Where Does Responsibility Sit?
Responsibility is often assumed to sit with organisations, governing bodies, or safeguarding officers. But prevention doesn’t work if it only exists at that level.
Day-to-day environments aren’t shaped by policies alone. They’re shaped by people.
prevention relies heavily on boundaries, and more importantly, on people being able to recognise when those boundaries are clear and when they’re not.
That sounds straightforward, but in sport, it’s not always obvious.
Following on from the conversation around Sexual Assault Awareness Month, it’s clear that while awareness exists, prevention isn’t always as well understood.
"Prevention" is a word that gets used
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and like many others, it brings an important conversation back into focus. Not because the issue only exists now, but because it gives it space. Visibility. A
Instead, we did what journalists and women in this industry always end up doing. We pulled case after case of sexual assault and abuse against girls and women in equestrian sport starting with Ireland, then the UK, then the United States, Australia and the other big horse countries.
