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Psychosocial support for survivors of gender-based violence

In our work in Northern Uganda, vivo recorded alarmingly high rates of acts of gender-based violence: More than 80% of the female clients who had received trauma-focused treatments through vivo reported at least one sexual assault during their lifetime. Some of these traumatic sexual experiences took place during the war, but even in the post-conflict society sexual assaults towards women and children are on the rise. To provide psychotherapeutic support to survivors of gender-based violence, vivo was funded by the UN (namely the UN Peace Building Fund via UNFPA) in the framework of the project “Strengthening the Multisectoral Approach to Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response” from April 2011 until June 2012. In the course of this project, vivo offered a wide range of psychological support for traumatised children and women, which included psychodiagnostic assessments, trauma-focused therapy, solution-focused and resource-oriented counselling, family mediation and follow-up visits.
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Capacity building activities were another central part of the project. vivo disseminated knowledge about psychological reactions in the aftermath of traumatic experiences to staff members of partner organisations.

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Teaching on how to deal with acute trauma survivors in an age-appropriate and gender-sensitive empathic way was a central element of these trainings. Furthermore, vivo provided trainings on stress-management to staff members of partner organisations in order to support them in coping with the psychological stress associated with working in the field of gender-based violence.

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In the framework of this project, vivo has supported a total of 87 clients of whom 28 received Narrative Exposure Therapy. Follow-up assessments showed significant reductions of trauma-related mental health symptoms. Moreover, 18 trainings and supervisions were offered to a total of 16 organisations and 131 participants working in the field of gender-based violence (social, medical and legal service providers).

In our work in Northern Uganda, vivo recorded alarmingly high rates of acts of gender-based violence: More than 80% of the female clients who had received trauma-focused treatments through vivo reported at least one sexual assault during their lifetime. Some of these traumatic sexual experiences took place during the war, but even in the post-conflict society sexual assaults towards women and children are on the rise. To provide psychotherapeutic support to survivors of gender-based violence, vivo was funded by the UN (namely the UN Peace Building Fund via UNFPA) in the framework of the project “Strengthening the Multisectoral Approach to Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response” from April 2011 until June 2012. In the course of this project, vivo offered a wide range of psychological support for traumatised children and women, which included psychodiagnostic assessments, trauma-focused therapy, solution-focused and resource-oriented counselling, family mediation and follow-up visits.
GBV_01


Capacity building activities were another central part of the project. vivo disseminated knowledge about psychological reactions in the aftermath of traumatic experiences to staff members of partner organisations.

GBV_04

Teaching on how to deal with acute trauma survivors in an age-appropriate and gender-sensitive empathic way was a central element of these trainings. Furthermore, vivo provided trainings on stress-management to staff members of partner organisations in order to support them in coping with the psychological stress associated with working in the field of gender-based violence.

GBV_02

In the framework of this project, vivo has supported a total of 87 clients of whom 28 received Narrative Exposure Therapy. Follow-up assessments showed significant reductions of trauma-related mental health symptoms. Moreover, 18 trainings and supervisions were offered to a total of 16 organisations and 131 participants working in the field of gender-based violence (social, medical and legal service providers).

Posted on Wednesday August 12th, 2015Thursday October 1st, 2015Author Johannes VeigelCategories Projects, UgandaTags women, war & conflict, sexual violence

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