Green Party pushes for 10 days domestic violence leave
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11763018 Police attended 105,000 family violence incidents last year. On average, they take a call for help every five minutes – about 279 each day. Domestic violence is estimated to cost the country between $4.1 billion and $7b each year. Logie’s bill has the backing of unions, with Council of Trade Unions secretary Sam Huggard…
When bad things happen, finding the silver lining can make you feel worse
Psychology tells us that when bad things happen, finding the silver lining can make you feel worse https://t.co/mZHvE7wK7T — Quartz (@qz) December 22, 2016
Thank You for the Grant Received From The Trusts Community Foundation
Better Blokes would like to thank The Trust Community Foundation for the grant of $15,600 they made to us on December 5, 2016. This grant will make a significant difference to men in our community who have experienced childhood sexual abuse. “The Trusts Community Foundation was established in June 2010. Our mission is to provide…
Financial, Health Impacts of Child Abuse Can Last a Lifetime
Child abuse has a financial impact throughout survivors’ lifespans #StopAbuse #ChildAbuse #PrimaryPrevention https://t.co/N3scUm0MTY — Stop Abuse Campaign (@AbuseStoppers) December 21, 2016 “We found associations of child neglect and abuse with adult socioeconomic circumstances at age 50,” said lead author Snehal Pinto Pereira. Physical, social or emotional abuse in childhood was linked at midlife to a…
2016: the year truth died
2016 showed the Net can be used for the deliberate dissemination of falsehoods. https://t.co/bhqGq57xuU — scroll.in (@scroll_in) December 21, 2016 he year 2016 demonstrated that the internet and social media could be used as effectively for the deliberate dissemination of falsehoods and vicious propaganda as they had been five years previously in bringing atrocities committed…
Hypocrisy and reality TV
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11770568 X Factor winner Beau Monga has been charged with assaulting a woman, just days after performing at an anti-violence breakfast. The 22-year-old appeared in the Hamilton District Court today on five charges – three for breaching a protection order and two for male assaults female, reported Fairfax. … Monga and his father were guest…
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Global Threats to Liberal Democracy
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/19/liberal-democracy-trump-angela-merkel-france-netherlands-democratic His protestations will do nothing to quiet the many voices now suggesting Marine Le Pen, the far-right, anti-immigration Front National leader and ardent admirer of Trump and Nigel Farage, has a chance to score another populist upset. It is taken for granted that Le Pen, 48, will reach the second round. But for the…
NZ National Debt Interest – NZD141 per second
This is how much you would have to contribute to pay off your country’s debt https://t.co/CKhvbRfD5P pic.twitter.com/3y3cCHs4OC — World Economic Forum (@wef) December 20, 2016