Basic HTML Version
Summer 2017
DEFENDERS
55
Participation in the “IR Iran’s Services in the
Empowerment of Refugees for their Permanent
Repatriation to Afghanistan and Reconstruction”
Exhibit
O
n 19 June 2017, the ODVV took part in the “IR Iran’s Services in the
Empowerment of Refugees
for their Permanent Repatriation to
Afghanistan and Reconstruction”
Exhibit, with the presence of the
BAFIA and the UNHCR, and
governmental and nongovernmental
organizations active in the field.
Some of the introduced achievements
of the ODVV in this Exhibit included
the presentation of films of the
following projects: Reduction of
Domestic Violence and Life Skills
Education, Varamin 2016; Prevention
of Domestic Violence and Life Skills
Education, Varamin 2014; Prevention
of Domestic Violence and Life Skills
Education, Kan 2013; Promotion of
the Mental Social Health of Refugees, Shahr-e-Rey 2012; Strengthening of the
Family Institution and Prevention of Violence, Semnan Refugee Camp 2011;
Community-based Awareness Raising for the Prevention of GBV, Shahr-e-Rey
2010; and booklets on refugees related activities of the ODVV, annual report, and
Defenders Newsletter.
Sitting in Support of Victims of Torture
T
he technical sitting in support of victims of torture was held on the occasion
of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June at
the conference hall of the ODVV with the presence of psychologists and
psychotherapists.
In this technical sitting in which psychologists, psychiatrists, doctors, counsellors
and social workers were present, Dr. Mir Saeed Jaafari, lectured on interview and
rehabilitation techniques of torture victims.
The training of therapists for helping victims of torture to return to normal lives
and offer counselling support were some of the important education headings of
this technical sitting.
This university lecturer, Dr. Jaafari described the treatment of torture victims in
ODVV
Activities