sexual abuse Archive

  • frog

    Open letter to Judge Philippa Cunningham - by frog



    Jan Logie is ranked 9th on the Green Party list.  On current polling, she is a certainty to be an MP after the next election.  Jan has her own blog site, and today she posted an open letter there to Judge Philippa Cunningham, who last week discharged without conviction a man who admitted sexually abusing [...] read more
    September 5, 2011 9:36 pm - 66 Comments
  • frog

    SlutWalking comes to Aotearoa-New Zealand - by frog



    Decades pass, but it seems misogynist attitudes towards women continue. The 1970′s heralded the first of the “Reclaim the Night” protests by women demanding the right to move freely in their communities day and night without sexual harassment or sexual assault. But not much has changed over 35 years.  Sexual assault rates haven’t diminished, and [...] read more
    May 9, 2011 6:15 pm - 97 Comments
  • frog

    It’s dob in a bludger time - by frog



    Someone dropped a pen from ACC near my lilypad yesterday. Could it have been Dr Felicity Goodyear-Smith, who advised ACC to require a diagnosis of mental illness before sex abuse survivors could get counselling paid for by ACC and who thinks sexual abuse counselling is ‘a scam’? read more
    September 7, 2010 8:14 am - 29 Comments
  • Kevin Hague

    Case for wider probe of ACC entitlement-cutting culture now even stronger - by Kevin Hague



    ACC’s use of Dr. Felicity Goodyear-Smith to advise on sexual abuse claims can only have resulted from catastrophic systems failure or a sick culture. New Zealanders need to know which, and Minister Smith must take steps to thoroughly investigate so the problems can be fixed read more
    August 30, 2010 10:58 am - 11 Comments
  • Catherine Delahunty

    ACC changes hurt sexual violence victims - by Catherine Delahunty



    The biker lobby has managed to get considerable public attention and support for motorcyclists’ grievances over ACC levies, but there is a group of more vulnerable people who cannot march in their thousands on Parliament grounds to defend their ACC access. Many of them cannot email Members of Parliament because it exposes them as possibly [...] read more
    December 16, 2009 11:01 am - 4 Comments
  • frog

    Gutting ACC – There is hope! - by frog



    There is hope! Just today, ACC Minister Nick Smith partially backed down on ACC’s proposals for sexual abuse victims to have to be diagnosed by a clinical psychologist or psychiatrist as being mentally ill before they can get cover. That has to be great news for everyone else affected by Dr Zachary Nick Smith’s planned [...] read more
    October 27, 2009 7:38 pm - 7 Comments
  • frog

    Gutting ACC – it’s just not fair: Sexual abuse claims - by frog



    Survivors of sexual violence and their therapists are fighting back against the cuts to ACC cover and counselling. There are protests organised for this Monday 19th October: read more
    October 18, 2009 8:04 am - 19 Comments
  • frog

    Stumbling and bumbling over ACC - by frog



    What a shambles the Government’s proposed changes to ACC’s clinical pathway for sexual abuse survivors is becoming. Without any consultation with the professional bodies representing psychotherapists or counsellors, ACC announced changes last week that would have required sex abuse survivors to relate their trauma to up to three different health professionals before they would receive [...] read more
    August 26, 2009 1:31 pm - 2 Comments