Laws against child sexual abuse

18 reactions · 8 comments | “Nothing about us without us” Dive into the powerful insights from Professor S Caroline Taylor, co-author of the #CouncilOfEurope guidelines for policy makers on engaging with victims and survivors of childhood sexual violence #CSEA ❗️ The guidelines provide essential principles for policy makers on how to engage in a meaningful and safe way with victims and survivors to create holistic, evidence-based policies that effectively protect children, facilitate healing, and ensure justice. The newly published guidelines have been developed by two prominent survivor advocates with extensive experience in engaging and facilitating victim and survivor participation in policy making, Professor S Caroline Taylor and Sophie Otiende “Child sexual violence and exploitation is an urgent and unremitting issue across the globe. Genuine and strategic engagement with survivor advocates in the development, design and implementation of policy, legislation and programmes are key to eradicating these heinous crimes against children. As a survivor advocate, policy makers will never have to be as brave as we have had to be in our lives. But we are asking policy makers to show bravery and courage in adopting these guidelines”. Discover the guidelines on the Council of Europe website: https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/launching-gender-equality-strategy-2024-2029-ten-years-since-istanbul-convention-entered-into-force #LearningFromSurvivors #EndChildSexualAbuseDay #BeBrave #ViolenceIsPreventable | Council of Europe