Read real stories about inspiring women and be empowered to look after your mind, body and spirit through the good and bad times.
We know reporting to the police can be overwhelming and confusing, so we’ve put together some key things for you to know when going through this process.
It can be hard to know what to do when we see something not okay happening. We’ve put together a quick 101 on how you can be an active bystander, and stand up in a safe way.
Survivor, Sylvia Philcox, shares her story From Silence to Strength, about how in the wake of darkness, she chose light.
How do some of the words we hear on a daily basis uphold sexism? And what can we do about it?
Everyone's healing journey looks different, and there are a range of different things survivors can choose to pursue to support them on that journey.
We’ve collected some commonly used terms we have heard lately in association to rape culture, to help you understand what they are, and how they can appear in our daily lives.
One of our Dear Em Embassadors, Thiyona, shares about her journey, and the thoughts and feelings she has had to navigate along the way. In sharing her story, Thiyona hopes that other survivors can feel less alone in their journey.
This week Em wants to consider all contributing factors to our community’s mental health. This discussion will focus on relationships, how to keep them healthy, and how to make sure they are empowering, not draining.
Check out the latest project from our Dear Em leadership team: Jhumka Journey!
Sammie Le Gallais is a young wahine of many talents; a Clinical Psychology student, one of our very own Youth Development Workers here at Dear Em, and an incredibly talented creative and musician. In late 2023 Sammie released her debut album, MARS IN SCORPIO. - we sat down to talk to her about her new album, and how music has played a role in her life and healing journey.
On the 2nd of December, members of Dear Em along with volunteers ‘yarn bombed’ a tree outside East Coast Bays Library. Our art installation was created to be a message of hope for women and girls impacted by sexual violence, in support of the United Nations ‘16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence’.
While crime has been a major topic this election season, issues relating to sexual violence have been largely invisible. In response to this lack of dialogue, Dear Em surveyed political parties regarding their sexual violence policies relating to consent law reform and education and how the justice system handles sexual violence.
Healing is less like a choose-your-own-adventure - think of healing as a blank page, a story you get to write. This is my story of finding strength to heal in my own unique way.
Social media, news and porn are crucial learning tools that strongly influence how the wider community behaves, and the use of rape culture across these platforms has substantial consequences.
An inspiring story of hope from one young woman reflecting on her own journey, and how far she has come in her recovery.
In 2021 we shared A Letter to My Body, a letter written by one of our team about her journey to appreciate her body after recovering from an eating disorder. Now, a year later, she has revisited this letter to continue to document and share her dialogue with her body.
Consent? is an impactful poem submitted to Dear Em by a survivor about their experience and journey.
On Tuesday 10th May, Hon. Marama Davidson announced that as a part of Budget 2022, the Government will be investing $114.5 million over four years to prevent and respond to family violence and sexual violence across Aotearoa.
