Who is this training for ?
This is a training , not a therapy manual . The training is designed for individuals who directly provide care , help and assistance to people who have been exposed to human rights violations and abuse , notably gender-based and sexual violence , and for personnel who support other care providers involved with the same survivor group .
• Personnel working in primary health care settings .
• Humanitarian workers in emergency settings .
• Staff connected to refugee camps .
• Service providers from different agencies .
• Voluntary care providers affiliated to NGOs .
Primary care givers who attend this training are not expected to have any formal background or training as health workers ( nurse , psychologist , medical doctor ). The participants are expected to have had close contact with survivors through their work as helpers , humanitarian aid workers , etc .
By ‘ survivor group ’ we refer to people who have witnessed or been exposed to human rights violations , including violence or humiliating acts :
• Torture , including sexual violence and gender-based violence .
• Cruel , inhuman and degrading treatment .
• War-related violence .
The manual concentrates on survivors of such violence in situations of disaster and conflict , characterised as emergencies . It focuses particularly on female survivors of GBV . For the purposes of this manual , ‘ survivors ’ are therefore women whose safety has been seriously endangered , whose human rights have been severely abused , and whose humanity has been threatened , by humiliating or violent acts that deliberately violated their rights and dignity .