[LAF] Fw: young people's charter against violence and abuse in the home -

[Volodya]

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This is awesome, and i'll definitely forward it around. I do have a question though, how was it written?
It's just that the language used differs significantly from what i have seen younger people use, and from what
i would use myself when i was even as young as 15. This makes me afraid that although the message of the text
below is liberating for the young people, it was achieved with "help" from adults which "guided" the writing of
it to suit their purposes; as you understand that would be in conflict with what the text actually says. I hope
that i'm wrong in this and that this is truly what it says it is.

                                   - VolodyA! V Anarhist

>     > All colleagues working with children and families -
>     >
>     > The following is a 'charter' written by children and
>     > young people who attended a conference on sexual
>     > violence in Fife organised by the Zero Tolerance
>     > Trust.
>     >
>     > This is our Charter towards creating a world where
>     > the abuse of women and children doesn't happen
>     > anymore.
>     >
>     > Young people should have education from an early age
>     > to help us understand what abuse is, why abuse
>     > happens and how to get help. We believe that all
>     > young people need to know that bullying, hurting and
>     > frightening other people to get your own way is
>     > never OK. We believe that adults should not be
>     > allowed to treat children and young people in this
>     > way.
>     >
>     > Young people and children should have the same
>     > rights to respect and equality as anyone else.
>     > Adults need to accept this.
>     >
>     > We believe that adults need to find ways to help
>     > young people which respects their privacy and their
>     > fears. All adults who work with children and young
>     > people need to learn about the feelings and
>     > difficulties of young people who experience abuse by
>     > listening to young people themselves.
>     >
>     > Young people and children should have a right to
>     > protection from abuse and help and support to
>     > recover from abuse. It should be respected that
>     > young people can make decisions that affect their
>     > lives. Young people who experience abuse need
>     > support services that do not make them stand out as
>     > 'victims'.
>     > These services for young people and children should
>     > be easy to get without having to have lots of adults
>     > make decisions about them. Services which help
>     > should be available in all communities. We believe
>     > that the best people to help young people come to
>     > terms with the effects of abuse in their lives are
>     > often other young people who have experience and an
>     > understanding of their own.
>     >
>     > We expect that mothers who face abuse should have
>     > access to support, refuge and safe housing so that
>     > they can protect themselves and their children.
>     > Young people and children themselves should have the
>     > right to safe housing and refuge.
>     >
>     > Children and young people should have a right to
>     > expect justice from the criminal justice system and
>     > abusers should be sent a strong message that
>     > domestic violence, child sexual abuse and rape and
>     > sexual assault are not acceptable in our world.
>     >
>     > We believe that adults, especially those who run
>     > services for children and young people should listen
>     > to us.
>     >
>     > Our voices are the voices of the future.


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