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This audiobook consists of two books that cover topics such as sexual abuse, suicide, verbal abuse, bullying, and human trafficking. If you want to learn more about these topics, if this is your cup of tea, then don’t wait to get started with this book!

Encouraged by her mother to pursue her own ambitions, Toufah entered a presidential competition purportedly designed to identify the country's smart young women and support their educational and career goals. Toufah won. Yahya Jammeh, the dictator who had ruled The Gambia all of Toufah's life, styled himself as a pious yet progressive protector of women. At first he behaved in a fatherly fashion toward Toufah, but then proposed marriage, and she turned him down. On a pretext, his female cousin then lured Toufah to the palace, where he drugged and raped her.

Emma Healey just wants to be a writer, but that’s more a journey than a job, and the journey isn’t free. As a teenager, she begins her adventures in precarious employment when introduced by her actor/playwright mother to the role of “standardized patient,” performing illness as a living training dummy for medical students. In university, she joins a creative writing program, cultivating a poet’s interest in language while learning lessons about the literary world that have more to do with survival than art.

Have you ever found yourself in a relationship or friendship where something just wasn't quite right? I mean, we all have dysfunctional families and "eccentric" friends to some extent, but I'm talking about those moments when you find yourself emotionally exhausted at every interaction and dreading every single moment you spend with that person. Times with them used to be better, and it's those wonderful memories that keep you around them, struggling to remind them of who they can be.

In May 2006 Jacob Zuma was found not guilty of the rape of Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo - better known as Khwezi - in the Johannesburg High Court. Another nail was driven into the coffin of South Africa's fight against sexual violence. Vilified by Zuma's many supporters, Khwezi was forced to flee South Africa and make a life in the shadows, first in Europe and then back on the African continent.

If you're a survivor, it's important to take one day at a time. Let 101 Tips for Survivors of Sexual Abuse be your companion in healing, and you'll be reminded of the strength and wisdom that's already inside you. This book will help you celebrate the good days and develop solid coping strategies for the bad times. Most importantly, this book will remind that you're not alone, and it was never your fault.

What is manipulation, how is it used in our everyday lives, and why is it such a prevalent force in our society? Whether you consciously realize it or not, you use this tactic and have it used on you very often. Although some people have a negative association with the word, it isn't always a bad thing, and can in fact help you a lot in life.

In this work of deep reflection, insight, and vulnerability, Caroline Brunne shares her story of becoming the woman she is today. From the shores of the picturesque island of Mauritius, to suburban Victoria, through to her childhood home in Queensland, deep in the heart of her life journey is her lived experience of trauma, the impact of childhood sexual abuse and her ongoing quest to support her fellow survivors to reduce the shame they may carry.

This is a story of hope. It is my personal experience of childhood sexual abuse and its impact on me from childhood through to adulthood. It details how I used alcohol and drugs as a means of coping with the long-lasting harm of abuse and its impact on my life. It describes my journey down the destructive path of addiction until finally, with the loving support of my family, I was able to disentangle myself from the grip of alcohol and drugs and live free from the debilitating harm caused by childhood sexual abuse.

Y la culpa no era mía, ni dónde estaba ni cómo vestía. el violador eres tú. Un violador en tu camino, octubre 2019, colectivo Lastesis Tenemos rabia. Rabia ante la invisibilización constante de nuestros abusos. [...] Rabia y miedo de ser agredidas, asesinadas, olvidadas. [...] Nos tocaron muchas veces en la calle y vivimos en carne propia el acoso impune. [...]

Este audiolibro es el testimonio de una mujer que fue torturada y esclavizada sexualmente durante 112 días, en 2001. Linda Loaiza fue rescatada y conoció otro horror: el de la impunidad institucional. Veinte años después entrega su testimonio. Se convierte -probablemente- en el reflejo de muchas mujeres venezolanas que padecieron tortura, esclavitud sexual e intento de asesinato. Más de 100 horas de entrevistas con Linda Loaiza López, sus familiares y otras personas cercanas al caso, necesitó Luisa Kislinger, activista de los derechos de las mujeres, para escribir este libro.

EFT is a world-known practice that helps people find inner peace. Celebrities such as Madonna, Naomie Harris, Deepak Chopra, Whoopi Goldberg, pop sensation Lily Allen, and many more have known for years the benefit of this technique. Countless people have moved on from abusive, toxic relationships due to EFT. Others have manifested moneymaking ideas to live more prosperous lives. Some have been healed of illnesses that puzzle doctors to this day. Others have used it to lose weight.

Die Geschichte eines tiefgreifenden Vertrauensbruchs: Eine "Zäsur in der Kirchengeschichte" - so bewertet der Historiker Thomas Großbölting den weltweiten sexuellen Missbrauch in der katholischen Kirche. In diesem Buch zeichnet er die Geschichte von Betroffenen, Tätern und Vertuschern des Missbrauchsskandals nach und analysiert die fatalen kirchlichen Strukturen, die die Taten ermöglichten. Das Buch ist damit das erste historische Sachbuch zum Thema, das Gesamtbild eines der erschütterndsten Kapitel der Kirchengeschichte und ein Anstoß für die Zukunft.

Until now, violence against women has been seen as a women's issue that some good men help out with but Jackson Katz argues that, in fact, it is a men's issue and every man has a role to play in preventing it. As the world-leading writer, speaker and educator on men's violence, Jackson unpicks the causes of gender violence and shows how we can dismantle them, revealing a path to a brighter future.

La autora de este libro coge mal el lápiz. Lo ha cogido mal desde niña, cuando algunos profesores se empeñaban en corregirla porque "hay que escribir como Dios manda", e, incapaz de aprender, ha seguido cogiéndolo mal hasta el día de hoy, con todas las consecuencias. Porque... ¿puede acaso salir buena letra de un lápiz torcido? Ésta es una de las cuestiones que planean sobre este conjunto de cuentos: la de la escritura indócil, libre y acelerada, la escritura que araña y rasga la memoria, que destroza los recuerdos y hace de ellos otra cosa.

As a lonely girl coming of age in the 1970s, Liz has every reason to believe her eighth-grade teacher is in love with her. Because the sex isn’t physically violent and is wrapped in a message of love, she learns to exchange sex for attention. But years later, as an adult, emotional closeness eludes Liz. Even after marrying a sensitive, caring man, she is walled off. Struggling through confusing years, she believes something is deeply wrong with her.

Skating on Thin Ice exposes the culture of toxic masculinity in professional hockey and suggests how sport and society can change the narrative on sexual assault and violence.

Economist and award-winning author Sylvia Ann Hewlett blends vivid stories with powerful new data in assessing the impact of the #MeToo movement in corporate America and provides concrete action to help executives and companies create more inclusive and safe work environments for women, people of color, and LGBTQ employees. While the #MeToo movement has exposed the enormous harm done by sexual misconduct in the workplace, the movement’s full promise has not been fulfilled, Sylvia Ann Hewlett argues.

Jenny Brown, an unguarded exotic dancer in Beaverton, Oregon, seeks financial legitimacy for her and her family through higher channels of adult entertainment. The destruction of Jenny's boundaries invites a string of exploitive incidents. To prove herself unaffected, she dissociates her way toward national success as a feature entertainer.

In the autumn of 1992, two young women students at Melbourne University went to the police claiming that they had been indecently assaulted at a party. The man they accused was the head of their co-ed residential college. The controversial book that Helen Garner wrote about the resulting Ormond College sexual harassment case caused a social media storm. Prominent feminists were outraged at Garner's perceived support for the man involved, but many saw her approach a necessary and much welcome nuance towards the power dynamic between men and women.