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A roadmap for action
The Out of the Shadows Index is the global benchmark of how 60 countries are preventing and responding to sexual violence against children and adolescents.
May 18, 2026
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The marginalized majority: Honoring Professor S. Caroline Taylor AM
Caroline is internationally recognized as Australia’s leading publicly identified survivor advocate. For more than 30 years, she has stood publicly — and often alone — demanding justice for victims of childhood sexual abuse.
April 29, 2026
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Beyond a story: survivor expertise must inform action to end childhood sexual violence
This dynamic is mirrored in professional spaces, where disclosing yourself as a survivor can impact how others perceive your credibility, often risking being labeled as ‘too sensitive’, ‘too close to the issue’, or ‘too subjective.’ For a long time, I believed I couldn't disclose the abuse I experienced as a child and still be treated as a professional, because as a social worker and trauma therapist, there was an unspoken rule that you could be credible or you could be a survivor, but you couldn't be both. The Northern Ireland Survivor Council was established because we were tired of seeing the same cycles repeat. Tired of hearing time and time again that victims and survivors felt frustrated after sharing their stories, that nothing changed. Survivor councils can give victims and survivors a voice and influence, ensuring that their insights drive the changes that matter. Survivor councils allow lived experience to directly impact policy development and government delivery to keep children safe. They can disrupt the status quo by guiding the direction of policies that directly impact children, adolescents, and other victims and survivors. The Northern Ireland Survivor Council is asking you to be brave.
April 14, 2026
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Safety by design: A turning point for accountability in the digital age
We are moving beyond the idea that harm online is simply about content or individual bad actors. We are beginning to recognize a deeper truth: design choices shape behavior, exposure, and risk at scale. For the past three years, the Brave Movement—through our Safe Online campaign—has been advocating for safety by design and holding technology companies accountable. Their leadership has helped shift the narrative from reaction to prevention, from content moderation to system design, from individual responsibility to corporate accountability. For too long, our responses to online harm have focused on managing risk at the edges—through content moderation, reporting systems, age verification, and parental controls. They do not address the underlying design choices that shape how harm occurs in the first place. The question before us is simple: will we design for harm and try to contain it, or will we design for safety from the start?
March 26, 2026
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A month of milestones – four weeks of amazing survivor-centered activism
This month has been an extraordinary one for our survivor-centered advocacy and activism –a roll call of achievements, events and involvements like no other.
December 1, 2025
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Breaking the silence
"I’m choosing to tell my story for other women to know that they’re not the only ones."
November 5, 2025
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Healing and safety
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Rays of Hope: Creating safe schools and resilient communities in Alexandra
In Alexandra, Rays of Hope Community Development Foundation is creating safe school environments and building resilience against gender-based violence.
October 21, 2025
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Rebelling against harmful narratives: An act of justice
In a patriarchal system no one is truly safe if the community is at odds with the realities of young people. I chose to question and to take action.
October 12, 2025
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Growing communities where young men and boys can thrive
Through mentorship and life-skills training, Golden Voice Foundation challenges harmful norms and promotes social wellbeing for young men and boys.
October 9, 2025
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