SARAH ROSENBERG: The Reality Of Reporting Rape
4/6/20261 hr 8 min
Why do perpetrators get independent legal representation and not victims? Sarah Rosenberg found out first-hand the overwhelming bureaucracy, and lack of resources and representation for victim-survivors when reporting crimes such as sexual assault. Abbie sits down with Sarah to explore how the system is actually geared against victims to have a fair fight, and her work to change it and give victims more agency through her organisation With You We Can.
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CREDITS
Host: Abbie Chatfield @abbiechatfield
Guest: Sarah Rosenberg @withyouwecan_
Executive Producer & Editor: Amy Kimball @amy.kimball
Video Producer: Amy Code
Social Media Manager: Julia Toomey
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Transcript preview
First 90 secondsAbbie Chatfield· Host0:00
It's A Lot is recorded on Gadigal land. We pay our respects to the traditional custodians of this land and to elders past and present. We also would love to extend our respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people listening today, and remind you all that sovereignty was never ceded, and it always was and always will be Aboriginal land. [upbeat music] It's A Lot, isn't it? Everyone, I'm here with an incredible advocate, uh, Sarah Rosenberg. Hello, how are you going?
Sarah Rosenberg· Guest0:33
Hello.
Abbie Chatfield· Host0:34
We're here today to talk about, um, all the advocacy work you do to help people navigate the legal system when it comes to reporting sexual assault, but I'm sure that information reaches out to other, other crimes as well. Um, you have a online network for advocacy called With You We Can. Can you explain what that is and basically how you got there?
Sarah Rosenberg· Guest0:58
Absolutely. So With You We Can is a national resource hub, like a one-stop shop, that aims to demystify the police and legal processes for victims of sexual violence, very much while working to improve those process, so, uh, those processes. So systems change and advocacy is my, um, MO.
Abbie Chatfield· Host1:17
Mm-hmm.
Sarah Rosenberg· Guest1:17
Um, it was born out of a national sector-wide, like, stakeholder mapping and consultation process where the need was established. Um, nothing like it