Monday, 24 May 2021, 1:25 pm
Auckland, New Zealand – 24th of May,
2021 – One
in five children will experience some form of sexual
abuse before their 18th birthday, and when assaults occur
within the family, sibling sexual assault is five
times more likely – and often far more violent –
than abuse from a trusted adult. We need to change the way
we listen to survivors’ stories, no matter how
uncomfortable they are to hear, and teach people their
secret is safe to tell.
This
is author Naomi Hunter’s truth. A survivor of child sexual
abuse and now an acclaimed children’s book author set out