From 7-11 November 2017, ESRs Kimberley Anderson and Sophie Roupetz travelled to Chicago, to attend the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, 33rd Annual Conference. Here they were joined by CHIBOW Director of Training, Heide Glaesmer, from the University of Leipzig. The conference, which promised a full programme focusing on psychological trauma and research in this field, with a special emphasis on this year’s theme: from self to cells, included presentations by many prolific researchers, who gave updates on their work, and advice on treating clinical populations. Kimberley and Sophie were among the poster presenters at the conference, outlining preliminary results from their
Members of international non-governmental organisations, local organizations and partners of the research project „Exploring New Ways to Improve Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Interventions in the Humanitarian Setting“ participated in training on the use of SenseMakerÒ in Beirut at the end of October. The aim of the project, funded by ELHRA and initiated by Dr. Susan Bartels from Queen’s University[1], Kingston, Ontario (Canada) is to examine the use of this innovative software as an M&E tool to provide timely and useful evidence aimed at informing quality GBV programs and services. Previously, this mixed-method approach has been used in Lebanon to better unde
