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Out of the Frying Pan: Ukrainian Child Trafficking and Institutional Safeguarding

Leave a Comment / Abuse, Current Events / By Mubinur Rahman

I was met with a calamitous headline from UNICEF a couple of days ago; “Ukraine war creating a child refugee every second”. Child traffickers and organised criminals have moved at lightning pace to take advantage of disrupted family networks and the general confusion arising from war. We are already seeing reports of children going missing …

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The Faces We Fail to See – FACES Conference

Leave a Comment / Abuse, Identity / By Melissa Llewellyn

“The things you talked about make such sense but I had never thought about them in this way. Excited about sharing with colleagues.” “It was uncomfortable at times but in a good way. It has given me much food for thought. Thank you FACES!” Our 2019 conference brought together people from local mosques, churches, charities, …

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The role of ethnicity, gender and faith in safeguarding

Leave a Comment / Faith, Identity / By Melissa Llewellyn

Through research, inquiries and guidance from leading charities and authorities we repeatedly learn that when it comes to safeguarding, ethnicity, gender and faith are not things that can be overlooked.

“Invitation to Brave Space” – Let’s talk about racism

Leave a Comment / Faith, Identity / By Rehana Faisal

I recently wrote in response to the Quilliam Foundation’s report on child sexual exploitation (CSE). I asserted then, as I continue to do so, that to racialise both victims and perpetrators of CSE is damaging and exposes all our children and young people to harm. I mentioned an encounter I had with a young, Pakistani …

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Shamima Begum: Children, Grooming and Consent

Leave a Comment / Abuse, Current Events, Faith, Identity / By Rehana Faisal

This week, the Times published an article which documented the story of Shamima Begum, one of the three 15-year-old girls from Britain who travelled together to Syria around 4 years ago. The journalist, Anthony Loyd, had traced Shamima to a refugee camp in Syria. Heavily pregnant at the time of the interview, the now 19-year-old …

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‘Name it. Shame it. Protect the children’

Leave a Comment / Abuse, Current Events, Identity / By Rehana Faisal

Maajid Nawaz, self-styled Islamic ‘reformer’ and founder of the Quilliam Foundation recently tweeted: […] Yet more ‘grooming gang’ (racially aggravated gang rape) convictions. Once again, all convicted are of my own heritage: British Pakistani Muslim. And there are more to come. Enough with the denial. Name it. Shame it. Protect the children. This tweet is …

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