This looks like a highly provocative and paradoxical title, and so it is. What we present here is an outworking of Ofer Zur’s article (2006), The Pathology of Victimhood. Nigel Pocock Zur argues that the tendency to ignore the psychology of victims arises from a fear of […]
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Central America… Scenes of trafficking women
It is considered as a new form of slavery in the 21s century, human trafficking has acquired special importance in the region. 64% of victims are women and children. Benjamin Serra Ana knew that her family’s economic situation was not good, so that as soon as a woman […]
For survivors of torture
On 28th May the organisation Remedy has organised a course to teach about the most effective tools for treatment of victims of abuse. . Torture victims are alienated from themselves. They look in the mirror but do not recognise their reflection. Fear, their weaknesses and constant pain have distanced them […]
Immigrant minors: targeted victims of society
A conference set to take place in Glasgow on June 7th will analyse the situation for immigrant minors in the United Kingdom, with the aim of coming up with some solutions to their vulnerable plight. A study on immigrant minors carried out by Unicef, which analyses how difficult life […]
Migration, the synonym of development
Despite increasing migratory flows, global mobility of the world’s population is limited . An international conference will debate the key aspects of migration for the development of mankind. . The objective of the Sixth International Conference, “Migration and Development”, is the “study of international migration flows and their impact on […]