Beyond the siloes: Building capacity for a child rights-based approach to responding to child sexual abuse through Barnahus Ireland

Maria Lotty; Blathnaid McCabe; Sinead Hegarty; Rosaleen McElvaney; Aoife Deacon; Eimear Lacey; Keith O'Reilly; Sarah Roarty

Beyond the siloes: Building capacity for a child rights-based approach to responding to child sexual abuse through Barnahus Ireland

Maria Lotty
, Blathnaid McCabe
, Sinead Hegarty
, Rosaleen McElvaney
, Aoife Deacon
, Eimear Lacey
, Keith O'Reilly
, Sarah Roarty

School of Applied Social Studies

University College Dublin

Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

Original language	English (Ireland)
Publication status	Published - Oct 2025
Event	National Child Protection and Welfare Social Work Conference - University College Cork, Cork, Ireland Duration: 23 Oct 2025 → 24 Oct 2025 https://www.ucc.ie/en/swconf/

Conference

Conference	National Child Protection and Welfare Social Work Conference
Abbreviated title	SWCONF
Country/Territory	Ireland
City	Cork
Period	23/10/25 → 24/10/25
Internet address	https://www.ucc.ie/en/swconf/

UCC Futures

Children

Keywords

child sexual abuse
Barnahus
Child protection and welfare

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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