Lessons Learned from 25 Years of Resistance and Remembrance
Communities Drive Change
4. Support the growth of survivor networks to enhance solidarity and increase impact; and 5. Create platforms for survivors to share their experiences and expertise with civil society organizations and policymakers. “DIDI will support survivors on multiple levels because only when their physical and psychosocial needs are met can they effectively participate in the documentation, justice and reparations initiatives that will ultimately curb CRSV in the future,” explains Ereshnee Naidu, Senior Director of the Global Transitional Justice Initiative at ICSC. “This holistic support positions survivor groups and civil society organizations to finally bring an end to the persistent impunity for these crimes and disrupt cyclical patterns of gender-based violence that are exacerbated by conflict and militarization.” A key component of DIDI involves direct financial and programmatic support to local organizations and grassroots survivor groups to launch community-based initiatives in contexts deeply affected by CRSV, including the Central African Republic, Ukraine, Sudan, South Sudan and Syria. These projects – which could include arts-based, participatory truth-telling projects for survivors; trauma-informed trainings for journalists covering CRSV; and advocacy campaigns to raise public awareness of the issue, among many others – will not only offer survivors and their allies practical experience running such programs, but will also directly impact thousands of community members. The projects will showcase DIDI’s unique approach of using lessons from the ground to build a global practice.
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