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CALL FOR PAPERS - Special section on Long-term effects of interventions: torture survivors in the Balkans region as a paradigm of reflection

2018-11-27

Special section on Long-term effects of interventions: torture survivors in the Balkans region as a paradigm of reflection. Deadline for submissions: 30th June 2019.

Torture Journal Event in Denmark on 18th June

2018-05-28

Torture Journal Annual Report 2017

2018-05-01

Current Issue

Vol 28 No 3 (2018): Torture Journal: Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture

This issue of the Torture Journal examines the impact of sexual torture (and other forms of torture) in diverse settings around the world and identifies innovative and culturally appropriate rehabilitation approaches. The issue includes a special section on sexual, gender-based and genderized torture.

Published: 2018-12-14

Full Issue

Editorial

From sexualized torture and gender-based torture to genderized torture: The urgent need for a conceptual evolution

Pau Pérez-Sales, Maggie Zraly

1-13
- EN

Research and Scientific articles

Breaking the silence through MANTRA: Empowering Tamil MAN survivors of torture and rape

Pearl Fernandes, Yvette Aiello

14-29
- EN
“We are the memory representation of our parents”: Intergenerational legacies of genocide among descendants of rape survivors in Rwanda

Marie Grâce Kagoyire, Annemiek Richters

30-45
- EN
The efficacy of traditional cultural practices in the rehabilitation of victims of torture in Nigeria’s Niger Delta

Abosede Omowumi Babatunde

46-62
- EN
Sexual torture among Arabic-speaking Shi’a Muslim men and women in Iraq: Barriers to healing and finding meaning

Christopher Einolf

63-76
- EN
The health impact of (sexual) torture amongst Afghan, Iranian and Kurdish refugees: A literature review

Roghieh Dehghan

77-91
- EN
Voices of torture survivors in Tanzania: A qualitative study

Maha Aon, Harold Sungusia, Marie Brasholt, Brenda Van Den Bergh, Jens Modvig

92-103
- EN
Addressing occupational stress among health staff in non-government controlled Northern Syria: Supporting resilience in a dangerous workplace

Mahmood Othman, Zachary Steel, Catalina Lawsin, Ruth Wells

104-123
- EN

Perspectives

Genocidal sexual assault on women and the role of culture in the rehabilitation process: Experiences from working with Yazidi women in Turkey

Sahika Yüksel, Suzan Saner, Ayse Devrim Basterzi, Zerrin Oglagu, Israfil Bülbül

123-132
- EN

Book and media reviews

Gender identity and expression in focus: The report of the United Nations Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity, by Victor Madrigal-Borloz. Published by the United Nations on 12/07/2018 United Nations official document number: A/73/152

Zhan Chiam, Julia Ehrt

133-135
- EN
Fallgirls: Gender and the Framing of Torture at Abu Ghraib (Classical and Contemporary Social Theory), by Ryan Ashley Caldwell

Pau Pérez Sales

135-138
- EN
Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move, by Reece Jones

Martin Lemberg-Pedersen

139-141
- EN

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The Torture Journal is an international scientific journal that provides an interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of original research and systematic reviews by professionals concerned with the biomedical, psychological and social interface of torture and the rehabilitation of its survivors.