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Homeschooling Regulation, Institutional Power, and the Erasure of School-Based Abuse

A survivor-led analysis of safeguarding policy and institutional accountability This article examines recent proposals to expand state oversight of home education in England, questioning the assumptions that underpin them. Written from lived experience alongside engagement with safeguarding policy and research, … Continue reading

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Systemic Foster Care Omissions and the Lifelong Barriers They Create

An Analysis Informed by Lived Experience Introduction The purpose of this work is to document, analyse, and contextualise experiences within the UK care system from the perspective of someone directly affected by it. By combining personal testimony with existing research … Continue reading

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Foster Care Displacement: Criminalization, Credibility, and hidden agenda.

When I was 10 years old, I spoke up about sexual abuse for the first time.I believed that telling the truth would make the adults around me protect me.Instead, the foster care system was used to displace, criminalize and disorientate … Continue reading

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