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
ArticlesInequalities, Mental Health, Peacebuilding, Social CohesionMODELLING A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO EMPOWERING SOCIETIES, COMMUNITIES AND VICTIMS AFFECTED BY VIOLENCEThe African continent has experienced high levels of violence and brutalisation and needs empowerment. Empowerment means different things to different people and at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR), we understand this well. Our work embeds empowerment both as an approach and as an outcome of our activities and interventions. Since its establishment in 1989, the… Read More Annah Moyo-KupetaApril 4, 2023
Our News and EventsMental Health, Trauma and Transition, Trauma CounsellingLeading for Healing Programme for the Social Justice SectorCSVR invites you to attend a programme briefing on Friday 14th October 2022 for potential participants in our Leading for Healing capacity and resilience building programme. This programme, made possible by the Ford Foundation, seeks to offer existing grantees of the foundation and other organizations in the social justice sector, an opportunity to engage in a 10–month course of healing… Read More CSVROctober 7, 2022
Our News and EventsUncategorizedInequalities, Mental Health, Social Cohesion, Violence PreventionSudan MHPSS Referral Network ListBelow is a list of organisations where individuals may access mental health and trauma-related support services in Sudan. المنظمة العنوان ١- بيت الفنار الخرطوم ٢ شارع كترينا / شرق حديقة القرشي ٢- مركز سيما الخرطوم . ٣- مركز الاحفاد للصدمة(التروما) الخرطوم -امدرمان جامعة الاحفاد.شارع العرضة ٤- المبادرة الاستراتيجية لنساء القرن الافريقي. الخرطوم ٥- منظمة سورد الخرطوم ٦- وحدة مكافحة العنف… Read More CSVRJune 29, 2022
PolicyPublicationsResearchMental Health, Migrants and Xenophobia, Psychosocial Support, Transitional JusticeForced Migration: A Transitional Justice IssueThis research brief presents recommendations for integrating forced migration and its victims into transitional justice processes. Based on research conducted in partnership with forced migrant communities in The Gambia, Sudan, Syria, and Bangladesh/Myanmar, the recommendations provide guidance for national and international policy makers and civil society actors working at the nexus of transition and migration. Read More CSVRApril 21, 2022
PolicyPublicationsResearchMental Health, Migrants and Xenophobia, Psychosocial Support, Transitional JusticeMigration Forcée: Une Question de Justice TransitionnelleCe sommaire de recherche présente des recommandations pour intégrer la migration forcée et ses victimes dans les processus de justice transitionnelle. Basées sur des recherches menées en partenariat avec des communautés de migrants forcés en Gambie, au Soudan, en Syrie et au Bangladesh/Myanmar, les recommandations fournissent des orientations aux décideurs politiques nationaux et internationaux et aux acteurs de la société… Read More CSVRApril 21, 2022
