American backpacker breaks back fleeing Thai sex attack and falling down 45m cliff http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11705142 A lone female American backpacker has described the horrific moment she broke her back in a 45m fall down a cliff while fleeing a sex attacker in Thailand. Hannah Gavios, 23, got lost on pitch-black RailayContinue Reading
Alan Duff: US ‘weird and contradictory’ http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=11703553 She’s turned the tables on near every woman who claimed a fling or affair with her – likable – husband. Perhaps that’s no different to a woman making a complaint to police saying she was raped in – let’s just name a fewContinue Reading
At the final 2016 Speaker & Soup session on 23 Sept we’re talkin’ about enforcement https://t.co/Wm9MkeR6Bj pic.twitter.com/jqmdlbUoo7 — NZ Drug Foundation (@nzdrug) September 6, 2016 http://drugfoundation.org.nz/news-and-events/events/law-enforcement-that-supports-more-than-punishes If we correctly conclude that many drug problems stem from underlying social conditions, including such things as poverty and marginalization, then would we thinkContinue Reading
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1608/S00338/an-apology-surely-nz-needs-a-royal-commission-of-inquiry.htm Labour’s Justice spokesperson, Jacinda Ardern, recently called on the NZ Government to issue an apology for historic abuse in state institutions. Previously Social Development Minister, Anne Tolley had said that she would apologise to any child who was abused in state care. Ms Ardern spoke last week after theContinue Reading
Watching TV with Your Sweetheart May Boost Your… https://t.co/QJEqqLv3C1 #psychology #mhsm #mhsm #mentalhealth pic.twitter.com/Ew2CbIhJmX – PsychCentral (@PsychCentral) September 4, 2016 It turns out that couples who have lots of mutual friends tend to have the strongest bonds, and for those who don’t have a lot of mutual friends, having “sharedContinue Reading
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/83538768/Calls-for-royal-commission-into-child-abuse A child-sex abuse survivor travelling New Zealand on a crusade to force a top-level inquiry into the issue has stopped in Palmerston North to gather support. Grant West visited the city on Wednesday collecting signatures for a petition demanding a royal commission into institutional responses to sexual abuse ofContinue Reading
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.738928 For the past five months, seven prisoners clad in orange have been meeting weekly at the department for rehabilitation for drug addicts at the Hasharon prison. They are all victims of sexual assault and are participating in a pioneering support group called “trauma and recovery.” In prison they talkContinue Reading
http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/effects-of-childhood-bullying-may-persist-for-years-study-3015086/ Childhood bullying inflicts the same long-term psychological trauma on girls as severe physical or sexual abuse, and its detrimental effects may linger for years, a new study suggests. The study, which involved 480 college freshmen through seniors, suggests that the negative effects of bullying may negatively affect victims’ mental health well into young adulthood. Participants inContinue Reading
Autism a Silicon Valley asset with social quirks – https://t.co/5lYtbFjTJM – https://t.co/5lYtbFjTJM Autism a S… https://t.co/FZ7vuMOc32 — Autism News Now! (@AutismNewsNow) August 28, 2016 Corey Weiss may not be adept at body language or social cues, but he knows software. Laser-focus on detail that comes with his place on theContinue Reading
Corrections to appeal after losing bid to supervise child sex offender with disturbed past settled in Wellington http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/83746020/Corrections-to-appeal-after-losing-bid-to-supervise-child-sex-offender-with-disturbed-past-settled-in-Wellington Alinizi fled Iraq as a child with family, where he had witnessed his uncle kill his mother during an argument, a judgment released this week said. He had also been exposed toContinue Reading
