Background: Awareness of Child sexual abuse and the laws against it are key to rid the society of the widely prevalent evil. Objectives: To estimate the awareness and perceptions toward child sexual abuse and the laws against it in an adult woman population. Materials and Methods: This was a study done on 2500 women residing in Chennai through a semi-structured proforma. It was a descriptive cross-sectional study. The data was collected through google forms and data analysis was done using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) version 28. Results:The study found that only 47.1% of participants were made aware of the possibility of sexual abuse, and only 5.4% were fully aware of the POCSO Act. Younger and more educated participants had higher awareness but were less likely to think sexual abuse should be reported or report it in their families. Conclusion:The study shows the need to increase awareness regarding child sexual abuse and the existing laws against the social evil as only 5.4% of the study subjects were fully aware of the POCSO (Protection of Children from sexual offences)act -2012.