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Conversations With a Pedophile is a landmark book: it is the first time the uncensored voice of a pedophile can be heard. Presented are a series of letters spanning a decade written by sex offender "Alan" to author Dr. Amy Hammel-Zabin, a therapist in the prison where he was incarcerated. Confessing that he had sexually abused more than one thousand boys, his first-hand stories are a compelling argument that the danger of the pedophile does not lurk...
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In the Name of God - Who Knew What When? will take the readers back to the beginning of the 2002 Catholic Church sex scandal implosion that ricocheted across the globe like breaking dominoes. Author Christine Dolan was there from before the break in the damn as an investigative journalist. Originally from Boston, and raised in a prominent Catholic family, Dolan was able to discover information that even the Massachusetts prosecutors were ignorant...
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En este libro, la autora identifica algunos estándares y plantea recomendaciones para el Estado colombiano y las empresas en Colombia, a partir de la determinación de las obligaciones en materia de prevención de la trata de personas y como corresponsables, según los instrumentos internacionales sobre la trata de personas y empresas y derechos humanos, así como a la luz del derecho colombiano. La presente investigación es de utilidad para personas...
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Women across the world experience gender-based violence and harassment in the workplace. In the context of globalization and neoliberalism, work plays an important role in constructing and maintaining the economic, social and cultural systems of oppression that women face. Women in insecure, precarious employment and women not protected by trade unions are the most at risk of violence and as the #MeToo movement has shown, it stretches across societies...
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A Quaker astronomer reflects asks the questions: Can a scientist also be religious? How, and with what limitations?
World renowned astronomer and Quaker Jocelyn Bell Burnell reflects on the big issues confronting scientists who also have a strong spiritual belief system. How can the principles of science be reconciled with the faith required by religion? Does scientific investigation call into question the givens of religion? While specific to...
6) Violences envers les femmes: Réalités complexes et nouveaux enjeux dans un monde en transformation
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Des chercheurs, des intervenants et des décideurs d'Amérique du Nord et d'Europe s'interrogent sur les différentes façons de concevoir la violence envers les femmes partout dans le monde. Ils tentent d'en comprendre les causes et les conséquences et cherchent à développer différentes réponses sociales pour satisfaire les besoins différenciés des personnes aux prises avec ce problème.
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La violence sexuelle est un grave problème de santé publique qui touche chaque année des millions de personnes dans le monde. Elle est due à de nombreux facteurs, se manifestant dans des situations sociales, psychologiques, culturelles et économiques très variées. La violence sexuelle a de profondes répercussions sur le bien-être physique, émotionnel, mental et social des victimes, en plus de générer un grand coût pour la société.
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El papa Benedicto XVI la calificó como la mayor crisis de la Iglesia católica. Los síntomas se empezaron a conocer mucho antes, pues ya en los años cincuenta algunas diócesis estadounidenses empezaban a entrever el problema, sin embargo, una Iglesia asustada y a la defensiva no supo reaccionar con valentía ante el horror de los casos de pederastia en su seno. Miles de menores inocentes pagarían por esta cobardía y tibieza. A día de hoy, en...
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A Memoir of Extreme Sexual Abuse and Child Trafficking:Norma Okun offers a harrowing, raw memoir of extreme childhood sexual abuse and child trafficking at the hands of cultists who destroyed her childhood-and continued to follow and destroy her adult life, including ensuring her parental rights were terminated and her husband's career was ruined.
Amazingly, Norma perseveres in living to tell her truth, a quality she attributes to the wonder of meeting...
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Recently the #MeToo movement has, spurred a great cultural shift in the conversation about sexual abuse; however, Leta Greene believes there is still a missing piece in this topic, one that shows, how to move from only, surviving to thriving. Once a scared little girl, victimized by years of abuse, secrets, and lies that took a toll on her mentally, physically, and spiritually, Leta found a way to leave the darkness and has created a life of freedom,...
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Cette histoire, qui en est une parmi tant d'autres, est à l'origine du recours collectif qui a été intenté contre la Province canadienne de la Congrégation de Sainte-Croix et qui leur a coûté 18 millions $. Pourtant, au début, tout ce que nous voulions, ce n'était que des excuses!
Durant l'année scolaire 1976-1977, j'étudiais en secondaire 2 au Collège Notre-Dame de Montréal et mes difficultés récurrentes en mathématiques ont réapparu....
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Acoso callejero, intentos de violación y parientes exhibicionistas son algunas de las escenas que aparecen en estas páginas como muestra del horror cotidiano que padece la mujer. Yo te creo. Testimonios de abuso a mujeres chilenas, contiene además testimonios anónimos extraídos del Informe Valech que sorprenden por su crudeza.
Bajo dictadura los militares chilenos torturaron y violentaron sexualmente a las mujeres que caían detenidas. Aparecen...
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El abuso sexual puede ocurrir en cualquier escenario: en la casa, en el trabajo, en un consultorio o en la calle. ¿Qué es lo que lleva a alguien a perpetrar este acto, de por sí aberrante, sobre una mujer? Para el discurso conservador dominante, el vestirse de manera provocadora sería una de sus causas. En las antípodas, para el feminismo radical, el abuso sexual es constitutivo del régimen del patriarcado, y la moda, una de sus herramientas....
14) Unspoken
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Everyone has a mask they wear, and everyone has a story to tell. Though some are considerably darker than others. This is displayed perfectly in the tragic, yet inspiring book, "Unspoken". Author, Robina Ehana, regales her audience with the shocking and heartbreaking experience that is being violated at a young age by someone very close. She illuminates the often hidden dynamics of a toxic and abusive family unit. And she does so all whilst reminding...
15) Gulam Mandi
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Gulam Mandi revolves around the life of its two protagonists – Kalyani and Janki. It makes one travel through the horrible, fraught and turbulent world of human trafficking wherein innocent children and women are entrapped, sold and forced into flesh trade by a well-knit network of mafia gangs. In its quintessential, the story brings forth the myriad colours of human nature – hate, rejection, betrayal, apathy, ecstasy, opportunism, pure love,...
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Márcame, amo es una recolección de las explosivas revelaciones alrededor del juicio de Keith Raniere, llevado a cabo entre mayo y junio de 2019 en la corte este del Estado de Nueva York. En sus páginas están los antecedentes del grupo que formó alrededor de él, sus cómplices y víctimas principales, y los mecanismos que le permitieron a Raniere convertirse, de un estafador de ligas menores, en el líder de una peligrosa secta de esclavas sexuales...
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How does the media shape the way we think about child sexual abuse? Combining in-depth analysis of media representations of the crimes, with focus group discussions and interviews with around 500 journalists, campaigners and a cross-section of 'the public', Jenny Kitzinger reveals the media's role in contemporary society.
Which stories attract attention and why? Answering this and other questions, Kitzinger demonstrates how media reporting can...
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Before #MeToo, there was silence. Let's talk about that silence. The Anatomy of Silence is a collection of voices speaking out loud - often for the first time - about what it means to stay silent, to be silenced, and to break the silence that surrounds sexual violence. About how we are all complicit in creating that silence. It offers an unflinching account of how a culture of shame perpetuates a culture of violence against our bodies-and reflects...
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Mars 20xx.
Arielle, 14 ans, se rebelle contre l'autorité de son père. Elle ne voit qu'une solution pour faire bouger les choses : fuguer. Sa fuite la conduira droit en enfer…
8h : Arielle fait semblant de partir pour l'école à l'heure normale.
9h25 : Elle prend l'autobus en direction de Montréal et débarque au terminus Henri-Bourassa.
17h46 : Le jour décline. Désorientée, l'adolescente se réfugie sur un banc de parc, coin Pie-IX...
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Mucho se ha escrito en los últimos tiempos acerca de los abusos sexuales a menores en la Iglesia. Sin embargo, apenas se habla de los casos de abusos sexuales a adultos, a los que se les presupone, por su mayoría de edad, el pleno consentimiento. Pero todos los adultos somos susceptibles de ser vulnerables cuando nos situamos en una relación de asimetría, como puede ser la del acompañamiento espiritual, párroco-feligrés/feligresa, superior/a-hermano/a...
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