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The Unbearable Cost of "Cure": Why Prevention is Our Only Path to Protecting Children Online (and How You Can Help)

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The internet, a powerful tool for connection and learning, has a dark underbelly: online child sexual exploitation and abuse (OCSEA). The images and videos shared, the grooming and manipulation that occur, leave indelible scars on young lives. While efforts to identify and prosecute perpetrators, and to support survivors, are crucial, focusing solely on these "cures" is akin to mopping up a flooded room while the tap is still running. Prevention, uncomfortable and complex as it may seem, is not just better – it's the only truly humane and effective way forward. The devastating impact of OCSEA on a child's life is immeasurable. Trauma, psychological damage, difficulty forming healthy relationships, and a lifetime of struggle are often the consequences. Even with the best therapeutic interventions, the wounds may never fully heal. To wait for a child to be harmed before intervening is to accept a level of suffering that no society should tolerate. The emotional and fina...
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Non Executive Director -- International opportunity

OPPORTUNITY FOR INTERNATIONAL NON EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER IS OPEN Are you passionate about promoting the professionalism of social program and project management in the international development sector? Are you looking for ways to help project managers working on the ground who are making the difference? Join CYPLP  Board of Directors as Non Executive Director. CYPLP Non Executive Board of Director  is voluntary and we are seeking for two (2) passionate and motivated volunteers to join us, with a range of skills or experience to complement our current Board. CYPLP Board Members empathize with the organization’s vision and mission, are unpaid, and act as advisors to the organization’s operations in their specific areas of expertise. As the organization is small but with great impact, they also use their professional expertise to support and contribute to the work of the organization. They are committed to the success of CYPLP. CYPLP Board Members come from the non-profit a...
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One booklet to safeguarding child abduction during school hours in Nigeria

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There has been an increase in the number of child abduction( and attempts) in Nigeria, especially during school hours. Some of these cases are reported and recorded, and many have not. Interestingly, most child abductions have been recovered by law enforcement agencies, while many others are still not yet rescued. Effort for rescue must be intensified.  Abduction is a traumatic experience for a child, especially girl child; even if they are rescued or and found alive they are not the same. The child has been brutally injured psychologically, abused and assuslted. Such trauma may linger for a very long time. It will take a lot of healing for the child to recover from such experience. It is therefore better to prevent, rather than cure, child abduction.  Dennis Ekwere is the founder and facilitator of youth focused social movement - "Children and Young People Living for Peace(CYPLP), based in Nigeria. He was wrongly alleged of child abduction by his landlord when they disagreed ...
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Online sexual harassment and safety guide for women

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Have you ever been harassed in the street? Received a crass message on a dating app? Had a coworker make a comment about your appearance that just didn’t sit right? You’re not alone. With the #MeToo movement, it’s easy to log onto Twitter or Facebook and see just how many women are victims of sexual harassment. Whether in person or online, women everywhere have experienced it in one way or another. And with all the new ways the internet has opened avenues of communication,  online harassment is more prevalent than ever . According to a  study  by the Pew Research Center,  most online abuse takes place on social media . Although men are also subject to online harassment – which includes name calling, derision, and physical threats – the study found that online,  women are more than twice as likely as men to experience sexual harassment .   In addition,  more than half of women ages 18-29 report having been sent sexually explicit images without their con...
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