This week, Rick Goodwin, the co-founder and Executive Director of The Men’s Project, a sexual abuse treatment center in Ottawa, Canada talks about the new connections being made between men and women’s organizations. It wasn’t too long ago that the discourse over sexual violence focused exclusively on girls and women. Times are changing and new relationships […]
This week, Dr. Gary Foster of the Living Well Service in Brisbane, Australia writes about how to support the women, partners and family members of male survivors. The pressure partners can feel to act as sole supporter is too much to expect of one person. Being well-connected and supported is important for our health and […]
This week, 1in6’s Emiliano Diaz de Leon explores ways to engage around the issue of child sex abuse beyond “Child Abuse Prevention Month.” Read more on Joyful Heart Foundation blog.
This week, 1in6 board member and Executive Director of Peace Over Violence, Patti Giggans, explores how men are leading the way in talking about childhood trauma, “While I was listening to several men speak out about their own childhood trauma and speak up for the traumatic experiences of others as children and as adults, I was struck […]
1in6 is featured in the May 2012 issue of “The Advocate.” For gay and bisexual men, child sexual abuse raises the specter of stereotypes, even though they are widely discredited, that their sexual orientation is due to the abuse or that abusers tend to be gay themselves. To read more about the myths & facts […]
