{"id":13920,"date":"2022-09-27T03:56:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T10:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=13920"},"modified":"2022-09-27T03:58:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T10:58:14","slug":"silence-is-the-crime-patrice-evra-on-surviving-abuse-and-his-work-with-the-who-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=13920","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;&#8216;Silence is the crime\u2019: Patrice Evra on surviving abuse and his work with the WHO&#8221;, The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tracy McVeigh in New York,\u00a0<a class=\"dcr-1mkplas\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tone\/interview\">Interview<\/a>, September 27, 2022<\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-zjgnrw\" data-gu-name=\"standfirst\">\n<div class=\" dcr-vd3qw2\">\n<p><em>Last year, the former Manchester United and France footballer revealed the sexual abuse he experienced at 13. Now, he is determined to help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2022\/sep\/27\/patrice-evra-on-surviving-sexual-abuse-who\">protect children worldwide<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-pn0kqp\" data-gu-name=\"media\">\n<div class=\"dcr-krkkhw\">\n<div class=\"dcr-16n5mgq\">\n<figure id=\"d33a20c7-f0cb-42f9-877a-6b155535f1c2\" class=\"dcr-13udsys\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1b267dg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1b267dg\"><picture class=\"dcr-4zleql\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/acdb02346b72a4fd9c02cfdd5d3f47846658bb82\/0_452_6823_4094\/master\/6823.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=45&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=cb1457c42522df9d0794f9d408535ab4\" media=\"(min-width: 980px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 980px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/acdb02346b72a4fd9c02cfdd5d3f47846658bb82\/0_452_6823_4094\/master\/6823.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=85&amp;fit=max&amp;s=017226063b71608f5bf2f45eb5af4bf6\" media=\"(min-width: 980px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/acdb02346b72a4fd9c02cfdd5d3f47846658bb82\/0_452_6823_4094\/master\/6823.jpg?width=700&amp;quality=45&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=e80bc3125ae176a77fec5ce222310124\" media=\"(min-width: 740px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 740px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/acdb02346b72a4fd9c02cfdd5d3f47846658bb82\/0_452_6823_4094\/master\/6823.jpg?width=700&amp;quality=85&amp;fit=max&amp;s=4abdc23714caaf2f9e45ea2bd184ee4d\" media=\"(min-width: 740px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/acdb02346b72a4fd9c02cfdd5d3f47846658bb82\/0_452_6823_4094\/master\/6823.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=45&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=cb1457c42522df9d0794f9d408535ab4\" media=\"(min-width: 660px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 660px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/acdb02346b72a4fd9c02cfdd5d3f47846658bb82\/0_452_6823_4094\/master\/6823.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=85&amp;fit=max&amp;s=017226063b71608f5bf2f45eb5af4bf6\" media=\"(min-width: 660px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/acdb02346b72a4fd9c02cfdd5d3f47846658bb82\/0_452_6823_4094\/master\/6823.jpg?width=645&amp;quality=45&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=f8a02a723920e6ed633c5634f5d40084\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 480px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/acdb02346b72a4fd9c02cfdd5d3f47846658bb82\/0_452_6823_4094\/master\/6823.jpg?width=645&amp;quality=85&amp;fit=max&amp;s=fff71b834ddc01ed1b2e8ee2e9021cce\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/acdb02346b72a4fd9c02cfdd5d3f47846658bb82\/0_452_6823_4094\/master\/6823.jpg?width=465&amp;quality=45&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=1c581f910ceaa3ec659c825daf6f29cf\" media=\"(min-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/acdb02346b72a4fd9c02cfdd5d3f47846658bb82\/0_452_6823_4094\/master\/6823.jpg?width=465&amp;quality=85&amp;fit=max&amp;s=2ebd9ea81a369629631f6c6390618f40\" media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"dcr-4zleql\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/acdb02346b72a4fd9c02cfdd5d3f47846658bb82\/0_452_6823_4094\/master\/6823.jpg?width=465&amp;quality=85&amp;fit=max&amp;s=2ebd9ea81a369629631f6c6390618f40\" alt=\"\u2018People were in shock when I wrote this in my book. So I wanted to share,\u2019 says Evra.\" width=\"465\" height=\"279\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"dcr-w6u133\"><span class=\"dcr-19x4pdv\">\u2018People were in shock when I wrote this in my book. So I wanted to share,\u2019 says Evra.<\/span>Photograph: Joe Short<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-1o781fl\" data-gu-name=\"lines\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"dcr-1aul2ye\" data-gu-name=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"dcr-krkkhw\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"dcr-1jw1u7l\" data-gu-name=\"body\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14iimgd\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-5gcz4n\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-18wsxay\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\"><span class=\"dcr-114to15\"><span class=\"dcr-1jnp7wy\">H<\/span><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\">is autobiography had been written and was at the printers when international football star Patrice Evra decided he had something important to add about his life. But first he had to tell his mum. \u201cThat was the hardest challenge,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd I was a 40-year-old man.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\">Until that point last year, the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/manchester-united\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Manchester United<\/a> and French national team captain had never spoken about being sexually abused by a teacher when he was 13.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\">Last week the Senegal-born Evra stepped on what he called \u201cthe most famous podium in the world\u201d \u2013 the stage of the UN general assembly in New York \u2013 to speak about the abuse and his decision to take up a new role campaigning for the protection of children, especially in Africa. That moment, he says, and the standing ovation for his impassioned call for action, meant more to him than any of the trophies he accumulated in his world-class football career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\">\u201cPeople were in shock when I wrote this in my book. So I wanted to share,\u201d Evra says. This year the former player visited several African countries with the World Health Organization (WHO), speaking in schools and meeting survivors of abuse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\">\u201cI\u2019d started to be on social media and, OK, I\u2019m a bad singer, but every time I did a video I was singing and people were starting to say to me that this helped them. So I thought, \u2018OK, I can do more than that,\u2019 and I started working with the WHO, to go to Africa.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"0d9708da-f08a-4e81-8f9d-4be93fb9753a\" class=\" dcr-10khgmf\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1b267dg\"><picture class=\"dcr-4zleql\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/88f9eb491d8f8c0e36a9d86d175e7b3e3b42b64b\/59_138_1389_833\/master\/1389.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=45&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=b35dc5569d8bfc44c1c60d50803b6087\" media=\"(min-width: 660px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 660px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/88f9eb491d8f8c0e36a9d86d175e7b3e3b42b64b\/59_138_1389_833\/master\/1389.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=85&amp;fit=max&amp;s=11d6da5922b26e26fc7685f518d21400\" media=\"(min-width: 660px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/88f9eb491d8f8c0e36a9d86d175e7b3e3b42b64b\/59_138_1389_833\/master\/1389.jpg?width=605&amp;quality=45&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=8eb6b1bdcd064a56ae6a1065bb939e5a\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 480px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/88f9eb491d8f8c0e36a9d86d175e7b3e3b42b64b\/59_138_1389_833\/master\/1389.jpg?width=605&amp;quality=85&amp;fit=max&amp;s=37b789f8ddac3b5698c76e50c11eb685\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/88f9eb491d8f8c0e36a9d86d175e7b3e3b42b64b\/59_138_1389_833\/master\/1389.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=45&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=312aaac7d199625588fae817a7f73865\" media=\"(min-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/88f9eb491d8f8c0e36a9d86d175e7b3e3b42b64b\/59_138_1389_833\/master\/1389.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=85&amp;fit=max&amp;s=fa6384fcf0bd00a178d1d750071d2d92\" media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"dcr-4zleql\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/88f9eb491d8f8c0e36a9d86d175e7b3e3b42b64b\/59_138_1389_833\/master\/1389.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=85&amp;fit=max&amp;s=fa6384fcf0bd00a178d1d750071d2d92\" alt=\"Patrice Evra speaks at the UN general assembly.\" width=\"445\" height=\"266.8718502519798\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"dcr-w6u133\"><span class=\"dcr-19x4pdv\">Patrice Evra speaks at the UN general assembly.<\/span> Photograph: Loey Felipe\/UN Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\">\u201cI met a lot of survivors. I\u2019m just in a learning process. Just because I experienced sexual violence at the age of 13 doesn\u2019t mean I know everything. So it was pretty simple, to start to talk.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-slot-container \">\n<div id=\"dfp-ad--inline1\" class=\"js-ad-slot ad-slot ad-slot--inline ad-slot--inline1 ad-slot--outstream ad-slot--rendered\" data-link-name=\"ad slot inline1\" data-name=\"inline1\" data-google-query-id=\"CKeJw6TmtPoCFZCIfwQdBKsJOw\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\">\u201cAbuse is taboo, but I love everything taboo, bring it on. In African culture, for a black person it can be even difficult to talk about love. I never saw my mum kissing my dad. I never saw that. So for an African person to have succeeded in his life and then talk about things like this, they were in shock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\">\u201cI went to a school, the teacher asked the kids, \u2018Do you think it\u2019s possible for a black person to be abused?\u2019 They all said no. Then I shared my story. They couldn\u2019t believe it. For them it was impossible for a man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\">Evra says his retirement from professional football in July 2019 was a catalyst. For starters he learned to cry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\">\u201cI grew up thinking that crying was a weakness but actually now I understand that you actually should cry. You should share your emotion. Women are 10 years in advance, maybe more \u2026 but men should cry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\">\u201cIt would have been too difficult to show emotion when I was still playing. I remember once with a team, we were on a plane and there was a player and he was watching a movie and he was crying and I was like, \u2018Why are you crying?\u2019 He said, \u2018This movie, I\u2019ve watched it five times and it always makes me cry.\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-slot-container ad-slot-container-2 offset-right ad-slot--offset-right ad-slot-container--offset-right\">\n<div id=\"dfp-ad--inline2\" class=\"js-ad-slot ad-slot ad-slot--inline ad-slot--inline2 ad-slot--rendered\" data-link-name=\"ad slot inline2\" data-name=\"inline2\" data-google-query-id=\"COLRwNTmtPoCFeyFfwQdiY0MUQ\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\">\u201cMy first reaction was to turn to my teammates and say, \u2018This guy cannot play a game of football. This is weak.\u2019 But now I am a different man, I would watch this movie with him and I would cry with him. But back then, for me it was impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"e11f0cbe-547d-4905-9058-a3d9a2e9b10f\" class=\" dcr-10khgmf\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1b267dg\"><picture class=\"dcr-4zleql\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/eeeb15559d062f285065b530af2394382c6a8d3d\/0_0_3500_2168\/master\/3500.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=45&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=6546b0aa81e23718aa53f45506afc9ff\" media=\"(min-width: 660px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 660px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/eeeb15559d062f285065b530af2394382c6a8d3d\/0_0_3500_2168\/master\/3500.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=85&amp;fit=max&amp;s=a5df21cf04e38a823763e24375b21e34\" media=\"(min-width: 660px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/eeeb15559d062f285065b530af2394382c6a8d3d\/0_0_3500_2168\/master\/3500.jpg?width=605&amp;quality=45&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=7523fae1608e5d86dbbc1928f026cfbc\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 480px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/eeeb15559d062f285065b530af2394382c6a8d3d\/0_0_3500_2168\/master\/3500.jpg?width=605&amp;quality=85&amp;fit=max&amp;s=bf75a849a285f6e46fa2719eb2af55d7\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/eeeb15559d062f285065b530af2394382c6a8d3d\/0_0_3500_2168\/master\/3500.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=45&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=53d46c49295ba819d8e3bf637c424c9a\" media=\"(min-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/eeeb15559d062f285065b530af2394382c6a8d3d\/0_0_3500_2168\/master\/3500.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=85&amp;fit=max&amp;s=a0b851c13c57e540f4700491d41e302d\" media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"dcr-4zleql\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/eeeb15559d062f285065b530af2394382c6a8d3d\/0_0_3500_2168\/master\/3500.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=85&amp;fit=max&amp;s=a0b851c13c57e540f4700491d41e302d\" alt=\"Evra playing for Manchester United against Arsenal in the English Premier League, 2011.\" width=\"445\" height=\"275.6457142857143\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"dcr-w6u133\"><span class=\"dcr-19x4pdv\">Evra playing for Manchester United against Arsenal in the English Premier League, 2011. <\/span>Photograph: Eddie Keogh \/ Reuters\/REUTERS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\">Evra did not speak out even when the police officers investigating his abuser contacted him. \u201cI remember at 24 I was playing for Monaco and the police called me and said, \u2018We have had some complaints about this man, do you know anything?\u2019, and I said no. So I lied. You don\u2019t want to deal with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\">It was when he was watching a documentary on paedophilia with his partner, the Danish model Margaux Alexandra, that the realisation came. \u201cShe saw my face and I just let my emotions out and I said, \u2018You know what, I think I have to put it in the book.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\">\u201cFor my mum, she was devastated. To that 13-year-old kid, now a grown man and facing her, she kept saying, \u201cI\u2019m sorry, I\u2019m sorry\u201d, but I said, \u2018No mum, I\u2019m OK, I\u2019m fine.\u2019 And that is why I don\u2019t call myself a victim, I\u2019m a survivor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\">\u201cYou feel shame, you feel guilty. I just blocked it. I said: \u2018Mum, I don\u2019t even remember his face \u2026 I don\u2019t want any pity for myself.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\">\u201cWhen I was captain of Manchester United or the French national team, people always saw me as someone who never showed their emotion and [they] say that\u2019s because I am from the street and tough, but actually it\u2019s because of this trauma that I was this way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\">Evra\u2019s father was a diplomat and moved the family from Senegal to Brussels when Evra was one, before settling in the Paris suburb of Les Ulis two years later.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-slot-container ad-slot-container-3 offset-right ad-slot--offset-right ad-slot-container--offset-right\">\n<figure id=\"74e2db90-387e-458e-8027-0f71ffc2d0c1\" class=\" dcr-1mfia18\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\">\n<div class=\"css-1af0gwb\" data-print-layout=\"hide\" data-link-name=\"rich-link-21 | 21\" data-component=\"rich-link\" data-name=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\">\u201cSchool is normally a place where I should have been safe. I should have had someone protect me \u2026 I didn\u2019t have it. It was instead a place that took all my emotion away. It was difficult for me to trust people after that,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\">On top of growing up in a difficult neighbourhood \u2013 with 23 siblings and half-siblings \u2013 Evra also had the deep-seated racism prevalent in Europe\u2019s football clubs to contend with.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\">\u201cRacism was really tough,\u201d he says. \u201cI played in Italy when I was 17 and I was the only black player in the league. I had the whole thing of monkey noises and people throwing bananas. For me, it made me think, \u2018I\u2019m going to hurt you in a different way, on the pitch.\u2019 The racism was not bad at Manchester United but of course it is there. Even when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2021\/jul\/15\/four-arrested-over-online-racist-abuse-england-footballers\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">England had the three black players<\/a> who missed the penalties, on social media it was just crazy. It\u2019s not only England [but] in France too: when you play well you are a French player, when you play badly you are a Senegalese player.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"a88a83f2-1304-4db7-87b9-53ee6ff2e525\" class=\" dcr-10khgmf\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1b267dg\"><picture class=\"dcr-4zleql\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7192e029dae8e6cfa75c0bd1bb01022b84954599\/0_0_6602_4401\/master\/6602.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=45&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=25c83288aae4b2ed29b7b9352fc69adf\" media=\"(min-width: 660px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 660px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7192e029dae8e6cfa75c0bd1bb01022b84954599\/0_0_6602_4401\/master\/6602.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=85&amp;fit=max&amp;s=de9bfee6c87f063c66f412b2904030ca\" media=\"(min-width: 660px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7192e029dae8e6cfa75c0bd1bb01022b84954599\/0_0_6602_4401\/master\/6602.jpg?width=605&amp;quality=45&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=87968373d4ce1261053ab8d97eab7f00\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 480px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7192e029dae8e6cfa75c0bd1bb01022b84954599\/0_0_6602_4401\/master\/6602.jpg?width=605&amp;quality=85&amp;fit=max&amp;s=1a342dca5c1029cb54d95acd16473a8e\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7192e029dae8e6cfa75c0bd1bb01022b84954599\/0_0_6602_4401\/master\/6602.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=45&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=62a2962e317b2d187ef0103e521e5d8e\" media=\"(min-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7192e029dae8e6cfa75c0bd1bb01022b84954599\/0_0_6602_4401\/master\/6602.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=85&amp;fit=max&amp;s=731536961e865767be31db0ef1b021e1\" media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"dcr-4zleql\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7192e029dae8e6cfa75c0bd1bb01022b84954599\/0_0_6602_4401\/master\/6602.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=85&amp;fit=max&amp;s=731536961e865767be31db0ef1b021e1\" alt=\"Evra answers questions at a UN side event about child protection.\" width=\"445\" height=\"296.64419872765825\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"dcr-w6u133\"><span class=\"dcr-19x4pdv\">Evra answers questions at a UN side event about child protection.<\/span> Photograph: Joe Short<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\">\u201cSilence is the crime. For racism, for abuse. When they tried to do the Super League, I see everyone talking about this with such energy and I\u2019m thinking, \u2018Why don\u2019t we have this energy to tackle racism?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\">Globally, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/violence-against-children\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">WHO estimates <\/a>that up to 1 billion children aged two to 17 will have experienced physical, sexual, or emotional violence or neglect in the past year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-slot-container ad-slot-container-4 offset-right ad-slot--offset-right ad-slot-container--offset-right\">\n<div id=\"dfp-ad--inline4\" class=\"js-ad-slot ad-slot ad-slot--inline ad-slot--inline4 ad-slot--rendered\" data-link-name=\"ad slot inline4\" data-name=\"inline4\" data-google-query-id=\"CP2-7IbntPoCFVSHpwod__4DmA\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\">Evra, a father himself, says something must be done. \u201cWe have to end the violence. We are talking about many things but I don\u2019t hear about ending the violence against children. Why is it so taboo?<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\">\u201cThe support is important to end the violence, everyone experiences violence in their childhood. We need to support the family. We need to hear the stories of survivors. This is the start.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\"><em>In the UK, <a href=\"https:\/\/rapecrisis.org.uk\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Rape Crisis<\/a> offers support for rape and sexual abuse on 0808 802 9999 in England and Wales, 0808 801 0302 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Scotland<\/a>, or 0800 0246 991 in <a href=\"https:\/\/rapecrisisni.org.uk\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Northern Ireland<\/a>. In the US, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rainn.org\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Rainn<\/a> offers support on 800-656-4673. In Australia, support is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1800respect.org.au\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">1800Respect<\/a> (1800 737 732). Other international helplines can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/rcip\/internl.html\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">ibiblio.org\/rcip\/internl.html<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tracy McVeigh in New York,\u00a0Interview, September 27, 2022 Last year, the former Manchester United and France footballer revealed the sexual abuse he experienced at 13. Now, he is determined to help protect children worldwide \u2018People were in shock when I wrote this in my book. 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