Michelle Meyer, at The Blogs

Michelle Meyer

Oct 21, 2024, 7:03 AM

Peace without Resolution: The Child’s Perspective.

I am a child advocate based in Melbourne, Australia, and my life's work has been dedicated to children's rights and protecting the vulnerable. I was shocked and infuriated by the insensitivity of the statements made on the anniversary of...

Jun 18, 2019, 8:25 AM

Understanding of child safety and hachnasat orchim

Jewish organisations can cultivate a child safe environment by developing and implementing sound comprehensive child protection policies.

The Jewish community should be a safe place for all of our children, but protection of children can be too much for one person or one organisation to implement with full effectiveness, so child safety must be a collective...

Apr 3, 2016, 5:07 PM

Impact of child sexual abuse on Jewish identity

Child sexual abuse causes significant trauma and impairs a victim’s psychological, sexual, social and physiological development. With the rise in disclosures of child sexual abuse within faith based organisations, and disclosures of intrafamilial sexual abuse in faith based communities, there...

About Me

Dr. Michelle Meyer is a highly skilled social worker and passionate leader when it comes to promoting child safety in the Jewish community. Michelle was formerly CEO of Tzedek, a support service in the Jewish community for survivors of sexual abuse. Michelle founded and has served as President of Maoz, a child safeguarding service for the Jewish community since 2022.

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