2021
Childhood
World
Regnbågsfonden & Childhood
“The invisible Children” Regnbågsfonden & Childhood
Regnbågsfonden and Childhood organised a roundtable discussion for our joint initiative “The Invisible Children”, which started in 2018 with the aim of breaking the culture of silence that prevails around sexual abuse of boys and the fact that LGBTQ children and young people are especially vulnerable.
A roundtable discussion with Childhood & Regnbågsfonden
Regnbågsfonden and Childhood organised a roundtable discussion for our joint initiative “The Invisible Children”, which started in 2018 with the aim of breaking the culture of silence that prevails around sexual abuse of boys and the fact that LGBTQ children and young people are especially vulnerable.
Participants included HM Queen Silvia, Jonas Gardell, Märta Stenevi and representatives from schools, children’s rights organizations, various faith communities, the LGBTQ sphere and the sports and association life.
More about the initiative
– Many years ago, when we started working with support for boys who have been sexually abused, people we met in several countries were unsympathetically. They could not understand the risk of boys being abused. Boys were seen as potential perpetrators, never as victims. Others argued that abuse of boys was not as serious. We have come a long way. But there are still many blind spots. Things we do not want or are unable to see, says H. M. Queen Silvia during the roundtable welcome speech.
Thanks to everyone who participated during the day! Together, we can achieve our goal of creating a concrete difference in society’s way of looking at the vulnerability of boys and LGBTQ children and young people. As well as strengthening the preventive work and reducing the risks of being exposed to sexual abuse.