minimetoo South Africa

A very powerful thing happened a group of people deeply invested in addressing the staggeringly high levels of child sexual abuse in South Africa joined together to ignite a Movement. As the Executive Director Of South African Male Survivors Of Sexual Abuse, I fully support this campaign.

#MiniMeToo was initiated by Women and Men Against Child Abuse to create a culture of consciousness. We need to take away the responsibility of blame, shame and humiliation from the victim and shift it to the perpetrators. It is a Campaign that we want to become a movement that works to break the silence – abusers are protected by silence and it’s time to have courageous conversations and to create safe environments for victims. By using #MiniMeToo we are saying:

When I am older I don’t want to be a #MeToo
I have the right to be safe
Don’t protect adults who sexually abuse children