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Our Ethos
Separating online child sex abuse whether it is chat-room grooming, distribution of illegal images or any other form of attack, cannot and should not be separated from offline consequences.
People who prey on children whether for personal pleasure or other illegal gain do it in a way that exploits any possible opportunity. Any response must similarly be all encompassing.
Everyone who cares about the plight of our children and those who help spread the message loud and clear.
"WHO" are we?
Rock Against Child Pornography & Abuse is an awareness campaign Group, comprised out of people who want to make heard the silent or silenced topic, of child pornography, child abuse and the exploitation of children."WHY" are we doing this?
The original idea came from a group of German students. The mission is to raise awareness of the risk to children online and the risk to children from the evil of paedophiles and paedophilia in whatever context or form it may arise. We want to spread the message that we ALL can do something!"HOW" do we do this?
We are organising music concerts, primarily within the rock genre, to combine live performances with the strong message that any form of exploitation of children is NOT acceptable. Through the medium of music performed both live and otherwise we reach out to the thousands who want a voice to see reform for our children in the modern world."CHARITY" as we never profit.
By donating all our proceeds to children’s charities, they can deploy more resources for the fight against child pornography, childabuse and the exploitation of children! We at no point, ever, profit from any activity founded by RACA."HELP" that comes from you guys.
We need YOUR help too! Tell your friends and family about our work and come to our concerts, the more people we can reach, the better!If you have a band and would love to play at one of our concerts, please get in contact with us!
We are ordinary people, with ordinary lives, who got involved in something that we all believed in completely.
We are the same as every one of you who reads this, parents, step parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters, human beings...our common ground is that we all had enough, more than enough, and we want to do something, not just make noises...but actively want to get involved in making changes that will protect our children, all of them.
We demand changes in the law that offer better protection to our children...that simple...or that complex depending on how it is looked at. It needs to start with educating the children, equipping them to be confident enough to be able to report any kind of inappropriate advances , and then of course making sure that reporting procedures are simple and effective.
Internet Service providers should be made responsible and accountable for what goes through their networks, and legislation put in place that forces them to monitor those networks. Filtering and monitoring software should be fitted as standard or supplied free to parents. There should be much harsher punishments in place for convicted paedophiles, and those who create, collect and distribute child pornography.
We intend to lobby government and encourage people to start asking exactly where their present governmental representatives stand on these issues. © 2008 BethUK
The term 'Child pornography' used by us to describe the business of producing, for the sale or loan of photographic images, film and video of our CHILDREN has come under 'public' scrutiny on many occasions since the inception of RACP&A Ireland and more generally experienced throughout RACP&A internationally.
Everyone, including ourselves, would prefer the word 'CHILD' and 'PORNOGRAPHY' never be associated and fervently wish those reasons that led to their combination and the term 'Child pornography' did not exist in modern day Ireland.
The contemporary viewpoint of sexual child abuse in Ireland, upholds the traditional belief that only a few 'bad apples' spoil the barrel contained within the myriad religious and social prosecutions awaiting and before the law courts. Therefore affording a negligible effect on the lives of only a small proportion of our children unfortunate enough to have found themselves involved in this profitable and sordid business worldwide.
The abuse of children in our society is not an open question. It does not afford the luxury of debate. It cannot be open to interpretation. If we suppose that child abuse may be right or it may be wrong then we have asked as a society one question too many.
Dialogue on causation of child abusers rather than their effect on the child abused are a waste of public resource and suggest that society is more concerned with the effect upon its international reputation and rather than any hurt, made upon the mind, body and soul of its children in their constitutional care.
Some 27 % of all Irish children have experienced sexual abuse before the age of 17 and 4.15% of all Irish children raped as children.
There are over one million children in Ireland today simple math will tell you the significant amount of children in present day Ireland, affected by those statistics.
It is not until those with the power invested to do so, will these crimes against our humanity, the destruction of the lives, the souls and bodies of our children, be contained in any meaningful way.
When this happens the activities of organisations such as, Rock Against Child Pornography & Abuse. Ireland, formed solely to raise awareness and put an end to the SILENCE surrounding the issues of child pornography, child abuse and overall exploitation of our children, will desist.
© 2008 Séafra Ó Ceallaigh Project Co-ordinator for RACP&A Ireland
Useful Websites
Barnardo's
Barnardo's help children, young people and their families to address the issues they face - together. www.barnardos.com
Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC)
The ISPCC works with children, parents and other key partners in ensuring the creation of a society in which all children are loved, nurtured and where child abuse is eradicated.
www.ispcc.ie
ScoilNet
ScoilNet offers a dedicated online service to pupils, teachers and parents.
www.scoilnet.ie
WebWise.ie
Internet safety advice and activities for children
www.webwise.ie
CARI
Children at Risk in Ireland, is a foundation providing clinical services to the victims of child sexual abuse
www.cari.ie
Chat Danger
How to keep children safe in Chat Rooms.
www.chatdanger.com
Get Netwise
GetNetWise is a public service brought to you by a wide range of Internet industry corporations and public interest organizations.
www.getnetwise.org
Cyber Smart Kids
This site will help you and your family to find out how to be cybersmart and use the Internet safely. www.cybersmartkids.com.au
Safe Kids
SafeKids.Com where you'll find tips, advice and suggestions to make your family's online experience fun and productive!
www.safekids.com
Child Net
Childnet International - the children's Internet charity committed to helping to make the Internet a great and safe place for children.
www.childnet-int.org
InSafe
The European project to coordinate Internet safety awareness   Â
www.saferinternet.org
ICRA
The Internet Content Rating AssociationÂ
www.icra.org