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- Our response to childhood sexual violence is part of the problem. After I was raped at 16, I felt completely alone. I don’t want any other child to suffer the same.
- We need to free our schools of sexual violence. Millions of children in Africa and beyond are experiencing gender-based
violence in their schools. It has to stop -now.
Kanga Rasi, Social justice advocate and Brave Movement Africa Campaign Manager – oped via aljazeera.com
- Behind every child sex abuse image, there is a real child. Do not let Big Tech convince you that protecting children
is a threat to your privacy.
Bob Shilling, Co-Founder of the Brave Movement, Former Head of Crimes Against Children at INTERPOL – oped via aljazeera.com
- Justice for child sex abuse should not depend on postcodes. The statute of limitations on prosecuting child sexua
l abuse makes children’s rights a postcode lottery.
Dr Matthew McVarish, Co-founder of the Brave Movement, actor, and human rights activist – oped via aljazeera.com
- Healing from the trauma of childhood sexual violence
is possible. But there are barriers that need to be broken.
Tabitha Mpamira, Co-founder of the Brave Movement, founder and CEO of Mutera Global Healing – oped via aljazeera.com
- It’s time to break the silence on childhood sexual violence. If we fail to do so, millions of children will suffer.
Daniela Ligiero Chief Executive Officer, Together for Girls and Co-founder, the Brave Movement – op ed via aljazeera.com
- Inter-American Court Of Human Rights Verdict On Landmark Brisa De Angulo against the State of Bolivia Case Sexual Violence Against Adolescent Girls In Bolivia. – Equality Now
- How to Help Girls Enduring the Unendurable. Nicholas Kristof opinion. – The New York Times
- Online service providers are required to report on how they are implementing the Basic Online Safety Expectations set out by the Australian Government. – Australian E-Safety Commissioner
- Hope, opportunity and urgency: Tackling child violence in 2023 by Dr. Howard Taylor, Executive Director, EVAC – End Violence Against Children
- “What Works to Prevent Online Violence against Children,” new report from WHO on ways to keep children safe online and how to prevent child sexual abuse, including grooming and sexual image abuse. – World Health Organization
- Activist and survivor Patrick Sandford shares his experience of sexual abuse, his healing journey and his work as an activist now. – The Social Matters Podcast
- The Army of Survivors created a Power and Control Wheel, adapted from the original version by the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project, that focuses on power dynamics of abuse specific to sports. – The Army of Survivors
- The United Nations declares November 18 “World Day for the Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Violence” – The United Nations
- This is how a teacher abused me. And why I’m speaking out to help other victims: Patrick Sandford – The Guardian
- Set up in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal by then UK Home Secretary Theresa May, IICSA just published its final report. – Independent Inquiry Child Sexual Abuse
- Prevalence of Online Sexual Offenses Against Children in the US: One-in-six US children Experienced Online Sexual Abuse says New UNH Study – University of New Hampshire
- U.S. Soccer ‘failed’ women’s players, report finds, as new abuse claims emerge – Washington Post
- Prince William makes online safety plea after Molly Russell verdict – BBC News
- Brisa De Angulo: Activist, Survivor, 2017 Make Equality Reality Honoree – Equality Now
- Latest news from the Brave Movement – Newsletter September 2022
- ‘Silence is the crime’: Patrice Evra on surviving abuse and his work with the WHO – The Guardian
- Pope Benedict XVI revelations are a chance to overhaul a rotten system – CNN News
- Struggling with its past, Germany’s 1,000-year-old choir admits girls for the 1st time – WAMU – American University Radio
- Pope denounces ‘evil’ of sexual abuse during service in Quebec City – CBC News
- Spies dispute tech firms’ privacy claims – The Times – Business Telegraph
- Congress must recommit to the global fight against trafficking – The Hill
- Can an EU law save children from harmful content online? – Thomson Reuters Foundation News
- Reproductive Rights are Fundamental Human Rights – Together for Girls
- German sex abuse lawsuit targets former Pope Benedict – Reuters
- Pledges made in Brussels to step up global fight against online child sexual abuse – euronews
- Ex-Manchester United star Patrice Evra wants to end violence against children and details his own experience of sexual abuse – CNN
- Nassar Victims Suing F.B.I. for Early Investigative Failures – The New York Times
- Survivors of child sex abuse will send an open letter to Meta’s major shareholders to protect children online – Yahoo! Finance
- Meta shareholders to vote on resolution asking company to combat online child sexual exploitation – Yahoo! Finance
- A personal experience of violence in school in Nepal – GPE
- A symposium on the imprescriptibility of sexual crimes against minors this Friday – Le Progrés
- Two visions clash over how to fight online child abuse in Europe – WIRED
- Case of Bolivia teen raped by a relative reaches human rights court, two decades later – El País
- Pope Benedict XVI revelations are a chance to overhaul a rotten system – CNN Germany
- Victims of sexualized violence start a movement – Domradio
- EU proposes tighter rules to combat online child abuse images – RTE
- Brave Movement campaigns against sexual violence against children – nd
- Appeal to G-7 countries: Abuse Victims Fund – Süddeutsche Zeitung
- Europe has a plan to fight online child abuse. Critics fear it may erode privacy – CNBC
- Victims of abuse are demanding billions from the G7 for victims’ funds – evangelisch.de
- Pope Benedict XVI revelations are a chance to overhaul a rotten system – CNN Germany