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April - Male Survivors Awareness Month
For the past nine years, the British Columbia Society for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse has organized "Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse Awareness Month" for the month of April. In the first year, five mayors in the Capital Regional District and three in the Greater Vancouver region chose to make that proclamation. Last year seventeen local governments in the Victoria and Vancouver areas joined a growing number of mayors in the U.S. and Canada who make this annual event an important one for male survivors and those who work on their behalf. This year we intend to increase the number of North American mayors who recognize this particular segment of the population.
Proclamation
- WHEREAS, the problem of boyhood sexual
exploitation is often overlooked, neglected and poorly understood; and
- WHEREAS, while efforts to protect female
children from sexual victimization and rehabilitative services provided to those who are
traumatized are underway, collectively applying these same efforts on behalf of male children
has lagged; and
- WHEREAS, boys who are sexually abused usually
lack appropriate adult male role models and mentors to assist them in their recovery, provide
support during any prosecution, and advocate on their behalf with other adults and organizations
and as a result sustain additional trauma and suffer developmentally; and
- WHEREAS, it is encouraged that all adult survivors
provide appropriate nurturing, support and guidance to sexual abuse victims as they are able;
and
- WHEREAS, all adult survivors advocate
for the prevention of childhood sexual abuse and for the development of effective and
comprehensive recobery and rehabilitative programs for victims within the limits of his
or her governmental and cultural restrictions and to the extent he or she is able;
We thank the following cities or districts that have adapted the above proclamation:
- City of Vancouver
- City of North Vancouver
- City of Richmond
- City of Burnaby
- City of Port Coquitlam
- City of Port Moody
- City of New Westminister
- District of Pitt Meadows
Film Night: April (Dates to be announced).
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Columbia Society for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse.
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