Healing and Human Rights: A Blog by the Center for Victims of Torture
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Francis Lokong, monitoring & evaluation officer, CVT Uganda, writes about witnessing clients’ improvements in his research work.
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Monday, April 8, 2019
Posted in Washington, D.C., Torture Rehabilitation, Human Rights, Immigration, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, Refugees
Curt Goering, CVT executive director, writes that the U.S. must keep the critical USCIS offices open.
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Tuesday, April 2, 2019
The unfathomable pain of being separated from loved ones is widely felt among asylum seekers worldwide. Sometimes the separation occurs as soon as a survivor escapes, leaving everything and everyone behind. Others are torn apart from family members by the very governments whose protection they seek.
Because the majority of CVT’s U.S. clients are asylum seekers, separation and the trauma that results are all too familiar experiences. Flashbacks from fleeing home to survive are not uncommon. Neither is the constant confusion of navigating the U.S. immigration system.
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Thursday, March 7, 2019
Noor Zada, MENA initiative manager for CVT's New Tactics in Human Rights program, writes about balancing life as a human rights activist and mother.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2019
CVT's Alexandra Sevett addresses international violence against women.
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Monday, March 4, 2019
CVT's Healing Hearts program introduces a NEW toolkit for medical providers working with refugee patients.
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Wednesday, February 27, 2019
CVT represented at Georgia's recent New Americans Day celebration.
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019
The CVT Ethiopia team took on a special project training IOM staff in Djibouti in methods of effective care for highly traumatized migrants.
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019
CVT volunteers in the U.S. translated training materials into French for a project underway by the CVT Ethiopia team in Djibouti.
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