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Publications, Research, Children and Youth, Mental Health, Psychosocial Support, Transitional Justice

Integrating Mental Health And Psychosocial Support In Transitional Justice: A Manual For Youth In Africa

Transitional Justice (TJ) seeks to address the legacies of conflict and gross human rights abuses through truth-seeking, reparations, accountability measures, and institutional reform. Yet focusing solely on legal or institutional mechanisms often leaves deep emotional and social wounds unhealed. Mental…

Jacqui Leigh Chowles and Gaudence Uwizeye

03 Feb 2026

Articles, Media, Our News and Events, Gender-based Violence, Psychosocial Support, Trauma Counselling, Violence and Trauma

In The Shadow Of Femicide: The Unseen Trauma Of Families In Search Of Healing And Justice

In the Shadow of Femicide: The Unseen Trauma of Families in Search of Healing and Justice This article is published as part of the CSVR Justice Op-Ed Series for the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. The Bolwana* and…

Lethabo Motloung

15 Dec 2025

Articles, Media, Our News and Events, Gender-based Violence, Psychosocial Support

Behind The Screen: How Digital Tools Are Fuelling Gender-based Violence

Behind the Screen: How Digital Tools are Fuelling Gender-Based Violence What happens when the very technologies built to connect and empower us become weapons of surveillance, control, and gendered harm? Over the last decade, digital tools and online spaces have…

Lesego Sekhu

12 Dec 2025

Policy, Publications, Mental Health, Psychosocial Support, Trauma and Transition

Towards Advancing Psychosocial Justice: Strengthening Mental Health Support Through The Psychosocial Wellness Programme

Violence continues to leave deep psychological and social scars in many communities, creating urgent needs for accessible, context-sensitive mental health support programmes and systems. Through the Psychosocial Wellness Programme (PWP) at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation…

Teresa Abel

01 Jul 2025

Policy, Publications, Mental Health, Psychosocial Support, Trauma Counselling

Trauma-informed Psychological First Aid

The trauma-informed psychological first aid (PFA) toolkit was developed in collaboration with the White Helmet (WH) during a Training of Trainers workshop in December 2023 facilitated by the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) in partnership with…

CSVR

25 Jun 2024

Psychosocial Support Tag

Integrating Mental Health And Psychosocial Support In Transitional Justice: A Manual For Youth In Africa

In The Shadow Of Femicide: The Unseen Trauma Of Families In Search Of Healing And Justice

Behind The Screen: How Digital Tools Are Fuelling Gender-based Violence

Towards Advancing Psychosocial Justice: Strengthening Mental Health Support Through The Psychosocial Wellness Programme

Trauma-informed Psychological First Aid

In the Shadow of Femicide: The Unseen Trauma of Families in Search of Healing and Justice

Behind the Screen: How Digital Tools are Fuelling Gender-Based Violence

MEDIA STATEMENT: ABDUCTION OF 315 SCHOOLGIRLS AND WOMEN IN NIGERIA

What does Justice for GBV mean for you?

Annual Activity Report: September 2024 – August 2025

Rapport Annuel D'Activités: Septembre 2024 – Août 2025

Technology and Transitional Justice in Africa – Portuguese

Technology and Transitional Justice in Africa – French

Technology and Transitional Justice in Africa – Arabic

Technology and Transitional Justice in Africa

Transformative Transitional Justice for Climate Justice: Lessons from Practice

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