Young and Powerful & Restorative Justice with Claire McFarlane

In this episode CHOICE is joined by Claire McFarlane, an activist and changemaker peacefully campaigning to end sexual violence by running 16km of beach in every country of the world. With her organisation, Footsteps to Inspire, Claire is focused on creating safe, inclusive spaces for young people and works closely with youth organisations, schools and universities in facilitating awareness weeks and workshops on topics of sexual wellbeing, consent, sexual violence prevention and self-care. Claire and Poppy (CHOICE host) discuss what is restorative justice, healing from SGBV, transforming trauma, and more.

Trigger Warning:
We talk about sexual and gender based violence, alcoholism, suicide and Claire's experiences in detail, please take care and be kind to yourself when listening to this episode if these are triggers for you.

Acronyms used:

• SRHR = Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
• CSE = Comprehensive Sexuality Education
• MIYP = Meaningful and Inclusive Youth Participation
• SGBV = Sexual and Gender Based Violence

Claire's info:

• Website
• LinkedIn
• Instagram

CHOICE's info:

• Facebook
• Instagram
• Twitter
• LinkedIn 
• Website

Podcast theme music by Transistor.fm

Chapters

• 3:00 Who is Claire and Footsteps To Inspire?
• 7:50 Carrying trauma in our bodies
• 11:30 Approaches to healing and compound PTS
• 20:20 How does Claire share her story of surviving rape?
• 26:30 Restorative Justice and going into prisons in The Netherlands
• 39:00 Claire’s Story
• 1:02:00 Why sexual healing from sexual assault is so important?
• 1:14:00 Having conversations with teens on sexual health and relationships can prevent sexual violence
• 1:20:00 Defining Restorative Justice and healing harm
• 1:36:00 Transforming trauma, triggers and tools for life
• 1:46:00 Imposter syndrome is real, lived experience and being an expert on sexual violence
• 1:51:00 Being an agent of change
• 1:53:00 Claire’s key take away for young people