Healing and Human Rights: A Blog by the Center for Victims of Torture
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Hiba lived in Syria and was newly married when the war forced her to flee her home for the first time. Read her story of courage and strength and finding CVT Jordan and a new life.
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Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Pam Kriege Santoso, PATH project manager, and Kristi Rendahl, CVT consultant, published a paper that focuses on a key topic in torture rehabilitation: organizational development.
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Monday, February 10, 2020
Posted in Human Rights
Steven H. Miles, MD, former CVT board member, is author of an important and deeply researched book on physician complicity with torture.
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Wednesday, February 5, 2020
As the rare study by CVT's Healing Hearts team is published, clinicians Novia Josiah-Isaac and Alison Beckman speak about their experience working with clients.
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Posted in Torture Rehabilitation, Global Health, Refugees
Areej Ibrahim, physiotherapist, CVT Jordan, writes about the benefits of physiotherapy combined with psychosocial and social work support, especially for children and families.
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Monday, February 3, 2020
Posted in Torture Rehabilitation, Global Health, Refugees
Ahmad Al-Taj, physiotherapist, CVT Jordan, writes about techniques he uses to help clients improve pain levels and make progress in healing.
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Thursday, January 30, 2020
Eman Al-Shuaibi, Ph.D., psychosocial counselor, CVT Jordan, writes about the significant progress clients make through care.
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Curt Goering, CVT executive director, writes that the world must turn its attention to the extensive humanitarian work being done in Iraq, not only to the conflicts in the region.
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Monday, January 13, 2020
Posted in Washington, D.C., Torture Rehabilitation, Human Rights, Immigration, Refugees
Andrea Cárcamo, senior policy counsel, clarifies details regarding several onerous barriers to asylum seeking.
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Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Noor Abdullah Al-Sagher, senior psychosocial counselor, CVT Jordan, writes about the importance of caring for parents in order to help children heal after war.
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