Message from STARTTS.
By JORGE AROCHE, Executive Director
20 Years of STARTTS: Reflections from the Outside
By Elizabeth Ban
Averting a climate of conflict.
It is no secret that wars are fought over competition for resources. So when the resources that are most critical for human survival – food and water – begin to diminish, we can expect to see more war. By Emma Pittaway
Child Soldiers.
Dr MICHAEL WESSELLS is a Senior Child Protection Specialist for Christian Children’s Fund and Professor of Psychology at the Randolph Macon College in Virginia USA. He has served as President of the American Psychological Association Division of Peace Psychology and Psychologists for Social Responsibility. Author of three books and sixty published papers, his current research on children and armed conflict examines child soldiers, displaced children, psychosocial assistance in emergencies and post conflict reconstruction for peace. He spoke to OLGA YOLDI.
Civil Wars.
Award-winning author and Harvard University Professor DAVID ARMITAGE traced the deadly path of civil wars throughout history in a Sydney Ideas lecture last July. OLGA YOLDI reports.
Feeling safe or feeling afraid: a theory based on human evolution.
The University of Illinois’ Dr Stephen Porges is proposing a new way of conceiving the way our brain regulates our ability to feel safe and engage socially with others. He was recently in Sydney presenting at two STARTTS’ seminars.
By Rebecca Hinchey
Innovations in research with refugee communities.
Research among refugee communities can be problematic. Power imbalances, differing levels of education and literacy, the need to develop trust and sensitivities relating to particular topics, are just some of the issues researchers must navigate. Conversely, communities sometimes feel research fatigue, particularly when they believe the research brings them little, or no direct benefit.
DR EILEEN PITTAWAY and LINDA BARTOLOMEI from the Centre for Refugee Research at the University of NSW describe their own methodology.
Postcards from Africa.
Working for Bright Hope, a non government organisation that helps street kids in East Africa, was a most inspiring experience for CHERYL WEBSTER. She shares with us some insights of the people she met and the places she visited in Ethiopia and in the new Southern Sudan nation.
Reaching new heights.
Hard work, commitment and inspiration made STARTTS what it is today: a leader in the treatment and rehabilitation of torture and trauma survivors. JORGE AROCHE, STARTTS Executive Director and MARIANO COELLO, its Clinical and Research Coordinator spoke to OLGA YOLDI about the past, present and future.
Rebuilding health and dignity after trauma and human rights violations.
There are few more challenging things than organising a conference in Peru, on behalf of a Norwegian-born institution, currently being run from Australia, with hundreds of participants from all over the world, in English and Spanish. But that is exactly what has been happening for some time now from the Carramar offices of STARTTS in Sydney NSW.
By Alejandra Szczepaneak
The Principle of Good: Tiep Nguyen
Some people’s altruism receives applause and accolades. Others labour quietly in the background, achieving much but without the public awards. TIEP NGUYEN, STARTTS Vietnamese bicultural counsellor and one of our longest serving staff members is one of the latter people. He talks to REBECCA HINCHEY about a life of service.
Book Review
Mahtab's Story by Libby Gleeson |