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‘My Justice, My Voice: Speaking up to end childhood sexual violence’ - New short film tracing the lived experience of three survivors of childhood sexual violence premieres at an exclusive screening in Cape Town ahead of G20 in South Africa
New short film tracing the lived experience of three survivors of childhood sexual violence premieres at an exclusive screening in Cape Town ahead of G20 in South Africa
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New campaign in Renfrewshire to tackle child exploitation
Published by The Gazette
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Víctimas de abusos sexuales se concentran ante el Congreso para pedir que los delitos de pederastia no prescriban
Published by Antena 3 Noticias
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Las víctimas de pederastia protestan por la falta de avances en la ley para hacer imprescriptible la violencia sexual en la infancia
Published by El País
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Víctimas de abusos piden a PSOE y Sumar que “dejen de bloquear” la imprescriptibilidad de delitos de pederastia
Published by La Vanguardia
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Survivors as experts, not storytellers: Three lessons governments must act on
The Brave Movement welcomes this focus and the recognition, in the 2025 FCM Communiqué, that survivor voices and expertise must continue to inform efforts to prevent and respond to child sexual abuse. Every day, technology companies launch new apps and innovations with brash disregard for child safety. Governments must look to secure stable, sustained funding for frontline responders, social services, and trauma-informed prevention programs. This includes massive investment in awareness-raising campaigns and mandatory incorporation of online safety into national education curricula. Tech companies must enhance safety by allocating increased resources to Trust and Safety teams, while also supporting public-private partnerships for prevention education. For too long, governments and tech companies have treated survivors as witnesses of trauma rather than strategists for solutions. The numbers are staggering; over a billion people worldwide are survivors of child sexual violence. Prevention education must: Increase in scale and trauma-informed with national campaigns, and mandatory, accessible education. Prevention is not just moral; it is practical and an economic priority. The first visible signs that governments are serious will be: Major investment in trauma-informed prevention education, Large-scale evidence-based awareness campaigns, and Putting prevention on the political agenda nationally, regionally and globally.
September 19, 2025
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The unsung hero: An interview with Florence Keya
Daniela Ligiero, Founder, Brave Movement. Day in and day out, she works directly with girls facing violence and trauma, making sure they are not alone. Florence is the founder and CEO of Maisha Girls Safe House (MGSH) in Kenya—a grassroots organization she established in 2016, grounded in her own experience as a survivor of sexual violence as a child. MGSH offers a continuum of care and protection to girls under 19 who have experienced sexual violence or are at risk of human trafficking. Florence and her team also operate community-based safe spaces in vulnerable areas and advocate tirelessly to prevent sexual and gender-based violence. Florence's presence in the Brave Movement—since the earliest days of SAGE—has grounded us in community, purpose, and action. Through Brave and other survivor networks, I’ve built a circle that truly understands and uplifts me. Why did you choose to join as a co-founder of the Brave Movement? A global movement? It was also the first time I’d heard about a space created specifically for childhood sexual violence survivors. Brave showed me that even if we’re in different countries, speaking different languages, our stories echo each other. How has being part of this movement impacted you and your work? Brave gave me belonging. Beyond visibility, Brave helped me grow. Brave helped me understand how advocacy can ripple from local to global and back again. More people know that child sexual violence is a crime. Brave is helping unlock that potential. Where do you see the Brave Movement in 10 years? I believe Brave will have swept the world. In 10 years, I see Brave being everywhere—driving policy, changing minds, saving lives. Everyone can play a role in ending child sexual violence. Stay tuned for more interviews with our co-founders as we continue to spotlight the power of survivor leadership in the Brave Movement.
September 10, 2025
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'We've been talked over, talked about and talked for - now we're talking for ourselves' - abuse survivors Haileigh Ashton Lamont and Michelle Duffy spoke to Frank about the need for victims' voices to be heard
Published by U105 Radio
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Youth leaders gather at the Y20 South Africa Summit to shape global governance
Published by IOL News
