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Kate Rohdenburg (current WISE Education and Outreach Coordinator) and Christina Stoltz (formor WISE Program Advocate, current Crisis Intervention Advocate at Sezim Crisis Center in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) were accepted to present their paper "Worlds Apart: How Social Networking Technologies Blur the Boundaries Between Sexual Assault Prevention and Perpetration" at the First International Online Conference on Child Sexual Abuse Prevention. The conference happens virtually in March. Social networking is a new horizon for WISE and as we start to really imagine our organization's participation online, this experience presenting to international colleagues will certainly guide our work. Wish them luck!

The paper summary:

This paper globally contextualizes contemporary trends in discourse, teaching, and activism by highlighting the ways in which First and Third World communities outreach programs utilize virtual social networks and by examining the benefits and challenges these organizations face. From the perspectives of two gender-based violence intervention organizations, WISE victim advocacy and support center in New Hampshire, USA and the Sezim Crisis Center in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, this paper addresses the following trends in crisis intervention, education coordination, and social networking:...

Find out more about the conference sponsored by Deakin University.