Our May 2023 Brown Bag event zeroed in on just how important preventing image-based sexual violence is to ensuring that children and young people can lead a safe and secure life, now and into the future. With a focus on the extent of harms that follow victim-survivors of this extreme form of abuse, this session featured key takeaways from survivors and advocates on the path towards justice and healing. As the ways we are able to connect online expand, so do the risks that offenders will easily reach and harm children.
The session brought a global perspective to inform our local response, and shared how all the different organisations, companies, and individuals working in this space can collaborate to move toward the greater goal of protecting children from this online harm that has real-life, devastating consequences.
View the recording below.
Based in San Diego, California, Andrea Powell is the Director of the Image-based Sexual Abuse Initiative at Panorama Global. In her role, Andrea is responsible for building partnerships and mobilising efforts towards the vision of a world where no one experiences the enduring trauma that results from image-based abuse, and other types of online harm. For the past 18 years, Andrea has led national and international efforts to develop services, housing, and policies to advance the rights and healing of survivors of human trafficking, sexual exploitation, and sexual abuse. She has served and interfaced with over 2,000 survivors of trafficking and gender-based violence in the US, the Balkans, Bangladesh, India, and Uganda.
We’re currently finalising the details for our June Brown Bag Event and will provide information shortly.
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