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I read this article today and it’s made me so sad and angry. The book I’m writing is about child trafficking in the late 19th century and NOTHING has changed. The recruitment techniques, debt bondage to keep them working…NOTHING has changed. Why not? Victim blaming fuelled by class and/or racism or…whatever enables people to think…
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I’m taking part in the ‘Reels and Rhymes’ festival, where films inspire poetry. Sign up and join us. Final event is on World Poetry Day on the 21st March. https://www.lisarussellfilms.com/reelsandrhymes
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Thank to The University of Sheffield my film ‘Flow’ about adults disclosing childhood sexual abuse #CSA is now available with subtitles in multiple languages here: https://player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/flow. The picture above shows Maasai subtitles. Languages available are: Albanian, Chinese (simplified and traditional), French, Filipino/Tagalog, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Maasai, Malay, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Tamil, Urdu, Uzbek. If you…
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Really REALLY happy to share that our film ‘Flow,’ about the disclosure of childhood sexual abuse, has been selected for the prestigious Women Deliver Conference and Arts & Film Festival in Rwanda. We’ll be (virtually) there at the screening and also listening to the amazing speakers including Stacey Abrams, Malala Yousafzai and former New Zealand…
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I’ve been busy with fieldwork in the last month or so, either that or being on strike (a long story!). I’m working as a researcher on a Nuffield funded project looking at domestic violence and child protection. You can read a blog about it here. Some good news about the film Flow. I’ve been awarded…
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The University of Sheffield has featured my research on their website. Read the article here: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/research/features/changing-support-practises-adults-experience-childhood-trauma
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I wanted to update you on all that’s happened this year and what’s coming up in my CSA research. What I wanted to do with my research was improve things, even a tiny bit, and it looks like it is happening. So this year we made a film ‘Flow.’ On the steering group were people with lived…
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This week I’ve training child psychologists on working with traumatised kids and presented to healthcare workers in Australia. On my mind now is this quote from Käthe Kollwitz and I finally feel like I’m doing it. How about you?
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People came from all over the world to see the film ‘Flow’ yesterday in our ISPCAN webinar. Watch it yourself
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Please note: The film does not have any scenes of abuse but may be upsetting for people who have experienced trauma because it is about the struggle to be heard. Please tell me what you thought about the film. We also have a training resource pack. There are also further research based resources.
Modern & Historical Research about Child Sexual Abuse 