Closed petition Combating, breaking the myths and taboo on Child Sexual Abuse (CSA). Ensuring Survivors are not pathologised & victimised by our society.

Closed on 29 April 2014

We Survivors of CSA ask for your help and support in;

- ensuring adequate provisions of support/services available & accessible in every city/county by specialist staff in CSA.
- eliminating adherence to stereotypes & what supposedly defines a 'real survivor'.
- ensuring every service is inclusive of providing support to CSA Survivors & adequately funded.
- providing free specialist long term psychotherapy, not based solely on clinical diagnosis & reducing waiting times.
- ensuring there are trained staff who understand the cultural difficulties faced by a BME/Ethnic CSA Survivors.
- providing services/professionals with supplementary training in order to support CSA Survivors.
- ensuring there are stricter guidelines, sensitivity on media reporting on CSA.
- CSA Survivors to be consulted when implementing policies or development of services.
- CSA Survivors to be respected both during police disclosure and medical examination.

We thank you for your support and time.