Hidden in the Spotlight

A film-based impact campaign that opens up a conversation about sexual abuse, specifically about incest.

Goal

In the Netherlands one in ten children falls victim to sexual abuse. The perpetrator is often someone the child knows quite well. With this campaign we want to break the taboo, because the more we talk about it, and show that it’s okay to talk about it, the earlier abuse might come to light, and the better victims might be able to process their trauma. The film offers our audience a (temporary) shared framework from which it is somewhat easier to start an incredibly difficult conversation.

Target audience(s)

1. Victims, survivors 2. Professionals (caregivers) who work with children 3. Organisations involved with this topic

Main activities

1. Empower victims to speak up, empower survivors to process their trauma 2. Build awareness on how prevalent this type of abuse is, and of how easily it goes unnoticed 3. Build awareness on how prevalent this type of abuse is, and of how easily it goes unnoticed

Team

Stichting Impact Makers, foundation that produces storytelling projects

If you live in a house as a child with someone who abuses you, it is extremely difficult. And if that same person also provides your food, the roof over your head, then this also creates an enormous division in you as a victim. Many women, many victims of sexual violence struggle with this

Ronelda S. Kamfer

Relevant dimensions

The dimensions most relevant to this project are: empowering, embodying, caring and learning