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Professionals must face duty to report child sexual abuse, says inquiry

Community Care

Professionals must be under a legal duty to report child sexual abuse, and face criminal sanctions for not doing so, to tackle the systemic under-acknowledgement of CSA. Children, particularly those who are sexually exploited, are often degraded and abused by multiple perpetrators.

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LGBT+ History Month: embrace diversity

Social Care

"It is a great joy to be living in a country and era which recognises and celebrates diversity and has the legal means to make sure exclusion, discrimination and oppression, based on sexual orientation are not tolerated." We must reflect the society we serve. Image created by freepik.com ]. The journey from adversity to equality.

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When Our Body Doesn’t Match….

Gary Direnfeld

Society has long discriminated on the basis of gender, sexual orientation and when one’s anatomy doesn’t match a person’s felt gender. If we judge, let it be not be on a person’s appearance, gender, sexual orientation or aligning with their true gender. Unfortunately, many fears are founded in reality.

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Register for this event – Disclosure of Sexual Abuse: encouragement, facilitation, and support

Irish Socail Worker

Disclosing experiences of sexual abuse can involve many barriers and hurdles. It is therefore vital for society and for individuals impacted by abuse that disclosure is encouraged, facilitated, and supported. A one-day virtual seminar funded by the Irish Research Council and UCD Seed Funding – October 8th, 2021.

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Break the silence on child abuse | Letters

The Guardian

For decades, society has turned a deaf ear to the suffering of children at the hands of abusive adults. Sexual abuse and violence at the hands of adults (men and women) was rife. So, as the headline to the article rightly puts it: “As long as we avert our gaze from sexual abuse, we will continue to fail children.”

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Child Abuse Prevention Month

Social Work Blog

The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( CAPTA ) defines child abuse and neglect as any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caregiver that results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse, or exploitation, or an act or failure to act that presents an imminent risk of serious harm.

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Microaggressions towards LGBT individuals: what about clinical practice?

Society of Clinical Psychology

Often therapists may ask more questions on the sexual identity of cisgender LGB and transgender clients because they connect the patients’ symptoms with their sexual orientation and gender identity (Anzani et al., avoiding to talk about gender or sexuality). the only issue discussed is the client’s sexual identity).

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