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Lidia Luna posted an update in the group
Psychosocial Support of Staff 1 day, 3 hours agoThere has been much talk of decentralizing the northern-centric humanitarian aid sector to give more power to southern staff, but how much has changed over recent years?
A 2012 study reviewing progress on professionalizing the humanitarian sector – with an emphasis on the deployment of national (local) staff in affected countries – revealed…[Read more]
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Lidia Luna posted an update in the group
Colombia 1 day, 3 hours agoEn Colombia, cada día 245 mujeres son víctimas de algún tipo de violencia y la impunidad ronda el 90% de los casos.
Este flagelo ha llegado a tal dimensión que Naciones Unidas lo ha catalogado como pandemia nacional.
Para encontrar soluciones que reviertan esta situación, el viernes 24 de mayo se celebrará en la ciudad de Medellín, departamento…[Read more]
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Lidia Luna posted an update in the group
Colombia 1 day, 13 hours agoConferencia sobre Soluciones Sostenibles Para la población desplazada: Experiencias Internacionales y Nacionales. Bogotá, 28 y 29 de mayo. ACNUR actualizará información sobre la convocatoria en su página de facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AcnurAmericas
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Lidia Luna posted an update in the group
Emergencies/crisis briefs 1 day, 14 hours agoNota semanal sobre emergencias, América Latina y el Caribe
Weekly Note on Emergencies report, Latin America and the Caribbean
Fuente (source) OCHAHIGHLIGHTS:
MEXICO: Authorities confirm a decrease in activity from the Popocatepetl Volcano – an alert is still in effect.
PARAGUAY: 1,050 people affected by floods, of which half have received…[Read more] -
Lidia Luna uploaded the file: Managing stress in humanitarian workers-Guidelines for Good Practice_Spanish_2012 to
Psychosocial Support of Staff 2 days, 3 hours agoThe Antares Guidelines were originally developed by the Antares Foundation in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a response to the many requests for information, ideas and strategies for developing a stress management program for humanitarian workers which we receive on an ongoing basis.
The second…[Read more]
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Lidia Luna uploaded the file: Managing stress in humanitarian workers-Guidelines for Good Practice_Albanian_2012 to
Psychosocial Support of Staff 2 days, 3 hours agoThe Antares Guidelines were originally developed by the Antares Foundation in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a response to the many requests for information, ideas and strategies for developing a stress management program for humanitarian workers which we receive on an ongoing basis.
The second…[Read more]
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Lidia Luna uploaded the file: Managing stress in humanitarian workers-Guidelines for Good Practice_English_2012 to
Psychosocial Support of Staff 2 days, 3 hours agoThe Antares Guidelines were originally developed by the Antares Foundation in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a response to the many requests for information, ideas and strategies for developing a stress management program for humanitarian workers which we receive on an ongoing basis.
The second…[Read more]
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Lidia Luna posted an update in the group
Psychosocial support to volunteers 2 days, 8 hours agoDear All,
Please note that due to re-organization of groups on mhpss.net, this group (Psychosocial suppor to volunteers) will be archived as it has not been active for a long time, and no expressions of interest has been made so far by the members for hosting the group. But the group can be reactivated anytime if there’s interest from the…[Read more]
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Lidia Luna posted an update in the group
América Latina y el Caribe – Latin America & the Caribbean 3 days, 13 hours agoMadres en huelga de hambre para que México busque a sus desaparecidos http://bit.ly/114zDpw
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Lidia Luna posted an update in the group
Colombia 3 days, 13 hours agoSINFONIA: Sistema de información de niñez y adolescencia.
Lanzado recientemente por UNICEF Colombia, este Sistema de Información, es una herramienta que reúne y organiza información de múltiples fuentes oficiales sobre la evolución y la garantía de los derechos de las niñas, niños y adolescentes a nivel nacional, departamental y municipal, a…[Read more]
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Lidia Luna posted an update in the group
Colombia 3 days, 14 hours agoLa oficina en Colombia del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos abre hasta el 30 de mayo la vacante ”Consultoría: mantenimiento y exploración de datos sobre violaciones de derechos humanos, y análisis relacional”. Sólo personas de nacionalidad colombiana. Para más información: http://bit.ly/10bwTHO
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Lidia Luna posted an update 3 days, 14 hours ago
Siguiendo la intervención de Àngels Mairal @angels con MSF en Yemen: http://bit.ly/16Hkpiz
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Lidia Luna uploaded the file: The abandoned illness. A report by the Schizophrenia Commission_2012 to
Psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery 1 week, 1 day agoThe Schizophrenia Commission was established in November 2011 by Rethink Mental Illness. The independent Commission was made up of 14 experts who have worked together to review how outcomes for people with schizophrenia and psychosis can be improved and it was chaired by the eminent psychiatrist, Professor Sir Robin Murray.
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Lidia Luna posted an update in the group
América Latina y el Caribe – Latin America & the Caribbean 1 week, 2 days agoThe UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, has welcomed the first-instance conviction on Friday of Guatemala’s former de facto head of state, José Efraín Ríos Montt, for genocide and crimes against humanity.
“Guatemala has made history by becoming the first country in the world to convict a former head of state for genocide in its…[Read more]
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Lidia Luna posted an update in the group
América Latina y el Caribe – Latin America & the Caribbean 1 week, 3 days agoEstão abertas as inscrições para o Seminário Internacional Latino-Americano de Saúde Mental e Justiça Juvenil:
Entre os dias 27 e 28 de maio, interessados em participar do Seminário Internacional Latino-Americano de Saúde Mental e Justiça Juvenil poderão fazer sua inscrição por meio do site da Rede Nacional de Defesa do Adolescente em Conflito…[Read more]
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Lidia Luna posted an update in the group
América Latina y el Caribe – Latin America & the Caribbean 1 week, 3 days agoDurante todo el mes de mayo en la ciudad argentina de Córdoba el público podrá participar de un ciclo de cine con películas que reflejan diferentes contextos donde brinda asistencia MSF, la realidad que atraviesan sus pacientes y los desafíos del trabajo humanitario desde Paraguay hasta República Democrática del Congo. Para finalizar las…[Read more]
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Lidia Luna uploaded the file: PAHO MHPSS in Disaster Situations in the Caribbean_2012 to
América Latina y el Caribe – Latin America & the Caribbean 1 week, 6 days agoCore Knowledge for Emergency Preparedness and Response
Many publications addressing mental health issues in disaster situations have been produced in the last decade. Nevertheless, the specific reality of the Caribbean, with its limited number of mental health professionals and its high vulnerability to natural hazards, requires material that…[Read more]
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Update (BBC news): Guatemala’s former military leader Efrain Rios Montt has had his conviction for genocide and crimes against humanity overturned.
The constitutional court said the trial must go back to where it stood on 19 April and restart from that point.
On 10 May, Gen Rios Montt was convicted of ordering the deaths of 1,771 people of the…[Read more]