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Episode 30: #SurvivorStories Series with Anita Gera and the misuse of the Hague Convention to harm children

November 15, 2018 Children, Divorce and Custody, Domestic Violence, Gender-Based Violence, Image, Podcasts, Survivor Stories

In this #SurvivorSeries episode, we speak with Anita Gera, a protective mother from Great Britain.  In 2014, Anita went to British government to seek protection against her abusive and controlling ex-husband, an American pilot who was based in Arizona.  Over the next year, through her ex-husband’s misuse of the Hague Convention, Anita’s case brought her…

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Episode 19: Lisa Fischel-Wolovick on “Traumatic Divorce and Separation” and its effects on families and children

August 24, 2018 Children, Divorce and Custody, Domestic Violence, Gender-Based Violence, Image, Podcasts, Policy, Trauma and Abuse

On this episode of en(gender)ed, our guest is Lisa Fischel-Wolovick, an attorney who has represented battered women for almost thirty years. She is also the author of numerous publications including her recent book: Traumatic Divorce and Separation:  The Impact of Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse in Custody and Divorce, just recently published by Oxford Univ. Press, this…

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