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Why the Latest Un Security Council Vote on Israel and Gaza Isn’t Good Enough
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23 December 2023CEO of War Child, Rob Williams, responds to the latest UN Security Council failure to call for a ceasefire.
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“Don’t Forget Children in the West Bank", Urges War Child Country Director
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28 November 2023At least 58 children have been killed and 365 injured by the Israeli armed forces in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since 7 October. The number of civilians killed in the last six weeks accounts for almost half of all fatalities in 2023 (222 out of 452). Prior to the current escalation, this year also marked the highest number of civilian fatalities in the West Bank since 2005.
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Majed (8) in Gaza is Baking Bread for Survival
Eight-year-old Majed is calm and focused as he bakes bread in a makeshift tent in the south of the Gaza Strip. Despite growing up under blockade, repeatedly exposed to violence, nothing could have prepared him for this desperate existence.
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Assessment of service provider competency for child and adolescent psychological treatments and psychosocial services in global mental health: evaluation of feasibility and reliability of the WeACT tool in Gaza, Palestine
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22 February 2021This study identifies a scarcity of evaluated tools to assess whether non-specialist providers achieve minimum levels of competency to effectively and safely deliver psychological interventions in low- and middle-income countries. The objective of this study was to evaluate the reliability and utility of the newly developed Working with children – Assessment of Competencies Tool (WeACT) to assess service providers’ competencies in Gaza, Palestine. It evaluated; (1) psychometric properties of the WeACT based on observed role-plays by trainers/supervisors; (2) sensitivity to change among service provider competencies using pre-and-post training WeACT scores on standardized role-plays; (3) in-service competencies among experienced service providers using standardized role-plays.
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