No one could fail to be horrified by the violation experienced by the young woman strip searched in her school, known as ‘Girl Q’. Dismayed, shocked, outraged; whomever you spoke to about this awful event was clear; it should never be allowed to happen again. It should never have happened in the first place.
The truth is, in order for something like this to be allowed to happen (in a place of assumed safety), there were a variety of factors at play that could oh so easily be translated to any number of environments.
Youth workers from a wide range of settings and backgrounds were talking about this. Everyone that I spoke to was getting emails, texts and calls about it. It rightly fed into every interaction. And because of this, we decided collectively to take action.
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