ADFs Board Member Meg Donevan was invited to speak at the ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐บ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด & ๐ข๐ป๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป hosted by Toronto Metropolitan University, Faculty of Community Services. Bringing together mental-health practitioners, child-welfare professionals, researchers, policymakers, law-enforcement experts, and survivors, the symposium sought to break down silos and spotlight the urgent need for a coordinated, interdisciplinary, trauma-informed response to child sex trafficking and online exploitation.
Meg shared her research on emerging digital platforms for exploitation and unpacked the unique, long-term harms of online sexual exploitation.
The Board of ADF is very proud of having Meg Donevan as our Board Member and for the work she is doing.