NZ teen says she considered sewing her pyjamas up to stop a man sexually abusing her http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3819295/Teenager-says-considered-sewing-pyjamas-stop-man-sexually-abusing-prayed-s-jailed-six-years.html De Vries was in July convicted of three counts of indecent assault, and two sexual violations against two girls, Stuff reported. The 39-year-old used Old Testament bible verses about how if a womanContinue Reading

http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/314815/situation-for-oceania-pushed-to-severe The Director of Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand Julianne Hickey said the lack of adequate and nutritious food and safe water had impacted people’s health and children’s access to education. “We heard of hunger, we heard of people who died as a result of that, of the hunger and theContinue Reading

Attribution Featured Image – By Wnavarre85 – Own workData: United nations office on drugs and crime 2012. Retrieved on may 30th 2014. http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS2013_SexualViolence.xls, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33071636 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11721439 Luke James Henry, 31, faces 13 charges, including unlawfully detaining a woman, three charges of rape, two of sexual violation, assault, kidnap,Continue Reading

Ni sa bula vinaka! It’s Fiji Language week. Here are some words and phrases to get you speaking Na Vosa Vakaviti. https://t.co/Qh1VOphnW3 pic.twitter.com/tltHLczNiA — Auckland Council (@AklCouncil) October 2, 2016 Ni sa bula vinaka! It’s Fiji Language week from 3-9 October. This year’s theme is Noqu vosa me’u bula taka:Continue Reading

A 90-year-old man has admitted child sex offending dating back as long as 53 years. Name suppression has lifted on Ronald Edward Growcott, who had a walking stick to help him stand in the dock when he pleaded guilty at the Christchurch District Court on Friday. Growcott admitted sexual offendingContinue Reading

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/02/theresa-may-needs-to-admit-her-child-abuse-inquiry-has-gone-off/ Like the house in the Gospel parable, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (Iicsa) is built on sand. So if it continues on its present foundations, it is certain to fall. You cannot have a law-based inquiry which mixes the following: individual accusations against bodies or persons, aContinue Reading

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11720704 In Deep Water, assault survivor David McMahon reveals the impact the attack had on him. And he was one of the lucky ones. “He was dragged across the cliffs of Bondi and almost thrown off, but escaped. His attack became really significant because it was only a couple monthsContinue Reading

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/09/time-donald-trump-called-saudi-arabia-good-place-get-divorce In recent days, Trump has threatened to begin attacking Hillary Clinton for her husband’s infidelities. But it’s Trump who has extensive experience with divorce-and it’s no wonder he would have preferred the Saudi system. Before finalizing his divorce from his first wife, Ivana, Trump began seeing Marla Maples, whoContinue Reading