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At age 30, Maya Golden was living a charmed life. She was an award-winning sports reporter, a loyal wife, and a new mom. Privately, she was battling addiction, perfectionism, dissociation disorders, and rage due to sexual abuse endured at the hands of her cousin and many other predators. But Maya wants to change. So, on a family road trip back to her Texas hometown she is ready to put an end to the secrets that threaten her marriage and her career. Three separate moments of divine intervention ultimately saved Maya’s life.

A violence prevention expert helps targets of gender-based violence discern fact from fiction around what keeps us safe and support social change Personal safety shouldn’t mean living in fear, nor should it come at the expense of political progress. Questionable advice to avoid violence, like...

Die Scham muss die Seite wechseln. Ein Prozess, der die Welt erschüttert. Eine Mutter, die als Ikone gefeiert wird. Ein Vater, den man als Monster bezeichnet. Eine Tochter, die ums Überleben kämpft. Weil sie Teil eines Verbrechens ist, in dem ihre Eltern Opfer und Täter sind. Das ist ihre Geschichte. Caroline Darian, Tochter von Gisèle und Dominique Pelicot, erhält am 2. November 2020 einen Anruf von ihrer Mutter. Ihr Vater wurde verhaftet.

At just 10-years-old, Maya was raped by a stranger. At 18, her grandmother passed away, leaving her alone with her step-grandfather who then kicked her out of the house after an incident. Since she had already begun doing sex work at around 16 or 17 years of age, she then moved into one of the...

You can not change what happened, but you can change how you are dealing with it. You are allowed to change! What are the effects on a person who suffered sexual violence, sexual abuse? What are the effects on family and society? Why is sexual abuse and sexual violence still one of the last taboos in our society? Michael Reh, a survivor himself, gives answers to these and other Questions regarding this topic. The reknown author talks about how trauma can develop, and how survivors and society can deal with dismissal conscious and subconscious patterns.

Las feministas queremos es el manifiesto definitivo del feminismo en el siglo XXI. Sin afán polémico pero con la contundencia necesaria, Isabel Mastrodoménico repasa las grandes cuestiones y los cambios que reclaman las feministas para llevar a cabo por fin la revolución digna y humana que...

Uma narrativa profunda, corajosa e inédita da ascensão e queda de João de Deus. Em um livro-reportagem investigativo, Cristina Fibe desconstrói o mito em torno do garimpeiro goiano desde a fundação de seu centro espiritual, na década de 1970, até a descoberta da rede de crimes que ele liderou por quase cinquenta anos

An invaluable guide to understanding and dismantling sexism for parents trying to raise confident and powerful girls in a culture that often demeans them. “Seasoned and sensible guidance on the toughest topics in raising girls: misogyny, objectification, body image, confidence, harassment...

Ce livre est une bouée de secours pour les victimes d'agressions sexuelles en détresse. On évalue à 165 000 par an le nombre d'enfants subissant des violences sexuelles. Dans le même temps, 94 000 femmes adultes déclarent avoir été victimes d'un viol ou d'une tentative de viol et dans 45 % des cas, l'auteur est un conjoint ou un ex-conjoint.Ces violences étant majoritairement intrafamiliales, les victimes se taisent, paralysées par la honte, la culpabilité, prostrées et en état de choc.