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Resilience in torture survivors: reflections, learnings and ways forward [PDF]

, 2023
The paper develops initial reflections on the possibility of resilience in torture survivors and how resilience would be defined in that case, who would be resilient and whether it is possible to learn to be resilient.
Perez-Sales, Pau
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‘Why didn't you bring us a pumpkin?’ Relational recognition of caste, class, and tribe in rural Andhra Pradesh, India « Pourquoi ne nous as‐tu pas apporté de citrouille ? » Reconnaissance relationnelle de la caste, de la classe et de la tribu dans les zones rurales de l'Andhra Pradesh (Inde)

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article analyses the ways characteristics associated with the ‘Schedule Tribe’ (‘ST’) category in India shape situated acts of relating to others with either deference or assumed superiority. Ethnography shows how within an indigenous Adivasi community the traits that determine identification within the group generate feelings of entitlement and ...
Thomas Herzmark
wiley   +1 more source

An epigenome‐wide study of a needs‐based family intervention for offspring of trauma‐exposed mothers in Kosovo

Brain and Behavior
Introduction Maternal stress and trauma during pregnancy have been shown to influence cortisol levels and epigenetic patterns, including DNA methylation, in the offspring. This study aimed to determine whether a tailor‐made family intervention could help
Joanne Ryan, Aung Zaw Zaw Phyo, Sebahate Pacolli Krasniqi, Selvi Izeti Carkaxhiu, Peter Fransquet, Sara Helene Kaas‐Petersen, Dafina Arifaj Limani, Vjosa Devaja Xhemaili, Mimoza Salihu, Qendresa Prapashtica, Nebahate Zekaj, Vesa Turjaka, Shr‐Jie Wang, Feride Rushiti, Line Hjort   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Correction to: does multidisciplinary rehabilitation of tortured refugees represent ‘value-for-money’? A follow-up of a Danish case-study

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported a correction in the name of one of the authors.
Line Bager, Kristian Schultz Hansen, Carit Jacques Andersen, Shr-Jie Wang   +3 more
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Torture and scepticism in Papua New Guinea witch hunts Torture et scepticisme dans les chasses aux sorcières en Papouasie‐Nouvelle‐Guinée

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
For over a century, anthropologists have documented the many institutions that exist to respond to witchcraft and the uncanny that it names: oracles that attempt to produce certainty by naming the witch; moots in which grievances are aired; trials in magistrates’ courts that attempt to satisfy the community while preserving the life of the accused ...
Chloe Nahum‐Claudel
wiley   +1 more source

The Rights of Refugee Children and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Laws, 2019
Refugee children are identified as rights-bearers by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), but their rights are not uniformly honored in the policies and practices of contemporary states.
Jeanette A. Lawrence, Agnes E. Dodds, Ida Kaplan, Maria M. Tucci   +3 more
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‘A Fairly Average “White Middle‐Class” Species of Lesbian’: Lorna Gulston, Ireland and the Early Anglophone Lesbian Press, 1965–1980

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the published writings of Lorna Gulston (c. 1932–2023), a hitherto unknown Northern Irish civil servant who wrote many articles for the earliest British lesbian magazines such as Arena Three, Sappho and Sequel. In doing so, the article asks: How did Gulston find her way onto the pages of these pioneering magazines?
Maurice J. Casey
wiley   +1 more source

State Torture: Interviewing Perpetrators, Discovering Facilitators, Theorizing Cross-Nationally — Proposing "Torture 101"

State Crime, 2012
This article's first theoretical proposition, that modern state torture systems contain four types of actors - perpetrators, facilitators, bureaucratic organizations, and bystanders - is followed by four additional propositions that link torture ...
Martha K. Huggins
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Torture and torture practices in Tanzania: Knowledge, attitudes and practice among medical professionals: A baseline study

, 2019
Introduction: Medical professionals have a key role in addressing torture and need an awareness and knowledge of torture in relation to rehabilitation approaches, prevention and international standards. This study was undertaken with the aim of assessing
Kidew, Moses, Lipsius Hincheli, Naomi, Brasholt, Marie, Swai, Praxeda James, Van den Bergh, Brenda, Modvig, Jens, Saidia, Primus, Aon, Maha   +7 more
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COVID-19 and torture [PDF]

, 2020
Over the past few weeks, and with the Editorial already at completion, the COVID-19 pandemic has invaded our lives. Its systemic impact has affected, and continues to affect in equal measure the provision of rehabilitation to victims of torture.
Pérez-Sales, Pau
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