Understanding the HAVOCA Survey Results: A Summary HAVOCA (Help for Adult Victims Of Child Abuse) has been conducting a comprehensive survey to gather insights from survivors of childhood abuse. The survey aims to understand the impact of abuse on survivors’ lives and to provide valuable data that can inform support … Continue reading
Discovering Healing Through EMDR: A Journey of Hope In the realm of trauma therapy, one approach stands out for its innovative and effective techniques: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). At HAVOCA, we believe in providing survivors with information to therapies that can transform lives, and EMDR has proven to … Continue reading
Embracing Positivity with the ‘Flip It’ Technique Life is filled with moments that challenge our resilience and test our positivity. For those on a healing journey, especially survivors, the impact of negative thoughts and emotions can be overwhelming. Here at HAVOCA, we’re dedicated to providing tools and strategies that empower … Continue reading
Wrapping up 2023, a multi part series, looking at the universality of states deliberate failure in the face of child sexual abuse. This second part covers Belgium. To come: United Kingdom, France, and European institutions. The public prosecutor Three times during the course of a year the Belgian courts followed … Continue reading
“Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.“ Vera Brittain (1964) The Rebel Passion: A Short History of Some Pioneer Peace-Makers Meet the EU’s alleged fight against Child Sexual Abuse; its proposed regulation against Online Child Sexual Abuse Material, or short CSAM. journalists, whistleblowers and freedom of speech subject … Continue reading
D-Day for child sexual abuse? An opinion piece on an example how our societies around the world fail to deal with child sexual abuse, over and over again, simply for the lack of political and judiciary accountability. “At this historic moment surely not one of us is too busy, too … Continue reading
What happened yesterday thwarts all imagination. A report on Child Sexual Abuse came out in Switzerland. Both the authorities and the church reacted. I need to write, I need to vent. Discover with me the true nature of Switzerland … The report The report released September 12th 2023 is titled … Continue reading
The Inexorable Link Between Childhood Trauma and Hormonal Imbalances The America SPCC reports that in a given year, child abuse reports involve approximately 7.2 million children. Abuse has both short-term and long-term consequences, with the latter including physical, psychological, and behavioral consequences. Trauma also causes hormonal changes, including changes to oxytocin and … Continue reading
Hi all, I’m Edane, a Manchester International Festival Sounds Artist who is holding a concert at 26 November 2022, 1:30pm (Saturday) at Manchester, UK to raise awareness of types of child abuse and their impact towards adulthood. I’m so excited to share with you the concert trailer: The concert features three … Continue reading
The Report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse On 20 October 2022, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse published its final statutory report, which was presented to Parliament pursuant to section 26 of the Inquiries Act 2005. In accordance with the Inquiry’s Terms of Reference, the report … Continue reading
