A powerful vehicle for helping professionals help survivors of sexual violence has made two stops in Northland on a roadshow that will include only three North Island seminars.
"Dealing with Disclosures of Sexual Violence" was presented by some of New Zealand's most experienced advocates and workers with the sexually abused, and experts on the dynamics of abuse, Kim McGregor, Louise Nicholas, Russell Smith and Ken Clearwater.
The Northland seminars were in Kaitaia on Monday and Whangarei on Wednesday.
The next will be in Auckland and the other three in the South Island.
The presenters spoke about their own areas of expertise, the prevalence of sexual violence, difficulty people faced disclosing sexual abuse, need for more trained advocacy and the work of organisations such as Rape Crisis.