An advocate for victims impacted by sexual violence has called on the government to ban male childcare workers from intimate spaces.

Founding member of the Independent Collective of Survivors Louise Edmonds said while it’s a controversial topic, many parents are concerned after a male childcare worker was charged with more than 70 offences in Melbourne.

“Put in some framework to put the sovereignty back into the hands of parents,” she told Gary Hardgrave.

“It’s going to take a village … we need government, we need corporate, not for profit, we need the school system,” she added.

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