coercive control

“10 Feminist Podcasts You Need To Listen To”

  Thank you to the End FGM European Network for including the en(gender)ed podcast on this list of venerable feminist podcasts!  What a surprise to wake up to this honor today.  While our podcast started as a response to the advocacy work I do in NYC, it has grown to something much bigger, that includes…

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10 Lessons “The Walking Dead” Offers To Help Us Through This Pandemic

At this point, all fifty states local governments have declared some sort of lockdown to control the spread and manage the healthcare response to the COVID-19 crisis. For many states, easing of stay-at-home restrictions and the gradual re-opening of businesses has punctuated differences in how people are navigating the tension between returning to some semblance…

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Episode 101: Nazir Afzal on COVID-19 or the coronavirus’ impact on domestic violence

On this episode of the en(gender)ed podcast, our guest is Nazir Afzal, former Chief Crown Prosecutor for NW England, former Director in London, and former Chief Executive of the country’s Police & Crime Commissioners.  Nazir has prosecuted some of the most high profile cases in the country and advised on many other and led nationally…

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Mother’s Day 2020 Episode Look Back

Mother’s Day, like many other holidays, can generate mixed feelings for many people.  For some who lost their mothers, it elicits a sense of loss.  For others who have conflicted relationships with their mothers, the day may present an unwelcome journey down memory lane they would rather not take.  For protective moms whose efforts to…

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Episode 100: #SurvivorStories Series with Nicole Lee on domestic abuse with a disability

On this #SurvivorStories series en(gender)ed podcast episode, our guest is Nicole Lee, a survivor, social worker, and disability rights advocate.  Nicole lived with her abuser husband for 10 years until 2014, when she left him.  We speak with Nicole today about her experience as a rape and coercive control survivor, how her disability increased her…

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