The Impact of Witnessing Human Rights Abuses: Vicarious Trauma
- Who: Fahad Awanadd
- Date: Tuesday, June 20
- Time: 9am EDT / 1pm UTC (What time is it in my city?)
- Language: English
- Location: Zoom
RSVP: https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/wellbeingmonthly1
The Impact of Witnessing Human Rights Abuses: Vicarious Trauma
The workshop on vicarious trauma will be examining the emotional and psychological impact of witnessing human right abuses and strategies for recognition and response. Participants will learn:
- About vicarious trauma and how it can impact their lives as digital right defenders.
- A deeper understanding of compassion fatigue, secondary traumatic stress, and burnout.
- Practical tools for self-care, resilience-building, and establishing healthy boundaries.
Fahad Awan (he/they) is a Fulbright Scholar and a Mental Health Counselor who graduated from Teachers College, Columbia University. He works at the junction of Psychology, Education and Consulting, has worked on wellness programmes of over 250 schools in Pakistan and aims to restructure the landscape of mental health in developing countries, hoping to make it more inclusive, accessible and affordable. They operate from an Intersectional and feminist lens, specializing in issues surrounding gender, sexual orientation and identity.
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