Feng Yulan's request for help increased by 24% compared with last year. Online support counselor: there is a safe distance for dialogue under the veil

From April last year to March this year, Feng Yulan, the Sexual Violence Crisis Support Center, received a total of 2,665 requests for sexual violence, all of which came from the helpline and the newly added SafeChat online support service of the organization, an increase of nearly 24% over the same period last year. Among them, there were 430 cases of sexual violence that required in-depth follow-up, an increase of nearly 30% over the same period last year. The situation is cause for concern.

From April last year to March this year, Feng Yulan received a total of 2,665 requests for help from sexual violence, an increase of nearly 24% from 2,155 in the same period last year.

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November 25th is the International Day for Ending Women’s Violence. Stormland has released the number of requests for sexual violence in 2020 and 2021. From April last year to March this year, a total of 2,665 requests for sexual violence were received, all from the helpline. The SafeChat online support service newly added by organizations and organizations increased by nearly 24% from 2,155 cases in the same period last year. The number of sexual violence cases requiring in-depth follow-up reached 430, an increase of nearly 30% from the 336 cases in the same period last year.

Feng Yulan’s director-general Wang Xiurong said that last year, the epidemic was severe. Some victims of sexual violence have reduced their outings, which aggravated their emotional distress and family problems. As a result, their emotional support requests increased. Feng Yulan then expanded SafeChat online support in August last year. The services have enabled more victims to receive appropriate emotional support and assistance. "Even in the worst year of the epidemic, Stormland's core services have been operating to provide support to victims of sexual violence in urgent need."

The data shows that the average age of help-seekers using online support services is relatively young, with 80% being 14-29 years old.

"Every time I carefully select words, emojis, and even punctuation."

Online support is different from traditional counseling services. Counselors also need to adapt to walking with victims in new ways.

Feng Yulan’s counselor Anna said, “Sometimes in the entire online conversation, the helpers do not mention their title or gender. I will know their deepest feelings and the most difficult personal history, but no personal identity was revealed. This is probably why they chose to contact us online.”

She described the conversation under the veil with a sense of safe distance. "Every time I carefully select words, emojis, and even punctuation, in order to let them feel that they are listened attentively in the text, and feel that confession is valued, so When they feel safe enough for us to be able to talk to us on the phone or even meet in person later, I was very moved in my heart."

Anna is grateful for the trust of the helpers in Feng Yulan, so that they can hear each other's voice and see each other's expressions, "And I know that the connection between us was established with the text and blank keys in the broadband network."

Feng Yulan's director-general Wang Xiurong said that last year, the epidemic was severe, and some victims of sexual violence reduced their outings, which aggravated their emotional distress and family problems, and increased their emotional support requests.

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Feng Yulan said that he noticed that some of the most widely reported and reported cases of sexual violence in recent years are still targeting the victims, and lacking a full understanding of "sexual consent" criticism and questioning messages.

These questions not only cause further harm to the parties involved in the case, but also weaken the desire of friends who have experienced sexual violence around the public to ask for help.

Feng Yulan described that each word of trust and support can be transformed into the strength of peers and trauma, encouraging the parties to stop being silent, using the International Day to End Women’s Violence, and calling on the public to build a friendly environment and encourage survivors to recover from trauma. In recovery.

Children’s sexual assault began 13 years later, on average, they began to seek help from groups to promote sex education, including regular courses to prevent tragedies, and more than 60% of cases of child sexual assaults increased. Concerned groups urged the government to make sex education separate

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