Office Organizing and Management Seminar

The officers of our Association, Andronika Italou, Androulla Delenda and Elena Kateifi attended the Seminar on Office Organization and Management, organized by the Center for Development and Research of the Pancyprian Volunteer Coordination Council in cooperation with Nicosia District Voluntary Co-ordinating Council.

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This Is Why I Didn’t Tell You He Was Beating Me

By Janice Fuller-Roberts Understanding the mind-set of a domestic violence victim is almost impossible to do. Unless, like this writer, you’ve been one. When I fled my abusive relationship for the last time (yes, I left and went back), one of the first things my well-meaning friends and family asked...

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Are Absentee Parents Abusive?

Why a parent might check out of their child’s life, and the ramifications it can have Maybe your partner is present in your life, but not in the lives of your children. Is that considered abuse? “All kids want love and want to feel valued,” says Susan Bernstein, a MA-based...

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Emotional Outcomes for Child Witnesses to Domestic Violence

Teresa Collett, PsyD, Therapist in Silverdale, Washington Domestic violence is a social problem, affecting each member of a family—including kids, even when they are not the ones directly experiencing violence or aggression. Parents under stress can create children under stress. For children, witnessing domestic violence can lead to the development...

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The Battered-Child Syndrome: 50 Years Later

Larry Wolff, Director, NYU Center for European and Mediterranean Studies The year 2012 has provided the occasion for looking back 50 years to some of the historical and cultural landmarks of 1962, from Vatican II and the Cuban Missile Crisis to the environmental warning of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and...

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