ResearchGender-based Violence, Inequalities, Mental Health, Psychosocial SupportLiterature Review: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Transitional Justice in AfricaIntroduction This research publication provides a review of the peacebuilding and transitional justice literature on how MHPSS can and must be integrated into post-conflict reconstruction and restoration processes. It describes current approaches to peacebuilding and why transitional justice is a key component of peaceful and resilient post-conflict communities. The review details the limitations of current approaches that lack MHPSS components,… Read More Gugu Resha, Amina Mwaikambo, Modiegi Merafe, Percy Maimela, Stacy Norman Hector, Sumaiya Mohamed and Gugu ShabalalaApril 12, 2023
ArticlesMediaGender-based ViolenceCurbing a Violent Trend: Declining GBV Statistics Hold Little Joy for Those Locked Down with Their AbusersOn paper, the decline in reported gender-based violence (GBV) crimes looks like good news. The reality on the ground is very different: many women remain locked down with their abusers during the Covid-19 pandemic, unable to seek help from the police. To read full article Read More Modiegi MerafeAugust 28, 2020
PublicationsResearchTorture and State Violence, Trauma and Transition, Trauma CounsellingCSVR Community Model: Intervening with Victims of Torture and CIDT in Kagiso, GautengThis report draws on a series of community interventions conducted in Kagiso with the Kagiso Anti-torture Community Project (KACP), between May 2012 and November 2013. This paper provides a thematic analysis of patterns and themes that came out of the community interventions with the KACP. Read More Jabu Masitha, Dominique Dix-Peek, Modiegi Merafe, Kindisa Ngubeni and Tsamme MfundisiDecember 31, 2014
