Domestic abuse services are failing LGBT victims
Services for women fleeing domestic abuse and sexual violence in the UK have developed over the past 40 years, from grassroots services staffed by volunteers to a professionalised (if still small) sector. With roots in second-wave feminism and with heterosexual women being the majority of victims, it is not surprising that services like shelters and helplines have focused primarily on meeting their needs.
Tags: LGBT, sexual abuse, Shannon Harvey, Wales, domestic abuse, domestic abuse services, violence
Preventing child sexual abuse though proactive intervention
Today saw Marina Yannakoudakis, Conservative MEP for London, host a meeting at the European Parliament in Brussels to discuss a Europe-wide initiative to prevent children’s sexual abuse – Stop it Now. We were invited to the meeting as leaders of the European Online Grooming Project, the largest European research study into the behaviour of online groomers and the young people targeted for online and offline sexual abuse. Here Stephen Webster discusses how our findings can inform the Stop it Now campaign in a number of ways.
Tags: child abuse, crime and justice, European Online Grooming Project, sexual abuse, Stop it Now!
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