Healing and Human Rights: A Blog by the Center for Victims of Torture
Monday, April 30, 2018
Read the powerful words of five survivors who refused to let their torturers silence them.
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Thursday, April 26, 2018
Posted in Torture Rehabilitation, Global Health, Immigration, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, Refugees
Miriam Okello, finance controller, CVT Nairobi, writes about the key financial work that helps keep the program running efficiently so as many refugees as possible can receive care.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2018
A new paper co-authored by Craig Higson-Smith, CVT research director, examines the need for therapeutic interventions beyond those focused solely on past trauma.
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Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Curt Goering, CVT executive director, reflects on meeting with survivors at CVT Uganda.
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Laura de Rosier, CVT major gifts and events associate, reports on highlights from SAFE: The Sexual Assault Fundamentals Education Conference.
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Thursday, April 5, 2018
To provide additional support to survivors of torture, CVT Atlanta has introduced a new role focused on community and advocacy initiatives to support human rights, which can help clients with healing.
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Monday, April 2, 2018
Teresia Macharia, psychosocial counselor at CVT Nairobi, writes about her work with survivors, including teenage girls who became mothers as a result of rape.
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Friday, March 30, 2018
CVT published a report authored by Shannon Golden, Ph.D., CVT research associate, about mental health, stressors, coping strategies and more, conducted in two camps in Northern Ethiopia.
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Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Refugees who have survived torture see improvements as a result of collaborative care, but more research is needed, according to a new report authored by CVT researchers, including Maria Vukovich, Ph.D, research associate, and colleagues.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2018
A new text book features CVT’s dynamic approach to physical therapy for survivors of torture and trauma.
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