Cathy Kezelman
Dr. Cathy Kezelman was a practicing medical practitioner for 20 years. She is a director of ASCA (Adults Surviving Child Abuse), an organisation which advocates for the more than 2 million Australian adult survivors of some form of abuse or neglect. She has held leadership roles within ASCA for close to a decade, having served 2 terms as chairperson and recently as CEO. She is also a current director of MHCC (Mental Health Co-ordinating Council NSW) and is an active advocate for the protection of children and meeting the needs of Australian adult survivors of child abuse through trauma-informed approach to care. Early in 2010 she published her memoir, Innocence Revisited – a tale in parts, her story of recovery from child abuse.
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Time to tear off the blindfold on child sex abuse
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced the appointment of six royal commissioners and the terms of reference for the inquiry…... Read more
Child abusers flourish when good people say nothing
The report released yesterday by Justice Blaxell in Western Australia, shows that a countless number of board members in a…... Read more
A Royal Commission is the only answer for Defence
The review into the Australian Defence Force has revealed an endemic culture of physical and sexual assault, including that of…... Read more
It’s time to speak out about the unspeakable
During the early 1900s, at a time of increasing unrest over economic, social and political inequality for women, International Women’s…... Read more
Offender gets four years while victim gets life
For a person whose innocence is stolen as a child and whose life has been irrevocably damaged, what constitutes justice?…... Read more
Child abuse in churches is not yet history
It’s heartening to see Australian politicians taking a stand around Catholic clergy abuse, but the calls to action this week…... Read more
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