Human rights defenders often struggle with the challenge of working in insecure or risky situations and with work overload. Some have to manage the impact of direct threats and attacks on themselves and their colleagues. 

In this workshop facilitated by Dr. Alice Nah from Centre for Applied Human Rights University of York, we draw upon artistic methods and participatory exercises to explore how cultures of human rights practice that value bravery, commitment, sacrifice, and selflessness complicate conversations about mental and emotional wellbeing, triggering feelings of guilt and self-indulgence in relation to self-care. 

We discuss how conversations about mental and emotional wellbeing can be sensitive, culturally mediated, and laden with social and political implications. We review the maintenance of practices for self- and collective care that can sustain people engaged in activism in the face of high risks. 

The participation is limited to 15 people. 

The workshop will be in English.

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This project funded by Europian Union.