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Psychosocial Archive
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Syria: Refugee children and missing family members – UNCHR Report
Posted on January 16, 2014 | No CommentsA UNHCR report entitled The Future of Syria – Refugee Children in Crisis, demonstrates that family separation and missing persons are some of the many […] -
“When the missing don’t return”
Posted on October 21, 2013 | No CommentsWhat happens to people whose missing family members do not return? Even years after a disappearance, moving on is close to impossible for many. In […] -
Kashmir: 24 years of disappearance
Posted on August 1, 2013 | No CommentsThe practice of enforced disappearance has been an enduring legacy in Indian controlled Kashmir since 1989. By some accounts, including that of the Asian Human […] -
Peru: Committee on missing persons promotes public policy focused on the needs of the families
Posted on July 18, 2013 | No CommentsIn Peru, a group of Human Rights organizations and state representatives has been working in an interdisciplinary “Working Committee on the Missing Persons Search” (Mesa […] -
ICRC releases Handbook on ‘Accompanying the families of missing persons’
Posted on June 13, 2013 | No CommentsThe ICRC has been one of few agencies that has focussed on both addressing the needs for families of the Missing for truth, and supporting […] -
The Myth of Closure: A new paper
Posted on January 6, 2013 | No CommentsBoss, Pauline and Carnes, Donna (2012) The Myth of Closure. Family Process 51(4) Abstract Therapies for grief and loss have traditionally focused on the […] -
The Struggle of War Widows – A consideration of Nepal and Sri Lanka
Posted on December 14, 2012 | 1 CommentA recent article in IPS by Sri Lankan journalist Amantha Perera highlights the difficulties faced by the widow of war victims in both Nepal and […] -
Thailand: Recovery and Buddhist practices in the aftermath of the Tsunami
Posted on March 28, 2012 | No CommentsThis is an academic paper by Monica Lindberg Falk discussing coping mechanisms, using the ambiguous loss model, concerning the Missing in the context of the […]