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There is a new London-based network, the Sexual Violence Action and Awareness Network SVAAN
- If you join the network you will receive regular e-news updates on the sector, and can attend bi-monthly meetings.
- The Sexual Violence Action and Awareness Network is a London-based Network of women who work with survivors of sexual violence or work with the issue of violence against women.
- There is a wealth of expertise and knowledge held within this group which is predominantly made up of front-line workers.
- This Network is working towards ending sexual violence.
- Our first priority is to build a viable and sustainable sexual violence sector in London, in order to meet the needs of survivors of sexual violence, who are overwhelming women and children.
- Other priorities will include lobbying for greater funding for the sector, specifically for
- more funding for women-run, community-based, and other specialist services
- more funding for services for adult survivors of childhood sexual assault and incest
- new infrastructure body for the sector
- greater acknowledgement of expertise of sector, and need for consultation with front-line services
- If you are working on any campaigns to improve the state of the sexual violence sector, please let us know, so we can publicise it to the rest of the sector, and we may be able to support your campaign as well.
- If you have any information you would like publicised to the sector, please email the address below.
- If you would like to join this email list, please email phoebe@wrc.org.uk with 'SVAAN subscribe' as the subject
Below is a list of the contents of the latest e-news - Sexual Violence Action and Awareness Network Update (19/08/04) with links to policy, research, events, campaigns and information about (or related to) the sexual violence sector in London:
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