https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/97366588/unicef-nz-raewyn-talks-about-the-sexual-abuse-she-suffered-as-a-child The statistics are harrowing. In the first six months of this year, 1211 sexual assaults on children were recorded in New Zealand. In reality, there are far more. There are many children like me, who are too scared to tell. Age is no barrier to abuse. For those childrenContinue Reading
https://www.timesofisrael.com/first-ever-arabic-hotline-for-male-victims-of-sexual-abuse-opens-in-tel-aviv/ In November 2016, researchers at Haifa University published a startling finding: Arab boys in Israel were much more likely to be sexually abused than either their female counterparts, or Jewish boys and girls. Nearly 30% of Arab boys in Israel surveyed said they’d been victims of sexual assault. That’sContinue Reading
Around 10 years ago, she said, she took part in a study to determine whether prostitutes began selling their body due to their drug addiction, or whether prostitution led women onto drug addiction. And the results were surprising. She explains, “At the time we knew that people who were notContinue Reading
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4814612/Homeless-vets-tell-traumatized-sex-assault.html Homelessness among women veterans is expected to increase at greater rates as more women in the military reintegrate into their communities following their military service, according to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans. While women currently make up eight percent of the total veteran population and 14.6% of theContinue Reading
The Independent: Surge in paedophiles arrested for importing lifelike child sex dolls. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw6o_Q7Tk http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/paedophiles-uk-arrests-child-sex-dolls-lifelike-border-officers-aids-silicone-amazon-ebay-online-nca-a7868686.html A surge in seizures of child-like sex dolls by border officers has led investigators to identify dozens of previously unknown suspected paedophiles. The lifelike silicone sex aids, which weigh around 55lb (25kg) and can cost thousandsContinue Reading
CNN: Chester Bennington’s life may help male sex abuse victims speak up. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwvY_wwzU For far too long, boys and men who have been sexually abused or assaulted have been overlooked, neglected, minimized or stigmatized by society and, at times, by the health care community. It’s time for that disregard toContinue Reading
The Guardian: Internet firms should use profits to stamp out child abuse images, says police chief. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwvML1xTU https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/24/internet-firms-should-use-profits-to-stamp-out-child-abuse-images-says-police-chief Internet companies should reinvest some of their “eye-watering” profits into efforts to stamp out child abuse images online, a chief constable has said. Mike Barton challenged firms to do more to stopContinue Reading
Reuters: ‘Jet-set’ monk arrives in Thailand after extradition from U.S. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwotuEwDU http://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-monk-idUSKBN1A423M?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews A former Buddhist monk wanted on child sex charges arrived in Thailand’s capital Bangkok late on Wednesday after being extradited from the United States where he had fled. Wirapol Sukphol came to public attention in 2013 when aContinue Reading
The Independent: Forced migration of children to Australia bigger sex abuse scandal than Jimmy Savile, says Gordon Brown. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw_ZfAwTU http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/child-sex-abuse-inquiry-jimmy-savile-forced-transportation-deportation-to-australia-gordon-brown-a7852041.html Former prime minister Gordon Brown has said the forced migration of children to Australia and other Commonwealth countries during the 20th century is a bigger sex abuse scandal than theContinue Reading
The Telegraph: As a male survivor of child sexual abuse, I need you to know my story. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwpoaBrjU http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/male-survivor-child-sexual-abuse-need-know-story/ Many survivors go through decades of their lives blocking these memories or are unable to process what they mean, only for the realisation to emerge suddenly and unexpectedly. For me, itContinue Reading
