woman coerced the boy, from Auckland, into repeated sexual encounters over a period of time before becoming pregnant, the New Zealand Herald newspaper reported.<br /><br />The woman gave the boy beer to drink and then later took part in a sexual encounter with him, the report said.<br /><br />The sexual contact continued for a number of months after the initial encounter. The boy had turned 12 by the time the child was born.<br /><br />The Child Youth and Family Services, which took a baby into care about two months ago, confirmed it was dealing with a case at the school and that it was before the courts.<br /><br />According to the report, both the father and child are now understood to be in care after the principal at the boy's school raised the alarm.<br /><br />The case has caused counsellors working in the area of child sexual abuse to highlight the lack of attention given to women as potential offenders.<br /><br />It has prompted Justice Minister Judith Collins to step in saying she will seek more information on the law.<br /><br />"This case raises an important point. I will seek advice from officials on whether or not a law change is required."<br /><br />And it has also highlighted disparity in the law of rape, which makes it impossible for a woman to be accused of the crime. Present legislation stipulates the crime of rape applies only when men force sex.<br /><br />In contrast, women who force an unwilling partner to have sex face charges of sexual violation. Both carry a maximum sentence of 20 years but only men can be charged with rape.<br /><br />The principal said he was shocked when the child revealed the details. The boy approached him in his office about two-thirds of the way through the 2012 school year and told the principal he had a disclosure to make.<br /><br />"You won't be very happy with me," he recalled the boy saying. He said he had been having sex with his friend's mother "and it needs to stop".<br /><br />The principal said the boy was "very aware" of the situation he was in and determined he wanted the contact to end.</p>