When sexual abuse is no longer kept secret, it opens up more avenues for healing. This is especially true around the letting go of shame and it also permits others, with similar experiences and who may be struggling, to come forward. When Neil Harding began a class action against Dilworth,Continue Reading
Male survivors of sexual abuse will be pleased to learn that prosecution of offenders is now much safer for victims. “We know that victims of sexual violence often don’t come forward because they fear the process of seeking justice will end up doing them more harm. Over time, the changesContinue Reading
From the Joint Venture Business Unit Hon Marama Davidson, Minita mō te Ārai i te Whakarekereke Whānau me te Koeretanga (Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence and Sexual Violence) and the Joint Venture of the Social Wellbeing Board invite you to the online launch of Te Aorerekura – the National Strategy and Action Plan for the Elimination of Family Violence and Sexual Violence Continue Reading
Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence and Sexual Violence Marama Davidson has approved five funding grants to support national-level family violence and sexual violence prevention initiatives for LGBTQIA+ people, disabled people, older people and new migrant communities. “Local community initiatives are a key lever in reducing violence. The GovernmentContinue Reading
A child sex offender exchanged more than 500 messages online with a police officer who was pretending to be a 13-year-old girl. After the explicit messages, 57-year-old Graeme Murray Purvis arranged to meet the girl at a frozen yoghurt shop in Riccarton. He went to the second floor, as arranged,Continue Reading
The Supreme Court has rejected a seven-year prison sentence for a mentally ill man convicted in 2018 of trying to kiss a stranger on a Wellington street without her permission – describing the man’s maximum sentence as one that “shocks the conscience”. Four of the justices agreed the sentence wasContinue Reading
According to data, 1 out of every 9 girls, and 1 out of every 53 boys under the age of 18 are sexually abused (Finkelhor et al, 2014). More recent data reports that 1 in 6 men have experienced sexual abuse during childhood and/or adolescence (Romano, Moorman, Ressel, & Lyons, 2019). SexualContinue Reading
