Maya Meftahi: Child abuse victims 'need somewhere to go'

Maya Meftahi is telling her story of child abuse - and campaigning for safe places for young victims to run to.

She was abused from the age of four at the hands of her father and suffered a "very challenging and horrible upbringing".

He was eventually caught by chance after a relative saw a video of the abuse, which had been left in a player at the house they had gone to look after.

Maya's father was arrested and jailed for 10 years in 2012.

She is now campaigning for a so-called "child house" to be set up in Wales.

These are being trialled in London and provide a "one stop" safe environment for child abuse victims and where they are able to access all sorts of support.

Maya explains how it would work.

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