Making the Invisible Visible: Slow Violence, Mental Health and Resilience in Gaza

  • Pace, Michelle (Project coordinator)
  • Yacobi, Haim (Project coordinator)
  • Abu Jamei, Yasser (Project coordinator)
  • Attiya Abu Mustafa, Ziad (Project coordinator)

Project: Research

Project Details

Description

This research project is undertaken in partnership and collaboration with Prof Haim Yacobi from UCL, Dr. Yasser Abu Jamel and Dr Ziad Abu Mustafa from the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme, and will examine how slow violence affects Gaza’s young generation in terms of their increasing vulnerability to mental health challenges, and how existing resilience networks could serve as a vehicle for better strategic intervention in mental health.

Layman's description

This project examines how violence affects Gaza’s young generation in terms of their increasing vulnerability to mental health challenges, and how existing resilience networks could serve as a vehicle for better strategic intervention in mental health.
Short titleGaza and youth mental health
AcronymGaza
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date01/09/2022 → 30/06/2023

Collaborative partners

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 1 - No Poverty
  • SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
  • SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action
  • SDG 14 - Life Below Water
  • SDG 15 - Life on Land
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

Keywords

  • Gaza
  • youth
  • mental health
  • Gaza youth
  • social policy
  • slow violence
  • siege
  • blockade
  • Humanitarianism
  • humanitarian crisis
  • community health
  • resilience
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Middle East
  • North Africa
  • Mediterranean
  • EU
  • EU-MENA relations
  • vulnerability
  • strategic intervention
  • Sustainable Development Goals

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