Development and
Cooperation

Digital monthly 1/2023

Collective trauma

Identity politics

The painful partition of India

How colonial India became two and eventually three different countries

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Refugees and integration

Female Empowerment in Uganda

A GIZ project gives women from refugee and host communities access to financial services and also offers skills training

Refugees

Uganda’s open-door policy

As masses of people flee from strife-torn countries, international donors appreciate Uganda’s valuable service to the international community

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Religious communities

Legacy of colonial divide-and-rule strategies

Divisive politics of pitting Hindus against Muslims in India and Pakistan

Journalism skills

Getting trauma reporting right

Only conflict-sensitive journalists can do justice to traumatised persons

Trauma

What helps traumatised societies to heal

Armed conflict disrupts society – and the media have a special role to play as peacebuilders

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Our view

New trauma looms if traumatising past is not dealt with

Societies must acknowledge pain, assess causes and achieve a minimum level of reconciliation after dictatorship or war

Collective trauma

Why even the most atrocious evil can have a banal basis

60 years ago, Hannah Arendt’s book “Eichmann in Jerusalem” caused a controversy

Internet

Why media literacy matters in Zimbabwe

Civil-society organisation is teaching local people in Matabeleland to make effective use of digital communication

Genocidal violence

Gukurahundi: ZANU’s genocidal campaign against ZAPU

Zimbabwe’s ruling party still uses aggressive identity politics to stay in power

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Gambia’s TRRC

How Gambia’s truth commission made an impact

Gambia’s TRRC avoided shortcomings that marked previous truth commissions in other countries

Transition from dictatorship

Learning lessons of the past in Gambia

Why a truth commission must not only assess the facts, but also engage the public in a lasting manner

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