#WeToo launches movement to bring leading businesses and individuals into the fight against child abuse
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GENEVA and PARIS, Sept. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--
#WeToo, the world's first global organisation to eradicate child abuse,
launches today. It will bring together leading businesses and individuals to
raise funds and awareness to help tackle the growing abuse of children
worldwide.
UNICEF and the World Health Organisation estimate that every year 55 million
children in Europe – and about a billion worldwide – are the victims of
physical, sexual, or psychological abuse or neglect. That is more children than
the population of Europe being abused globally.
While both governments and NGOs such as UNICEF have done much to tackle child
abuse, the problem is still growing, made worse by the COVID pandemic. #WeToo
aims to bring the private sector's dynamism and resources into the work of
ending child abuse.
It will do so in three ways:
1. Raise money: the fight against child abuse is under-funded. Individuals and
leading businesses can help correct that.
2. Distribute effectively: it is not enough just to raise money; we also need
to get it to those who can use it most effectively and quickly. The #WeToo
expert committee will choose projects to fund worldwide according to impact and
quality. All donations will be distributed, monitored and publicly reviewed
every 6 months with interim reviews to ensure milestones are achieved on time
by use of the latest blockchain technology from Concordium.
3. Campaign for action: we, too, can do our best raise awareness of not just
the problem, but also the solution. The further up the public agenda child
abuse goes, the more likely that society, including governments, is to act.
The movement's first event takes place on October 16, 2021, with a global DJ'ed
yoga event hosted by Stewart Gilchrist and Friends, with sessions being held in
the Himalayas, London, Paris, Bali, Copenhagen, Shanghai and New York.
"Children's voices need to be prioritized and heard, not silenced. It is timely
and appropriate that adults unite and commit to stopping child abuse, and I am
so delighted that leading figures in the private sector have offered to help us
solve this pressing and urgent global child abuse crisis. This is just what is
needed to improve the outlook for our children," said Hanna Dam-Stokholm,
#WeToo's founder.
#WeToo has already agreed to work alongside one of the world's leading
professional service providers Ernst & Young, Live Nation, the world's leading
live music promoter, and Concordium, the leading blockchain company.
The organisation's campaign plan has been drawn up by the #WeToo Expert
Committee, comprising some of the world's best child protection experts, such
as Dr Pierre Levy-Soussan, an expert at the French Tribunals and international
child protection expert, and Dr Rasmus Kjeldahl, Director of the Danish
children's NGO "Børns Vilkår."
#WeToo already has in place an exciting agenda of forthcoming events,
campaigns, alliances and concerts, more details of which will be released at a
later date.
About Hanna Dam-Stokholm
Senior expertise from the logistics sector and in launching and building luxury
brands globally (A.P.Moller-Maersk, Estee Lauder, KAO...). Activist, determined
to stop ignorance of child abuse and conjugal violence.
#WeToo contact:
Maribel Conti
Press Officer
maribelc@wetoo.info
+44-(0)7557-491860
6 Rue de la Rôtisserie, 1204 Genève, Switzerland
15 Rue Danielle Casanova, 75001 Paris, France
Source: #WeToo
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