When you’ve survived childhood abuse, it’s common to carry emotional baggage with you into adulthood. And it makes sense — if the only messaging you received in your upbringing was abusive, it’s no wonder children who were abused grow up to have greater struggles with self-esteem, interpersonal relationships and mental health. In addition to carrying […]
A deadly fire that killed 28 girls at an orphanage in Guatemala last Wednesday was started after resident children set mattresses on fire and launched a riot as a way of protesting the shelter’s poor conditions. The government-run children’s shelter was meant to be a safe shelter for vulnerable and abused teens in the semi-rural, […]
2017 Theme: “Building a solid and interactive bridge between Africa and the world to accelerate ending FGM by 2030.” The International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation is an awareness campaign to end a harmful practice that violates girls’ and women’s rights. The UN first officially commemorated the International Day of Zero Tolerance […]
A woman whose stepfather was cleared of sexually abusing her as a child killed herself three years after he was acquitted. Her mother Judith Parkin told the inquest Ms. Crew “never fully recovered from the feeling of injustice” following her stepfather’s trial. A jury found church organist Nigel Parkin, 60, not guilty of eight rape charges and two […]
The two toddlers held by their father as he jumped off a New Jersey bridge to his death are expected to make a full recovery, police say. Authorities had received a call that evening from a friend of Spincken’s wife, who reported that he was threatening to harm the children. After tracking Spincken through his cellphone, […]