TALK Hong Kong • tackling child sexual abuse

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We are a peer led organization tackling child sexual abuse in Hong Kong. We exist to support survivors and shine a light on the scale of CSA through public awareness and research.

child sexual abuse / sexual assault survivors support group meeting in hong kong — support group meeting
OCT 03

How common is child sexual abuse? Who are the victims? Who abuses children? Our report helps everyone in making evidence-informed responses that best protect as many children as possible from sexual abuse.

read our report

Who are the meetings for?

Adult women or feminine identifying people who experienced child sexual abuse as a minor or sexual assault as an adult

what we mean by sexual abuse

Those who would like to supplement their avenues for healing from their abuse

resources in hong kong

If you are male and interested in forming a group for your community, please get in touch!

See & Do

Enhancing Detection of Child Sexual Exploitation in Financial Services - ICMEC & Risky Women

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Enhancing Detection of Child Exploitation in Financial Transactions | online | 24 Aug 2023

If you are in the financial industry, join Taura Edgar, Founder of TALK, and ICMEC to learn about how you can disrupt the economics of online child sexual abuse

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For Advocates

Position | Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse Bill

Hong Kong will introduce the Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse Bill to LegCo on 14 June 2023. We provide some relevant extracts and our suggestions here.

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TMS | Taura Edgar TALKs about child sexual abuse and supporting survivors

TMS talks with TALK Hong Kong’s founder, Taura Edgar, on how she started the NGO and how they tackle child sexual abuse with research, public awareness, support for survivors.

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Who Does Silence Help? | Taura Edgar | TEDxTinHauWomen

Taura Edgar spoke at TEDxTinHauWomen about TALK Hong Kong’s groundbreaking report on what we do and don’t know about child sexual abuse in Hong Kong.

Why is it important?

12% of children suffer sexual abuse (HK)

15%

15% of girls (9% of boys) sexually abused before 18

96%

of child sexual abuse cases are unreported

93%

of perpetrators are male

from TALK’s ground breaking report

Our report estimates child sexual abuse in Hong Kong prevalence and reviews official data trends 2010-2021. A must-read on what we do and don’t know about CSA.

child sexual abuse increasing

From a report by RainLily, a Hong Kong sexual violence crisis centre, on their cases January 2019 to September 2021.

Under 18 years old when the assault happened (HK)

41%

perpetrator was a family member or relative

33%

living with the perpetrator

70%

not reported to law enforcement

10% of children suffered sexual abuse (UK)

15%

15% of girls (5% of boys) sexually abused before 16

37%

were abused in their own home

61%

of child victims don't tell

Most sexual abuse isn’t reported

From the UK’s Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA Centre) – a multi-disciplinary team, funded by the Home Office.