by roz | May 24, 2016 | child abuse
Lauren Cox, a married 27-year-old geography teacher, having sex with her 16-year-old pupil is child abuse. However, the popular opinion, especially amongst men, appears to be that her crime is less heinous than if a male teacher were involved with a girl of 16. This...
by roz | Apr 7, 2016 | Women's Health
Cutting female genitalia, without a medical reason, is called Female Genital Mutilation [FGM] and it is rife in Africa, as is child marriage. The two are usually linked. Hidden behind the banner of ‘culture’ FGM and child marriage is really about controlling the...
by roz | Jan 20, 2016 | child abuse
With the news that Lord Janner’s trial of the facts (TOFT), will not continue after his death, some survivors of his alleged child sex abuse have said that the decision to drop the proceedings are ‘an establishment cover-up’. As a champion for the prevention of child...
by roz | Mar 26, 2015 | article, child abuse, law and order, media
If you, like me were looking forward to learning something really important, really ‘shocking’ and new from Trevor Phillip’s programme, “Things We Won’t Say About Race That Are True”, you may be feeling really let down and perhaps found it insulting that “poor and...
by roz | Feb 8, 2015 | Women's Health
FGM is child abuse. It forces girls into a future of pain from the moment they are cut. There are four types FGM; Type 1: The clitoris or clitoral hood is partially or fully removed (also known as clitoridectomy) Type 2: As well as the clitoris, the labia minora are...