MediaVideosTrauma Counselling, Violence PreventionBlended Voices Symposium: History of Violence in AfricaThis panel video examines the history of violence in Africa. It emerges from the CSVR Symposium Webinar Series – Blended Voices: Building an Understanding of Torture, War Trauma and Violence through an African Lens. Held from October 2020 to March 2021, this webinar series aimed to gather voices of practitioners across Africa to reflect on their experiences of working with… Read More CSVRApril 8, 2021
ArticlesMediaGender-based ViolenceShift in Strategy Needed to Tackle GBVCovid-19 has caused devastation in communities, and this has disproportionately affected women. This impact on women, particularly their economic status and vulnerability to violence, has been brought home by the release in the last week of the quarterly crime statistics and quarterly Labour Force Survey. While these figures provide a sense of the magnitude of the problem, they fail to… Read More CSVRMarch 11, 2021
MediaVideosTransitional JusticeGambian National Dialogue on Forgiveness, Accountability and HealingCSVR's Jacqui Chowles spoke at the Gambian National Dialogue on Foregiveness, Accountability and Healing on the theme of forgiveness, history and healing. The national dialogue was organised by the African Network against Extrajudicial Killings and Enforced Disappearances (ANEKED). Read More CSVRDecember 17, 2020
MediaVideosTransitional JusticeFourth African Transitional Justice Forum: Panel on Violent ExtremismOn 26–28 October 2020, the African Union Commission Department of Political Affairs and CSVR hosted the fourth African Transitional Justice Forum. An inaugural online version of the Forum, the three-day conference addressed the state of transitional justice on the continent, specifically its contribution to the AU’s 2020 theme of the year, “Silencing the Guns,” amid the challenges and opportunities presented… Read More CSVRDecember 4, 2020
MediaVideosTransitional JusticeFourth African Transitional Justice Forum: Panel on the Future of Transitional Justice After COVID-19On 26–28 October 2020, the African Union Commission Department of Political Affairs and CSVR hosted the fourth African Transitional Justice Forum. An inaugural online version of the Forum, the three-day conference addressed the state of transitional justice on the continent, specifically its contribution to the AU’s 2020 theme of the year, “Silencing the Guns,” amid the challenges and opportunities presented… Read More CSVRDecember 4, 2020
MediaVideosTransitional JusticeFourth African Transitional Justice Forum: Panel on Victims' ExperiencesOn 26–28 October 2020, the African Union Commission Department of Political Affairs and CSVR hosted the fourth African Transitional Justice Forum. An inaugural online version of the Forum, the three-day conference addressed the state of transitional justice on the continent, specifically its contribution to the AU’s 2020 theme of the year, “Silencing the Guns,” amid the challenges and opportunities presented… Read More CSVRDecember 4, 2020
