£15.00
This talk will draw out insights for practitioners from a recently completed knowledge review of the research evidence on the sexual abuse of African, Asian and Caribbean heritage children. The talk will provide a brief outline of the shape of the current literature and then hone in two key contexts that inhibit reporting and effective service responses: racism/racialisation and family/communal pressure. The talk will encourage a discussion of how to improve service responses.
It has improved my knowledge and understanding about the range of harms caused to children and their impact as I have been able to network with a wide range of experts from the UK and beyond. There is no other multidisciplinary association for child protection professionals focused on learning to support and improve practice and policy
