children & young people who experience domestic abuse access our services
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Children & young peoplewho experience Domestic Abuse
access our services....
.... and as professionals our work practices touch lives &
influence development....
.... and we will all be remembered.... as part of the
problem or as part of the solution
‘It’s as if we don’t exist..they can catch you if youdon’t have a telly licenceBut they can’t catch you
for behaving like thatto a human being…my mum has no life’said by Mark aged 10
‘If people could just knowwhat he’s like….
he should be locked up forthe things he’s done to my mum.’
said by Robert aged 12
‘I wish I had a dad likemy pal Sean ‘cos his dad
is kind even to other childrenthat’s not even his and
my dad is kind to none of us.’said by Danny aged 7
“It feels sad if nobodyworries for you
and they don’t help you.
My mum always worries for usbut she’s only a little mum.
I think if you’re just littleother people should help for youif you get scared of big people‘cos they can hurt you easy.
My dad used to hurted my mumAnd nobody helpeded her
but now they doso she’s not got to
just do it all on our own”
said by Amy aged 6
What exactly is it that the wee folkare asking?
They’re asking us big folk to take care of them!
‘I like teachers
that don’t shout the
best’
‘Jane visits to talk to me, I like
her but she always ask me stuff and I wish
she could not ask so many
questions. I don’t like
questions but I like her when
she just talks to me’
’my teacher at nursery says she’s glad I’m at her nursery
now’
‘When I’m big I’m going to be a teacher and let the
children just have to do some work’
‘I’m going to be a good policeman
when I grow up and help the
mums and the children when
they get scared’
‘I want to be a nurse ‘cos they help you if you nearly be dead’
‘I like the nurse what comes to see my mum but she’s not really a nurse ‘cos she has a car but she’s
not got a hospital’
I like the after school club it’s not got shouting so you get to have good
things to do and no
shouting’
Who are you all anyway?
ordinary people...who make an extraordinary difference
There is a crack in everything...
that’s how the light gets in.
Leonard Cohen
What can the grown ups do?
redefine women:
with rights to respect, autonomy and safety
build a nation in which women are free
build a nation which is a safe space to grow children
and get that VAW tree out of our soil once & for all
A tree of harms called Violence against Women
childhood sexual abuse
stalking
rape & sexual assault
domestic abuse
human trafficking
prostitution
Commercial sexual
exploitation
honour killings
forced marriage
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