The sexual harm helpline can be accessed free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by phone, text, website, online chat and email.
Over the last few decades more and more cultural attention has been paid to intimate partner violence, especially emotional abuse. Follingstad, Rutledge, Berg, Hause, and Polek (1990) established that emotional…
Many who have mental illness disabilities suffer from isolation and are disconnected from others. They can experience social anxiety, feel nervous, and be unable to connect or make friends. Some…
Abuse of children at Marylands School in Christchurch from the 1950s to the 1980s will be the subject of a special Royal Commission investigation. The Royal Commission looking into the…
The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) has recently released a document on Social Sector Commissioning – Progress, Principles and Next Steps. It does just that – covering commissioning in its…
Medical practitioners, psychologists, chiropractors and osteopaths comprise 22% of registered health practitioners in Australia, yet almost three-quarters of sexual misconduct complaints made to health regulators involved these professions, a world-first…
Often neglected, male-directed sexual violence (SV) has recently gained recognition as a significant issue. However, documentation of male SV patients, assaults and characteristics of presentation for care remains poor. Médecins…
A commitment from government to include groups who work with victims and perpetrators of family violence in any plan to end family violence was the aim of a march to…
Male survivors of sexual abuse are trekking from North Canterbury to Parliament on horseback to send a message to politicians about the need for better protection for children. Ken Clearwater,…
Warning: Some details of the alleged offending may be confronting. A 23-year-old Sydney man has been charged by federal police in Australia with sexually exploiting a young New Zealand girl…
The National Council of Women of New Zealand has published results from the second survey of gender attitudes in Aotearoa New Zealand. Read article From New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse…
The purpose of language is to help us to get a better grip on reality; the more words there are in our vocabulary, the higher the chance we have of…
Critics of double-bunking in prisons say a sex attack at Otago Corrections Facility is symptomatic of a much larger problem. Published in Otago Daily Times
1 NEWS has been investigating claims made against the Catholic church in Fiji for the last year. Source: 1 NEWS By Barbara Dreaver Published in TVNZ 12 July 2020
The former Scout leader James Morris has caused untold damage to the children he sexually abused over a period of 40 years. Morris, also known as Ian Charles Phipps, is…
The cardinal maintains he didn’t know about the Victorian town’s notorious paedophile priests, a claim the royal commission found ‘implausible’. Published in The Guardian
The number of sex abuse allegations against Catholic clergy members more than quadrupled in 2019 compared to the previous five years, U.S. church officials reported in an annual audit (PDF)…
Background: A growing gap has emerged between people with mental illness and health care professionals, which in recent years has been successfully closed through the adoption of peer support services…
A Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Master of Arts in Criminal Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York. Read article…
A Catholic Marist Brother told a girl he sexually assaulted to push rotten tomatoes into her face because she was so “ugly”. The victim no longer lives in New Zealand,…
IPS Statement of Support Intentional Peer Support stands with all marginalized peoples, especially those of color experiencing harm at the hands of police and those with system and institutional power. We stand…
The Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry is appealing for information from survivors who reported the abuse they suffered while in faith-based care and sought redress either directly from…
New South Wales has one of the largest incidences of youth homelessness in Australia, and one of the leading causes is domestic and family violence. For Alex* home life reached…
Male survivors of sexual trauma have been working with rescued horses to help them develop trust and to manage post-traumatic stress. Ken Clearwater of Male Survivors Aotearoa introduced the concept…
In 2020 an invisible assassin has swept across the world, creating chaos, confusion and uncertainty. Covid 19 has taken many people’s health, some people’s lives and the lives of loved…
