ChildLinK, is a civil society organisation located in Guyana, South America. The organisation, actively addresses care, protection and the mitigation of childhood insecurities and vulnerabilities. This chapter focuses on ChildLinK’s pivotal role in forging partnerships with diverse policy actors, through the implementation of Child Advocacy Centres (CACs), to more effectively combat Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) as a gendered human security challenge in Guyana. The narrative unpacks the mechanics of co-constructing the CAC among diverse policy actors. The objective of the CAC is to establish a model of policy intervention that not only prosecutes CSA perpetrators, but also prioritises the psychosocial, and broader healing needs of CSA survivors and their families. This collaborative and multi-disciplinary approach to CSA, offers a child-friendly policy space, that weighs the need for justice and the necessity of a GBV response, mindful of the right of the survivor to a humane policy process. At the heart of this community security-informed approach is the centring of survivors’ needs through the CACs’ work. This approach aims to minimise harm to CSA survivors and challenges prevailing state-centric policies by enhancing civil society engagement in policy-making and considering nuanced readings of gender-based insecurities. The chapter aims to evaluate the efficacy of rights-based approaches to CSA within the broader policy framework, contributing to a comprehensive and inclusive response to CSA while fostering an inclusive policy landscape.

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Child Sexual Abuse, ChildLinK, Civil Society and Communities of Practice in Collaboration with the Guyanese State

  • Omattie Madray,
  • Hasani Tinnie

摘要

ChildLinK, is a civil society organisation located in Guyana, South America. The organisation, actively addresses care, protection and the mitigation of childhood insecurities and vulnerabilities. This chapter focuses on ChildLinK’s pivotal role in forging partnerships with diverse policy actors, through the implementation of Child Advocacy Centres (CACs), to more effectively combat Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) as a gendered human security challenge in Guyana. The narrative unpacks the mechanics of co-constructing the CAC among diverse policy actors. The objective of the CAC is to establish a model of policy intervention that not only prosecutes CSA perpetrators, but also prioritises the psychosocial, and broader healing needs of CSA survivors and their families. This collaborative and multi-disciplinary approach to CSA, offers a child-friendly policy space, that weighs the need for justice and the necessity of a GBV response, mindful of the right of the survivor to a humane policy process. At the heart of this community security-informed approach is the centring of survivors’ needs through the CACs’ work. This approach aims to minimise harm to CSA survivors and challenges prevailing state-centric policies by enhancing civil society engagement in policy-making and considering nuanced readings of gender-based insecurities. The chapter aims to evaluate the efficacy of rights-based approaches to CSA within the broader policy framework, contributing to a comprehensive and inclusive response to CSA while fostering an inclusive policy landscape.