KIDSPEAK
Womenspeak, the groundbreaking online dialogue between survivors of domestic
violence and parliamentarians, was run by the All Party Parliamentary
Group on Domestic Violence in 1999 in partnership with Women’s Aid
and the Hansard Society.
Although a wide range of issues were raised by survivors, those concerning
children formed the largest category and accounted for half of all the
recommendations made by survivors as priority areas for action. A proposal
was put together to hold a similar forum for children called Kidspeak
but this did not happen due to lack of funding.
No website exists specifically for children experiencing domestic violence,
although several of the national children's charities have helplines /
websites which include domestic violence issues. It is now proposed to
run a forum similar to Womenspeak, for further information see WomansAid.
In Partnership
with:
Proposal
Creating a safe online environment in which children and young people
can interact online and discuss their experiences. As in Womenspeak it
is likely to provide a source of help, information and mutual support.
Aims
of Kidspeak
•
To give children a voice to express their experiences of domestic violence
in a safe and anonymous environment.
• To act as a portal for children seeking help, by directing them
to the help-lines / websites of children's charities.
• To inform the policy debate on the needs of children in these
circumstances.
Model:
•
Based on Womenspeak but with much increased levels of security.
• A
month long moderated interactive bulletin board with clear policy on security
and confidentiality.
• Inclusion
of mechanisms to ensure others cannot identify where they have been.
• Consider
use of Cyber patrol software, which can identify where people come from
to enable tracking of possible paedophiles (but this raises issues about
anonymity)
• www.missdorothy.com
will be used as the main character to attract children, provide welcome
and visual backup on entering the site and help guide children towards
the questions and issues.
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