Alliance: FAQ and Factsheets: Generation Five

FAQ and Factsheets: Generation Five

Generation Five is a non-profit organization that brings together diverse community leaders working to end child sexual abuse within five generations. Our programs provide leadership training to community members, activists and agency professionals and foster national strategy and information exchange on child sexual abuse. We are not a direct service organization; rather, we work in collaboration with service providers to ensure that affordable, culturally relevant support is available to survivors, offenders, and affected families.

[1] Child Sexual Abuse: Defining the Problem

Mental health approaches to child sexual abuse tend to ignore the social and cultural context of any given episode of sexual abuse. As an organization, Generation Five is committed to shifting responses to child sexual abuse from individualized, mental health approaches to approaches that acknowledge child sexual abuse and exploitation as a social and political issue. The public health approach, the family violence approach, and the human rights approach are discussed as alternatives to the mental health approach. [[2] More...]

[3] 10 Frequently Asked Questions about Child Sexual Abuse

Below are ten of the most frequently asked questions about child sexual abuse. Many of these questions come from the misinformation and stereotypes that we learn about the sexual abuse of children. [[4] More...]

[1]: http://www.nycagainstrape.org/home/nycaasa/stage.nycagainstrape.org/survivors_factsheet_85.html
[2]: http://www.nycagainstrape.org/home/nycaasa/stage.nycagainstrape.org/survivors_factsheet_85.html
[3]: http://www.nycagainstrape.org/home/nycaasa/stage.nycagainstrape.org/faq_category_103.html
[4]: http://www.nycagainstrape.org/home/nycaasa/stage.nycagainstrape.org/survivors_factsheet_.html

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