Thread by @angiyo58

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#HealingCentered #Peacebuilding

1/ Globally entire generations & nations live in chronic violence & exist in survival mode for decades.

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2/ The exposure to violence has long-lasting effects that are not well accounted for in when it comes to rebuilding fractured & hurting societies.

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3/ Symptoms associated with trauma in individuals influence all levels of society and aspects of governance and security when large segments of a population are affected.

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4/ Chronic violence impacts people living in countries with long-term state fragility and little ability to change the fundamental basic conditions of the instability. Chronic violence is complex, long-term violence driving

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5/ everyone affected into the “grey zone” moving away from the dualistic “good-or-bad” views – of “perpetrators vs. victims” and “criminals vs. innocent citizens.”

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6/ Both visible and invisible symptoms of trauma are often viewed as direct consequences of violence but in chronic violence, trauma itself “constitute[s as] one of the major contributors to violence reproduction" (Adams 2017).

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7/ According to my experience and research there are three mainstream responses: the mental health approach, the psychosocial approach, and the “ignore it” approach.

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8/ #HealingCentered #peacebuilding is strength-based. It recognizes systems and structures supporting recovery and rebuilding are often greatly damaged by the same violence and trauma.

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9/ The study used #GroundedTheory within an action research framework to develop a new approach. The approach gives a name to an approach not uncommon among peacebuilders dealing with the impacts of violence and trauma.

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10/ A healing-centered peacebuilding approach refers to ways in which leaders, programs & organizations mitigate the impact of chronic violence, bringing trauma awareness, knowledge, & skills into their organizational cultures, practices, and policies.

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11/ Key to the approach is interventions are not just about raising awareness but behavior change.

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12/ Key elements of the practice-based approach from the research included Inclusion, Customization and Contextualization, Breaking Cycles of Violence, Systems Thinking, and the use of Trauma-Informed Tools.

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13/ A healing-centered peacebuilding approach considers emotional and mental distress to be a critical variable in violent conflict and instability.

Trauma is not only a consequence of violence but also a cause of instability.

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END/ Investment in #healing is critical in today's world

@CBWeThrive said, “we’re a society organized based on trauma, so we need to go from being trauma-organized to being trauma-informed—and then, eventually, healing-centered."

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