Services for CSA survivors not providing long-term support, report finds
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Over 640 victims and survivors of child sexual abuse and exploitation in the UK have shared their stories in a global effort to raise awareness about the realities of sexual violence against children, the challenges of disclosure and recovery, and its enduring impact on their lives.
This Social Work Today article discusses Protect Children's The Our Voice Survivors in the UK report, which collected evidence that aims to hear and amplify the long-silenced voices and wisdom of those who endured sexual violence during their childhood.
Distressing insights highlight that over a half of the surveyed victims and survivors were first subject to sexual violence when they were 3 to 9 years old and nine out of survivors said that the perpetrator was someone they knew from before, with almost half reporting the perpetrator lived in the same household.
