Male sexual abuse survivors isolated in the darkness
Aspects of this story may be upsetting to some readers. Richard Old had been dead for about three weeks before anyone found him. And it wasn’t because he had no…
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Enabling the wellbeing of male survivors of sexual violence
Enabling the wellbeing of male survivors of sexual violence
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Enabling all male survivors of sexual abuse to access a sustainable national network of appropriate high quality support services.
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Focus point – Research article – Living or merely existing, The experiences of male survivors of historical sexual abuse in Aotearoa New Zealand
Tautoko Tāne Aotearoa publishes part one of a research study on effective support services for male suriviors of sexual violence.
Focus point – Research article: Thriving, just not just surviving – The experiences of male survivors of historical sexual abuse in Aotearoa / New Zealand
Tautoko Tāne Aotearoa publishes part two of a research study on effective support services for male suriviors of sexual violence.
Tautoko Tāne Aotearoa launches new Purposeful Peer Support Framework
A new peer support framework developed especially for New Zealand survivors with links to Mātauranga Māori principles and a focus on moving people towards well being.
Articles
Research article – Male Rape – The Forbidden Word
There is much research and growing attention on Gender-Based Violence (GBV), including rape against men and boys. There is substantial evidence indicating that sexual violence against men is common in…
Erica Stanford: ‘Apologies can be hollow without actions’
A collection of legislative changes to improve the state care system for future generations will accompany the Government’s apology to those who suffered abuse and torture as children.
Attorney-General ignores survivors’ calls and backs Solicitor-General
Despite growing pressure from state abuse survivors, Judith Collins expresses confidence in Una Jagose.
Abuse and torture victims still waiting for government redress
A man who survived torture as a teenager at the notorious Lake Alice psychiatric facility in the 1970s and had to go to the UN in his efforts to gain…
Crown cover-up? When the state turned on its victims – Part 1
Offices of the Attorney-General and Solicitor-General have been implicated in what a Royal Commission calls a ‘cover-up’ of torture and sexual abuse of children in the custody of the state….
Crown cover-up? Legal trickery – Part 2
When Helen Clark came into power in 1999, the system under her government continued to minimise the Crown’s liability for the state’s torture and abuse of children, which had breached…
Crown cover-up? Full disclosure – Part 3
Even with the UN and a Royal Commission of Inquiry breathing down its neck, Crown Law was still not disclosing information to police or the UN’s Committee Against Torture. Aaron Smale…
Crown cover-up? ‘Embarrassing, not traumatic’ – Part 4
He was put through the legal meat grinder so the Crown could escape liability for thousands of victims. But that victory has now been exposed as cynical and brutal. Aaron…
