The Globe and Mail printed another excellent article which we’d rather you read as opposed to getting lost on the Diigo roll. There’s also another good discussion in the comments. You can read it here along with three related articles.
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Male Rape and Child Abuse charity Survivors UK launched a new ad campaign at the start of the week, mounting large posters on London’s Underground subway system and also at the city’s busiest train station Clapham Junction. The Daily Mail and New York Daily News have the story here and here.
Hopefully the money spent on this campaign will not impact the organisation’s ability to run individual and group therapy on a more routine basis. However, as well as the Six Nations Championship, it will represent the UK’s general buildup to Child Abuse Awareness Month in the US in April. Although not officially recognised in Britain there have been many general TV programmes in support of the American spring initiative over the past two years. Hopefully the international TV support will continue this year as well.
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The Guardian’s Sunday Stablemate, The Observer, also contributed an article last weekend regarding teen girl gang members. You can read it here and Click on The Guardian’s “Society” Tab and Choose ”Youth Justice” followed by “Gangs” to read everything in the series.
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Following on from the BBC’s report into the abuse of teenage girls in modern English street gangs, The Guardian has followed up in print on the subject. The article is here.
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Although this piece was filed at the end of last week, it’s still worth reading for the Facebook comment trail which has developed since publication. You can read this at the Anchorage Press website here.
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Whilst there has been anecdotal belief about the effects of childhood abuse on brain development, this study provides some solid research in an attempt to back up the theory. You can read about it at the Guardian website here.
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The BBC’s Regional documentary strand, Inside Out for the East of England, ran a report in the past ten days about the possible future effects of the content that social network users post online.
The report concentrated mainly on the effects on future careers for adults but the BBC’s Webwise site which was mentioned in the report, has examined wider angles on the issue than just work. Even so, it was interesting to note the interviewer who stated that although they would start by looking at a LinkedIn profile, that this would naturally gravitate to Twitter and Facebook in the end. It was also the first assertion I’d seen on British television that people not using Social Networks might be perceived in the same way as jobseekers lacking mobile phones; behind the times and not making themselves contactable, irrespective of the medium.
The site is here. If the official Share Take Care link ever fails, the direct Webwise link is here.
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The final episode in the modern Protecting Our Children series from the BBC, covering social work, ended on Monday 13th February. The cutoff for viewing the entire series is 10pm Monday 20th February, so you’d have to start watching from 7pm to see all three episodes.
When the series finishes its online run, then visit the related website here for further information.
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The British Government has announced UKP 1.2million for a fund aimed at helping the teenage girl victims of street gangs who are routinely raped and abused upon joining. BBC London has the story here on its site with input from a survivor that founded her own charity to tackle the problem.
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