Update on training in cambodia
As part of an ongoing process of collaboration with Banteay Srei and the Women’s Resource Center in Cambodia, we worked from 2 to 14 January 2023 with the staff of their teams in Siem Reap and Battambang to discuss interventions and improve skills – ranging from technical skills, self-care to management issues. A useful experience …
Supporting Systems for GBV Prevention and Protection in Jordan
Gender-based violence (GBV) is prevalent across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and its prevalence is often exacerbated in times of conflict and displacement. The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has intensified this trend in the MENA region, including Jordan. Approximately one in four women have experienced some form of violence from someone within their …
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Mental Health in Complex Emergencies (MHCE) Fall 2022 Online Course
Offered by Fordham University Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs and Center for International Humanitarian Cooperation, in collaboration with UNHCR & IMC This is a flagship training course for mental health professionals and program staff who wish to establish mental health or psychosocial programs in a humanitarian context within conflict and post-conflict areas. The course will …
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Decolonization, LGBTQI+ and shifting the power – but it is getting hot.
When I come across a sentence like – hold your breath – this one, “achieving systemic transformation under the banner of climate justice requires that we deconstruct power relations and gender norms as colonial social constructs from an intersectional and community-based perspective”, I tend to grab an extra cup of coffee. How shall I “walk the walk” of …
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Culture4Change & Banteay Srei in Cambodia
C4C is developing an operational relationship with Banteay Srei (BS), a Cambodian NGO that supports vulnerable women to enjoy their full rights and dignity through social inclusion, gender equality and sustainable development. C4C and BS work together with a focus on women, gender-based violence, and economic empowerment. C4C assists BS with technical support, based on …
C4C supports GiP in Ukraine Crisis
C4C supports initiatives to assist populations affected by the war in Ukraine and we do this by adhering to cultural appropriate and informed initiatives that already exist. Our partner the Global Initiative on Psychiatry (GIP) is active in the region since 1990, and does an excellent job in building on local knowledge and linking to …
New initiative to End Violence against Women in Cambodia
C4C and Banteay Srei join forces to address gender-based violence (GBV), which still endemic in Cambodia, and includes sexual harassment, domestic violence, intimate partner violence , acid attacks, trafficking and child prostitution. Banteay Srei (Citadel of Women) is a registered Cambodian NGO and has become a leading Cambodian NGO in the areas of women empowerment …
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Psychosocial help for ukrainian people
Mental Health and Psychosocial support, Humanitarian Response in Ukraine and Neighbouring Countries, is made available by the IASC Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings (IASC RG MHPSS). Resources available in English, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovakian and Ukrainian. https://interagencystandingcommittee.org/iasc-reference-group-mental-health-and-psychosocial-support-emergency-settings/mental-health-and-psychosocial-support-humanitarian-response-ukraine-and-neighbouring-countries Psychological First Aid for Red Cross and Red Crescent …
WAR IN UKRAINE – negotiate Multi-speed Europe?
Negotiating, understanding what the other party wants…it seems clear by now that Western powers are not willing to risk an all-out war to help Ukraine. In addition to the good idea of strengthening ties with Ukraine through a new version of the Marshall Plan, a diplomatic solution is needed that appears a win-win for the …