News & Media
Schools sports and grooming: Why is this such a widespread issue?
As many as one in three children, in fact, fall prey to opportunistic adults… Too many stories of school sports coaches taking advantage of their positions are making headlines. If the headlines are to be believed, it would appear that the sexual abuse of children is widespread in schools and [Read More]
Should children as young as 8 be watching Squid Game? Surprisingly, parents and experts disagree
Squid Game is South Korean survival drama television series streaming on Netflix that follows hundreds of players who have accepted an invitation to compete in children’s games for a monetary reward. However, the players soon discover that losing in these games means a grisly death. The show has an age restriction of 16, [Read More]
Quarterly Report: Apr to Jun 2021
Women and Men Against Child Abuse officially launched its athlete’s wing‚ which is fronted by one of the victims whohelped put disgraced tennis star and child rapist Bob Hewitt behind bars. Olivia Jasriel is already dealing with cases involving allegations of abuse in netball‚ swimming and water polo‚ alongwith co-founder [Read More]
Quarterly Report: Jan to Mar 2021
We saw a lower number of children during the first quarter, compared to the same period last year:2021 = 544 children, vs 2020 = 655 Not unexpected, as the Covid pandemic is still negatively influencing children being brought for services. Parents are struggling and the police are thinly stretched. The [Read More]
Quarterly Report: Oct to Dec 2020
WMACA has successfully pulled through another year in light of the economic hardships felt by the Covid pandemic. From a financial perspective, we have experienced generosity from sources and people that usually have not sponsored our sector. Having said that, we, unfortunately, lost two of our long term sponsors who [Read More]
