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AIR film series on (re)conceptualizing trauma

AMPLIFY, NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTSAIR, HIV/AIDS, Reconceptualising trauma, Violence against womenSLF Communications

"We were taught when we were trained that trauma is a sudden, unexpected event that has got the ability to horrify the person and the person feels a danger and you work with it one, two, three, you’re done. We have been able to be able to be creative and say we need to walk with people through the different levels of trauma and through the different traumas that they face. Sometimes it’s just one thing after another, which is traumatic." - Mpumi Zondi, Clinical Director, Sophiatown Community Read more [...]

SASA! : Programming innovations in preventing VAW and HIV/AIDS

GENERATE & BUILDAIR, HIV/AIDS, preventing violence, Raising Voices, SASA!, Violence against womenSLF Communications

Although historically much of our attention has been focused on responding to violence against women and girls, there is now growing momentum to design interventions aimed at primary prevention- preventing VAWG before it happens. Kampala-based organisation Raising Voices- an AIR Steering Committee member- is among the leaders in this field. Raising Voices continues to develop cutting-edge prevention programming while also contributing to research and analysis around how to build effective prevention Read more [...]