by YvonneMichele23 | Dec 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
Stalking and Intimidation – this might not leave phsyical scars but the mental and emotional ones go very deep. You doubt your own sanity at times, you question whether you are bringing it on yourself, you push people away because you don’t know who to trust and...
by YvonneMichele23 | Dec 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
We thought for our new followers we should start introducing you to the people who are G.E.M cic. First of it’s our founder Yvonne. She is a multi award winning singer, speaker and presenter, she’s a transformational powerhouse with a unique, enriching style of...
by YvonneMichele23 | Dec 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
There’s not much more we can say. It amazes us when victims don’t think they’ve been raped or abused, more education needs to happen. That’s part of the work we do at G.E.M cic, we educate to help people not become victims. If you would like to know more about the...
by YvonneMichele23 | Dec 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
I don’t know how many times we’ve heard this… he doesn’t hit her, it’s not abuse. We really need to change the narrative around abuse. While we work with women survivors the definition of what abuse is goes for men as well… it’s not just violence. Like the list we...
by YvonneMichele23 | Dec 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
If someone says domestic abuse to you what do you think of? Most people will go to sexual abuse or physical abuse, it’s also harassment and stalking, financial abuse and digital abuse. Financial abuse maybe needs some explaining if you’ve never suffered...
by YvonneMichele23 | Dec 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
While gender-based violence is not limited to violence against women and girls, according to World Health Organization’s (WHO) data from 2021, almost one in every three women, or approximately 736 million women, have been subjected to intimate partner violence,...
by YvonneMichele23 | Nov 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Today is the first day of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence, it’s also the International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women. This image is true I think for almost every parent out there. Did you know that in 2021, around 45,000 women and...
by YvonneMichele23 | Oct 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
When you’re honest with your self you set yourself free. This poem is about a woman’s journey to free herself from Domestic Abuse. There is always a way out of tre darkness , just follow the light inside and be brave. “HE DIDN’T HIT ME.He just went through...
by YvonneMichele23 | Oct 19, 2023 | Throwback Thursday
#ThrowbackThursday I first shared this in August last year but from the conversations I’m hearing I think it needs sharing again. Clarity – clarity is absolutely everything, when life is throwing things at us and we become unclear everything is blurred,...
by YvonneMichele23 | Oct 18, 2023 | Black History Month, Hope Gala Ball, Windrush Wednesday
This Windrush Wednesday I’m not going to say very much, I’m going to leave it all to Professor Laura Serrant OBE and her Poem You Called and We Came. Her words are incredibly powerful. Whilst I’m talking about Windrush, ITV have a programme on tomorrow night at 9pm...
