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AUDIENCE Settlement, social and health services providers
POPULATION OF INTEREST The Yazidi community and all immigrant and refugee populations
LOCATION Greater Toronto Area
THE NEED In November 2018, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration identified that the experience of persecution, genocide and sexual violence have left many Yazidi women and children with severe posttraumatic stress disorder. Additionally, the common language of communication with Yazidis is Arabic (as service providers who speak Kurmanji are not widely available). This triggered many of the Yazidi refugees as it is the language of their captors and oppressors.
WHAT'S PROMISING COSTI’s innovative engagement strategies based on cultural humility and stakeholder engagement helped to identify traditional, communal and faith-based approaches to deal with the emotional distress of the horrific and traumatic events experienced by the Yazidi people.
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