Exchanging Learning on Trauma and Mental Health

On April 23rd, I had the privilege of co-convening and facilitating a cross-sectoral exchange on trauma and mental health, building on the guide on trauma I co-authored for DCAF last year. Colleagues from the peacebuilding, humanitarian and public health sectors shared their collective experience addressing the impacts of trauma on their work and in the communities they serve. We ended with many open questions, but a clear sense of growing efforts to engage with trauma in a more systemic way, and of opportunities for future collaboration.