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Facilitate coalition and communication
between charities and government organisations working to stop child
abuse, child prostitution, child pornography, human trafficking, and
those working to rehabilitate offenders, validate adult survivors, and
offer trainings and services to charities helping those escaping abuse and sexual slavery.
Engage the public with
these human rights issues through live theatre, short
films, audience discussions, panel discussions with
representative charities, presentations at universities, government
agencies and NGOs, awareness-raising events, articles, interviews, and
conferences.
Educate staff and volunteers for charities, law enforcement, social services, schools, and hospitals on identification, support, and intervention techniques.
Encourage understanding
of the
psychological consequences of trauma,
including post-traumatic stress disorder and disassociation. Denial
and repression of the abuse experiences are necessary survival tools in
childhood. In adulthood, if the trauma is not processed, this internal
pressure may lead to repeating the "cycle of abuse" through direct or indirect perpetration against children, emotional neglect, and exposing a child to abusers.
Facilitate societal healing and reduce isolation
of those who have experienced abuse and struggle with the effects. More
public awareness about the issue increases the day-to-day support,
understanding, and acceptance available to survivors, which makes
recovery easier.
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| Outspiral was established in 2011 by Raven Kaliana, a survivor and children's human rights activist, theatre and film director, puppeteer and puppet maker.
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