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Episode 38: Dr. Tanja Jovanovic on how witnessing abuse is just as bad for children as being abused

February 28, 2019 Children, Divorce and Custody, Domestic Violence, Gender-Based Violence, Podcasts, Prevention, Trauma and Abuse

On this episode of en(gender)ed, our guest is Dr. Tanja Jovanovic, Director of the Grady Trauma Project and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University.   Dr. Jovanovic’s current research program focuses on the Interaction of traumatic experiences, neurophysiology, neuroendocrinology, and genetic risk factors in mentor disorders in adults…

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Episode 37: #SurvivorStories Series with Sarah Strong on mitigating coercive parenting by an abuser

February 21, 2019 Children, Divorce and Custody, Domestic Violence, Healing, Podcasts, Survivor Stories

On this #SurvivorStories series episode, our guest is Sarah Strong, a protective parent and survivor of domestic violence and coercive control, a fitness instructor, a power lifter, and a health advocate.  Sarah talks about her whirlwind romance with her ex-husband whom she met in March 2016, married three months later in June 2016, and divorced…

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Episode 36: #SurvivorStories Series with Ashley Bendiksen on healing through advocacy

February 13, 2019 Domestic Violence, Healing, Podcasts, Rape and Sexual Assault, Survivor Stories

On today’s show, our guest is Ashley Bendiksen, a survivor of domestic violence and sexual assault who has transformed her experience to become a vocal advocate, activist and public speaker on issues related to ending gender-based violence.  Her work centers on reaching youth and helping empower them to engage in self-discovery and end abuse. Ashley…

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Episode 35: #SurvivorStories Series with Maria Santiago on the impact of childhood domestic violence

February 6, 2019 Children, Domestic Violence, Healing, Podcasts, Rape and Sexual Assault, Survivor Stories

On today’s show, our guest is Maria Santiago, a survivor of childhood domestic violence or family violence, a protective parent, and a decades long advocate for survivors of intimate partner violence.  Maria is employed as a violence prevention educator in a NYC non-profit organization and works on elder justice reform in the Latino community as…

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Episode 17: #SurvivorStories Series–A dialogue with Autumn about diversity, inclusion and acceptance

August 16, 2018 Children, Gender (Justice), Image, Media and Culture, Podcasts, Prevention, Sexism and Misogyny, Survivor Stories

On this episode of en(gender)ed, we speak with Autumn, a junior at Cornell University studying English.  In the summer of 2015, when she was 18 years old, Autumn realized that she is a transgender woman, and since then her work and writing have focused on articulating the experience of being transgender.  After graduating from college,…

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