• If you are a youth-survivor under the age of 30.
• Anyone under the age of 30 who is interested in standing up for the human rights of children. 

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We believe it is a child's human right to live free from abuse. ​

Throughout the world, unhealthy parents are using family court systems and their children to continue post-separation abuse with a severe lack of accountability — and safe parents of all genders (statistically, mostly mothers) are being punished (even losing custody) in their attempts to protect themselves & their children from abuse.

It is estimated that each year in the U.S., tens of thousands of children are court-ordered into the custody of an abusive parent. While this issue impacts parents of all genders and their children, current research proves that mothers are losing custody disproportionately, by as much as 73% of the time, when mothers allege abuse and the accused party responds with an “alienation” claim — sometimes even when the courts acknowledge that the father has abused the mother and the children. 

A United Nations Report on Custody, violence against women and violence against children was recently published by Reem Alsalem, the United Nations Special Rapporteur, on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences on April 13, 2023 and Submitted to the UN Human Rights Council. This report was presented at the UN General Assembly UN Human Rights Council Fifty-third session on June 23, 2023. 

"The report demonstrates how the discredited and unscientific pseudo-concept of parental alienation is used in family law proceedings by abusers as a tool to continue their abuse and coercion and to undermine and discredit allegations of domestic violence made by mothers who are trying to keep their children safe. It also shows how the standard of the best interest of the child is violated by imposing contact between a child and one or both parents and by prioritizing it, even where there is evidence of domestic violence. Predominantly as a result of the lack of training and gender bias and of access to legal support, the custody of children may be awarded to perpetrators of violence, despite evidence of a history of domestic and/or sexual abuse. The risks of such consequences are compounded for women from marginalized groups in society. The report elaborates on systemic issues that lead to additional barriers to justice. Judges and evaluators need to move away from focusing on the identification of behaviours that are contested within the discipline of psychology and towards a focus on the specific facts and contexts of each case." 
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