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War and Conflict
How can we support refugees who experienced childhood sexual abuse as well as those who experience harm in war and conflict settings?
Trans Identities
How is the experience of childhood sexual abuse different for trans people? How is it the same? What are the current changes in how we talk about trans people in relation to childhood sexual abuse and how does it need to change?
How to Talk About Childhood Sexual Abuse in Vietnamese (Phim)
What can Film and TV teach us about the way people who have experience childhood sexual abuse are often depicted and seen by society?
Repeated Behaviours
For many who were sexually abused by other children, it can be common to ‘repeat’ the behaviours that wronged them, oftentimes without even realising. How do we start to address and prevent this reality in a way that manages shame safely?
Safe Sex Work
How can sex work, when chosen and practiced safely, be a powerful tool to explore sexual feelings around abuse, and take control of our bodies?
Christianity
How can the values of Christianity be used by abusers, and how can they also be used by some to aid healing? Sophia interviews survivor and Pastor Chioma Alade, as she shares her journey with the church and teaches on what forgiveness actually means for survivors of sexual abuse.
Vietnamese Language
Trải nghiệm lạm dụng tình dục thời thơ ấu của người Việt Kiều khác nhau như thế nào?
How is the experience of childhood sexual abuse different for Vietnamese people in the UK?
Cultural Sensitivity
How should our child sex abuse services accomodate for Black, Brown and British Asians who experienced childhood sexual abuse? How can these minoritised experiences affect healing?
Institutions
What role do institutions play in childhood sexual abuse? Are they always on the side of the survivor, and where are the gaps?
Sex, Sexuality & Queerness
What are some experiences around sexuality and queerness that relate to child sexual abuse? What are some harmful assumptions you risk making to someone disclosing to you?
Disclosing
How do you respond when someone tells you that they were sexually abused as a child? How important is that first disclosure?
New to all this?
Talking about childhood sexual harm for the first time can be really scary, whether you’ve experienced it or not. But the conversation shouldn’t be scarier than the abuse itself.
Sometimes people don’t recognise that what they experienced was abuse because it hasn’t been explained properly. We’ve combined some of the best resources on the topic to help you find answers to some ‘frequently asked questions’ questions, and give advice to first-timers on how to respond.
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