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Inherited Scars: Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma Following Sexual Violence

Tags: children, epigenetics, intergenerational trauma, mental health, psychosocial impacts, resilience, Sexual violence, Stigma, survivors, trauma transmission, trauma-informed care

A child may never experience war directly and still grow up carrying its consequences.

This reality is at the heart of Inherited Scars: War, Trauma, and the Brain, a new article published by Synergy and written by Dr. Dina Al Shafie, Forensic…

Survivor Engagement Protocol: Practical Standards for Engagement in Advocacy

Tags: accountability, advocacy, duty of care, meaningful participation, safeguarding, survivor engagement, survivor participation, survivor-centred approach, trauma-informed practice, victim participation

Practical protocol providing survivor-centred standards for engaging survivors in advocacy, policy, accountability, and non-judicial spaces.

In Our Own Words: Survivor Perspectives for Those Gathering and Using Information About Systematic and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence

Tags: confidentiality, consent, documentation, ethics, Projects/Series: The Murad Code Project, Stigma, survivor-centred, trauma-informed

This Survivor Perspectives Resource provides an invaluable opportunity to hear directly from survivors about how the gathering and use of information about systematic and conflict-related sexual violence (SCRSV) impacts survivors’ lives and how the…