http://www.newtactics.org/en/field-or-area-expertise/social-work The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.newtactics.org/en/members/jane-doe-0 <p>This is a test of adding information to my biography and saving it.</p> English Social Work The Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) United States of America Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:43:39 -0500 Jane Doe 1647 at http://www.newtactics.org http://www.newtactics.org/en/members/oscar-fernando-acevedo-0 CNRR- Comision Nacional de Reparacion y Reconciliación Colombia Social Work Spanish Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:24:19 -0500 Oscar Fernando Acevedo 1604 at http://www.newtactics.org http://www.newtactics.org/en/members/npearson-0 <p> <img src="/sites/newtactics.org/files/u10/NP_Map.jpg" width="400" height="157" /> </p> <p> Photo shows Nancy Sharing the &quot;1998 Tactical Map on Torture&quot; at a Seminar in Turkey </p> <p> I am Nancy Pearson, the New Tactics in Human Rights program manager at the Center for Victims of Torture in the United States. I have been an activist for more than 20 years. </p> <p> I am a social worker by profession. I've been at the Center for Victims of Torture for 9 years. I began at the Center by providing direct social work services to survivors of torture and as a trainer in a wide variety of the Center's training programs for education, capacity building and advocacy. </p> <p> I first began to define myself as a human rights activist back in 1984. I went to the Philippines to document human rights violations taking place under the Marcos Dictatorship. The experience was so profound that I eventually decided to go live and work in the Philippines. I remained in the Philippines for eight years from 1991 to 1998. Prior to that experience, although as a social worker I was interested in individual and social change, I had not thought about how that conscious development of change could be viewed from a human rights perspective and framework. Since that time, my perspective on human rights has grown and developed to recognize the many movements &quot;human rights&quot; embraces - such as women, children, the environment, trade, as well as the torture treatment and restorative justice movements as well. No matter what our walk of life, we have the opportunity to ground ourselves in that human rights perspective and engage in our communities to create a better world for us all. </p> Capacity Building and Education English Social Work Tagalog The Center for Victims of Torture Training United States of America Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:21:45 -0600 npearson 106 at http://www.newtactics.org