child abuse

Episode 148: Christine Cocchiola on the impact of coercive control and parenting child victims

On this episode of the en(gender)ed podcast, our guest is Christine Cocchiola, a licensed Clinical Social Worker and a tenured professor at a Connecticut community college, teaching in the Pre-Social Work Program for over 18 years. Christine began her career in social work as Certified Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Counselor for Safe Haven of Greater…

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Episode 147: Elle Kamihira on her documentary “Jennifer 42” and “Jennifer’s Law”

On this episode of the en(gender)ed podcast, our guest is Elle Kamihira, a multi-disciplinary director whose work has focused on using storytelling as a tool to spark conversation about women’s lives and gender inequality.  We speak with Elle today about one of her current projects, Jennifer 42, an animated documentary that takes a close look at…

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Episode 134: Domestic Violence Awareness Month Community Conversation on Domestic Abuse and the Church

This year, in recognition of DVAM, the Engendered Collective hosted a series of community conversations to bring greater awareness to domestic abuse and gender-based violence.  Today’s conversation deals with the intersection of domestic abuse and the Church. Our guests included Debra Wingfield and Julie Owens. Debra Wingfield, Ed.D. is an Author, Speaker, and Trainer with…

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Episode 133: Domestic Violence Awareness Month Community Conversation on Domestic Abuse and Child Abuse

**A word of caution–these conversations contains frank discussions of child sexual abuse and the effects of abuse.** This year, in recognition of DVAM, the Engendered Collective hosted a series of community conversations to bring greater awareness to domestic abuse and gender-based violence.  Today’s conversation deals with the intersection of domestic violence and systemic sexism and…

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Coercive Control as Post-Separation Abuse in Family Court

If you’re familiar with our podcast episodes, you know that we featured many survivors and advocates working in the protective mothers’ movement to end sexism and gender bias in family court.  Abusers who engage in coercive control often continue their tactics when a survivor expresses a desire to leave.  Often this can manifest threatening a…

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