Children

Episode 60: Gary Greenberg on the NYS “Child Victims Act”–activism and accountability in response to child sexual abuse

July 25, 2019 Children, Gender (Justice), Gender-Based Violence, Media and Culture, Men and Masculinity, Podcasts, Policy, Prevention, Rape and Sexual Assault, Trauma and Abuse

**Please note that this episode contains some explicit descriptions of child sexual abuse.** On this episode of en(gender)ed, our guest is Gary Greenberg, childhood sexual abuse survivor, activist and founder of the Fighting for Children PAC, also known as Protect NY Kids, which was pivotal in helping NYS pass Child Victims Act legislation in 2019…

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Episode 59: #SurvivorStories series with “Ashley” on the dangers of technology–cyberstalking and surveillance

July 18, 2019 Children, Divorce and Custody, Domestic Violence, Gender-Based Violence, Podcasts, Policy, Survivor Stories, Trauma and Abuse

On this #SurvivorStories series episode, our guest is “Ashley” a survivor of intimate partner violence and coercive control and a protective mom.  Ashley is here to speak with us today about the dangers of technology in domestic violence. In particular, Ashley believes that her husband, from whom she is currently separated, had been cyberstalking her…

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Episode 49: Rachel Louise Snyder on “No Visible Bruises” and domestic violence as intimate partner terrorism

May 16, 2019 Children, Divorce and Custody, Domestic Violence, Feminism, Gender (Justice), Gender-Based Violence, Media and Culture, Men and Masculinity, Podcasts, Policy, Prevention, Rape and Sexual Assault, Sexism and Misogyny, Trauma and Abuse

On this episode of en(gender)ed, our guest is Rachel Louise Snyder, an Associate Professor of Literature at American University and the author of Fugitive Denim, What We’ve Lost is Nothing and the recently released, No Visible Bruises. We speak with Rachel today about her book and experience as a journalist and her coverage of the…

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Episode 48: Dawn Elizabeth Wilcox of Women Count USA on femicide as a national crisis

May 9, 2019 Children, Divorce and Custody, Domestic Violence, Gender (Justice), Gender-Based Violence, Media and Culture, Podcasts, Policy, Rape and Sexual Assault, Sexism and Misogyny, Trauma and Abuse

On this episode of en(gender)ed, our guest is Dawn Elizabeth Wilcox, a domestic violence survivor, activist and educator. Dawn has been working as a registered nurse for 23 years and runs Women Count USA, a national database that compiles data on femicides in the United States.  Dawn began this project in 2017 out of her…

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Episode 47: Dorchen Leidholdt on incarcerated women and survivors of gender-based violence

May 2, 2019 Children, Domestic Violence, Feminism, Gender (Justice), Gender-Based Violence, Podcasts, Policy, Prevention, Rape and Sexual Assault, Sexism and Misogyny, Trauma and Abuse

Today’s guest is Dorchen Leidholdt, the Legal Director of the NYC domestic violence agency, Sanctuary for Families.  In her main role, Dorchen heads the agency’s legal services for survivors of gender-based violence, including providing support for obtaining orders of protection, immigration, sex trafficking. In addition to this important work, Dorchen also leads the “Incarcerated Gender…

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