Healing and Human Rights: A Blog by the Center for Victims of Torture
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Kristi Rendahl, CVT organizational development advisor, describes her work doing assessments of locations where CVT may bring its rehabilitative care for torture survivors.
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Thursday, June 30, 2016
Posted in Washington, D.C., Human Rights, Immigration, Refugees, Minnesota
For July 4th, Annie Sovcik, director of CVT's Washington, D.C., office, considers how our Founding Fathers would react to today's inflammatory rhetoric about torture and about closing our doors to refugees.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Posted in Torture Rehabilitation, Human Rights, Global Health, Immigration, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, Refugees
Amal Hassan, CVT Somali community liaison, comments on her experience moving to America and the importance of welcoming refugees and asylum seekers.
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Friday, June 24, 2016
Curt Goering, CVT's executive director, reflects on the uncertainty for residents of Dadaab as the world honors the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Shorouq Jabari, physiotherapist, CVT Jordan, writes about combining rewarding work with her physiotherapy skills in her work with survivors of torture at CVT.
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Thursday, June 16, 2016
Posted in Torture Rehabilitation, Immigration, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, Refugees, Minnesota
Amanda McDonald, CVT social worker and case manager, comments on the transformation her clients have experienced as a result of living at Sarah’s … an Oasis for Women.
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Monday, June 6, 2016
Maki Katoh, country director for CVT Ethiopia, comments on the wide range of events and messages that were part of the 25th Eritrean Independence Day in Mai Ayni camp.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Edna Gicovi, psychosocial counselor, CVT Nairobi, describes her work helping teenage girls, who’ve survived atrocities including abduction and rape, now find healing and connection in group sessions.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Hani Hattab, technical support & IT specialist, CVT Jordan, comments on what it means to work in a technical role in an organization helping survivors of torture.
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Monday, May 16, 2016
Posted in Human Rights
Marie Soueid, CVT policy counsel, comments on a recent online conversation by New Tactics regarding the most effective ways to protect those who witness human rights violations.
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