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20/03/2024

Why are children and young people still being sexually abused?

The answer is that we do not, as a community, believe that it is important enough to a…

14/03/2024

Healing Hidden Wounds

I recently wrote to the Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, Ged Kearney MP…

07/03/2024

Female leaders unite to end child sexual abuse

Why is it so important that female leadership is at the forefront of the fight again…

28/02/2024

Australia’s efforts to end child sexual abuse – are we leading or lagging?

The National Centre’s vision is a future without child sexual abuse. To realise th…

14/11/2023

Concerning misuse of child abuse data feeds misinformation

This week has seen the circulation of misinformation used in support of Peter Dutt…

02/11/2023

Designing for Change

In early 2023, the National Centre engaged creative agency Storyfolk to work with…

15/09/2023

Why budget transparency is so important in tackling child sexual abuse

With more than 3,000 people in attendance virtually, it was a great privilege to re…

04/09/2023

A community is like a jigsaw puzzle

Statement by National Centre CEO Dr Leanne Beagley for National Child Protection …

10/06/2023

Building capability about child sexual abuse

Over the last year, victims and survivors of child sexual abuse have told the Natio…

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The National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse (National Centre) respectfully acknowledges and celebrates the many Traditional Owners of the lands throughout Australia and pay our respects to ancestors of this country and Elders past and present. We recognise that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, culture and lore have existed within Australia continuously for over 65,000 years.

We acknowledge the ongoing leadership of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia and those who have and continue to work tirelessly to address inequalities and improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander justice outcomes for children and young people. The National Centre is committed to ensuring that the voices of those whose lives are affected by the decisions governments make should fundamentally inform those decisions. First Nations voices must be heard, raised and amplified through a Voice to Parliament. It is time for genuine and significant reform to progress healing through the Uluru Statement from the Heart.

We seek to honour the lived and living expertise of all victims and survivors of child sexual abuse, harnessing all ages, cultures, abilities and backgrounds, and commit to substantially addressing the harm of child sexual abuse, now and well into the future. We recognise that there are children and young people today who are experiencing sexual abuse and dedicate ourselves to doing all we can to promote their effective protection and care.

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Why are children and young people still being sexually abused?

Healing Hidden Wounds

Female leaders unite to end child sexual abuse

Australia’s efforts to end child sexual abuse – are we leading or lagging?

Concerning misuse of child abuse data feeds misinformation

Designing for Change

Why budget transparency is so important in tackling child sexual abuse

A community is like a jigsaw puzzle

Building capability about child sexual abuse

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Preventing repeat child exploitation material offending: An international evaluation of the CEM-COPE Program

Conceptualising and Estimating the Costs of Child Sexual Exploitation (Phase One of Australian Study into Economic Costs of Child Sexual Exploitation)

An environmental scan of Child Sexual Abuse related workforce training offerings in Australia

Enhancing the capability of Australia’s Primary Health Workforce to respond to child sexual abuse

CHANGE – curtailing harm and navigating growth: evidence for change pathways of young people who have engaged in harmful sexual behaviour

Amplifying the voices of victim-survivors: Advancing the harmful sexual behaviour evidence base – the Ava project

Reshaping the Conversation: Development of a shared language and preferred definitions guide endorsed by victims and survivors of child sexual abuse

Building a knowledge frame for responding to the needs of children and young people who have engaged in harmful sexual behaviour

Children and Young People’s Safety Project

Child safe practices using contextual safeguarding strategies

The more I talk, the stronger I get: unlocking our past to free our future

Delivering trauma-informed support for child sexual abuse victims in Victoria: mapping the knowledge gaps and training needs of the specialist sectors

Online child sexual victimisation and associated mental health outcomes

Differentiating adverse childhood experience profiles of male youths who exhibit harmful sexual behaviours

Response to child sexual abuse

Preventing repeat child exploitation material offending: An international evaluation of the CEM-COPE Program

Evaluation of the Multi-Agency Investigation & Support Team

Conceptualising and Estimating the Costs of Child Sexual Exploitation (Phase One of Australian Study into Economic Costs of Child Sexual Exploitation)

Effect of multi-agency deliberation on perceptions of risk in responses to child abuse and neglect

The Australian child sexual abuse attitudes, knowledge and response study

CHANGE – curtailing harm and navigating growth: evidence for change pathways of young people who have engaged in harmful sexual behaviour

Improving legal, policy and practice responses to the intersection of domestic violence perpetration and child sexual abuse offending

Into the war zone: disclosure and disbelief in the Family Court

Understanding the experiences of child sexual abuse disclosure in Australia in the wake of the Royal Commission

Building trauma-responsive sexual health and relationship education

Learning from victims and survivors about what helps disclosure and responses to child sexual abuse

Amplifying the voices of victim-survivors: Advancing the harmful sexual behaviour evidence base – the Ava project

The dignity by design project: survivor-led system redesign

Evaluating a harmful sexual behaviour education program in a residential care setting

Community as experts: investigating the context, needs and help-seeking pathways for child sexual abuse survivors and their supporters in the NSW Bega Valley

Developing and implementing a framework for abuse prevention through culture change and organisational development

Reshaping the Conversation: Development of a shared language and preferred definitions guide endorsed by victims and survivors of child sexual abuse

Building a knowledge frame for responding to the needs of children and young people who have engaged in harmful sexual behaviour

Australian Child Maltreatment Study

Children and Young People’s Safety Project

Child safe practices using contextual safeguarding strategies

Enhancing the capacity of rural and regional respectful relationship educators

Strengthening relationships and connections for young people in therapeutic residential care

The safeguarding capability of adults in Catholic Church ministries: a global perspective

Creating safer futures: raising public awareness of child sexual abuse among young adults through digital storytelling

Survivor perspectives on institutional use of child sexual abuse material

The more I talk, the stronger I get: unlocking our past to free our future

Delivering trauma-informed support for child sexual abuse victims in Victoria: mapping the knowledge gaps and training needs of the specialist sectors

Online child sexual victimisation and associated mental health outcomes

Differentiating adverse childhood experience profiles of male youths who exhibit harmful sexual behaviours

Needs of victims and survivors

Evaluation of the Multi-Agency Investigation & Support Team

The Australian child sexual abuse attitudes, knowledge and response study

An environmental scan of Child Sexual Abuse related workforce training offerings in Australia

Enhancing the capability of Australia’s Primary Health Workforce to respond to child sexual abuse

Improving legal, policy and practice responses to the intersection of domestic violence perpetration and child sexual abuse offending

Into the war zone: disclosure and disbelief in the Family Court

Understanding the experiences of child sexual abuse disclosure in Australia in the wake of the Royal Commission

Building trauma-responsive sexual health and relationship education

Learning from victims and survivors about what helps disclosure and responses to child sexual abuse

Amplifying the voices of victim-survivors: Advancing the harmful sexual behaviour evidence base – the Ava project

The dignity by design project: survivor-led system redesign

Supporting continuous quality improvement in safeguarding at Hockey Australia and other national sporting organisations

Evaluating a harmful sexual behaviour education program in a residential care setting

Community as experts: investigating the context, needs and help-seeking pathways for child sexual abuse survivors and their supporters in the NSW Bega Valley

Enhancing the capacity of rural and regional respectful relationship educators

Creating safer futures: raising public awareness of child sexual abuse among young adults through digital storytelling

Survivor perspectives on institutional use of child sexual abuse material

The more I talk, the stronger I get: unlocking our past to free our future

Prevention of child sexual abuse

Preventing repeat child exploitation material offending: An international evaluation of the CEM-COPE Program

Conceptualising and Estimating the Costs of Child Sexual Exploitation (Phase One of Australian Study into Economic Costs of Child Sexual Exploitation)

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