Breaking The Silence Around Sibling Sexual Trauma & Abuse

A lived-experience advocate dedicated to bringing awareness, education, and prevention resources to sibling sexual trauma and abuse.

Be an Ally for SSTA to end Childhood Sexual Abuse

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What Is Sibling Sexual Trauma & Abuse?

Sibling Sexual Trauma and Abuse (SSTA) remains one of the most underrecognized forms of childhood sexual abuse. Many survivors grow up without language, support, or understanding for what happened to them.

SSTA AWARE exists to change that through education, advocacy, prevention, and survivor-centered healing.

Awareness

Breaking stigma fare and silence.

Prevention

Equipping parents, educators, and communities.

Education

Trauma-informed training and resources.

Advocacy

Driving policy and systemic reform.

Healing

Master global languages with real-world practice.

The problem we are solving

Breaking the silence around sibling sexual abuse

Mission

To embed SSTA into every framework that shapes child safety through education, data collection, professional training, and prevention policy — through strategic partnerships, shared learning, and systemic change.

Vision

To create a national shift in awareness, prevention, and response by ensuring that sibling sexual trauma and abuse is recognized, researched, and included within all child protection and prevention systems.