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Welsh Women’s Aid in partnership with Rape And Sexual Abuse Support Centre (RASASC) North Wales invite you to a multi-agency seminar: Addressing Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation in Wales - Improving prevention, protection and provision of support.

This will be followed by a training workshop for Welsh Women's Aid members and specialist services from 14:00 - 15:30.

Highly experienced, award-winning and influential speakers include:

- Jessica Eaton - Independent Specialist in the Psychology of Victims of Sexual Violence, Abuse, Sexual Trauma and the Social Phenomena of Victim Blaming

- Yasmin Rehman - Independent International Specialist on Race, Faith, Gender and Human Rights

- Nazir Afzal - National Advisor for Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence

About the event:

Child sexual exploitation and abuse is happening every day across Wales, yet how well are we really doing to deliver protection, support and prevent exploitation and abuse? This multi-agency seminar, hosted by Welsh Women's Aid in partnership with RASASC North Wales, aims to improve our responses to child sexual exploitation and abuse, so that it is identified early, addressed effectively and ultimately prevented.

At a time when the conversation around 'adverse childhood experiences' is high on everyone’s agenda, we provide an opportunity for agencies to hear from prominent speakers, to explore how we can foster collaboration between VAWDASV specialist services and statutory safeguarding services, and deliver trauma informed responses that do no more harm.

The half-day seminar will be followed by a dedicated training workshop for 3rd sector specialist services, on delivering best practice responses to children and young people experiencing or at risk of sexual exploitation and abuse.

*A full agenda of the day will be sent nearer the time

Child Sexual Exploitation & Abuse in Wales: Improving prevention, protection and provision of support