The ‘Mental Landscape’ When Living Amidst Violence

Fragile Truths by Knowledge Platform Security & Rule of Law

Apr 12, 202300:30:40Government & Organizations

Violence and poverty have a large impact on one’s “mental landscape”, as our guest Mareike Schomerus , Vice President of Busara, refers to it. A ‘mental landscape’ encompasses the many experiences, memories and emotions...

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