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Healing-Centered Peacebuilding: An approach to preventing violent extremism

Angi Yoder-Maina, December 2022

Summary

Community-based trauma healing practices are claiming their space in preventing and combating violent extremism (P/CVE), as well as peacebuilding praxis. These resurgent practices go by different labels and names including mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), trauma healing, trauma-wise peacebuilding, psychosocial wellbeing, trauma-informed and responsive peacebuilding, and healing-centered peacebuilding amongst others

Keywords

Peacebuilding, Violent Extremism, CVE, Kenya, CHRIPS

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Theme
Education
Type
Article
Format
Adobe PDF
Published
15 December 2022
Author
Angi Yoder-Maina
Access
Open access

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