Stalking and Intimidation

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...

Who are we? Yvonne Michéle

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...

Rape and Sexual abuse

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...

He doesn’t hit her, it’s not abuse…

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...

Do you know the types of abuse?

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...