Exile Hub and Open Briefing have launched a mentoring programme for counsellors and mental health professionals in Myanmar and Thailand. The programme responds to critical gaps in both the community-based mental health system available to activists in exile and their families, and in the training for psychologists and counsellors in both countries. Open Briefing and Exile Hub will also help establish new peer support networks for human rights defenders and journalists living in exile in Thailand.
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Read our latest newsletter! The Briefing #4
In this edition, our CEO reflects on our impact so far in 2024 and the continued surge in demand for our holistic security support. We share recent examples of collaboration with activists and grassroots organisations across the globe. We introduce our new mentoring programme for counsellors and mental health practitioners working with activists in exile. And we share insights from our recent session at Global Gathering on integrating wellbeing approaches into digital security practice.
Fostering safety and wellbeing with Haitian journalists and newsrooms
Journalists in Haiti work under incredibly dangerous conditions marked by political instability and the pervasive threat of organised criminal gangs. To address these challenges, the Fondation Connaissance et Liberté (FOKAL) asked Open Briefing to provide safety and security training to a cohort of Haitian journalists. Through co-designed workshops, our team equipped the journalists with practical skills and fostered a new security mindset. The partnership of Open Briefing’s holistic security expertise and FOKAL's country knowledge and networks formed the perfect foundation from which to navigate Haiti's volatile security environment successfully.
Job alert! Communications coordinator
Open Briefing is seeking an experienced communications coordinator to enhance our brand recognition, amplify our work and that of the activists and organisations we support, and influence key audiences, including financial supporters, service users, and our team. This is a part-time, fixed-term contract for 12 months at 24 hours per week (0.6 FTE), with the possibility of renewal.
Strengthening wellbeing support for Myanmar’s activists in exile
Open Briefing is delighted to feature this guest post from our partner the Exile Hub, a nonprofit established in the aftermath of the 2021 coup in Myanmar. Human rights defenders and journalists face numerous threats. Organisations like Open Briefing and the Exile Hub offer vital support and resources to those fighting for justice and freedom.
We’re hiring! Digital and information security consultants
We are expanding our diverse, inspired, and purpose-driven team; will you join us as one of our new digital and information security consultants? You will provide expert and tailored digital, information security, and technology advice and training to grassroots organisations and activists and their international partners at risk. And you will help disrupt attacks and reprisals from capable and motivated adversaries.
Decolonising wellbeing support: Insights from our 2024 peer supporters training programme
Expanding the use of peer supporters in organisations and social movements is key to enhancing individual and collective wellbeing. In order to encourage much wider uptake, we launched our first open training programme for peer supporters in February 2024. As part of this, we offered fully-funded places to individuals from grassroots organisations and movements.
Why social movements need more people trained in Psychological First Aid
For rights defenders and grassroots activists, wellbeing is not just personal - it is a collective asset. PFA builds an individual’s resilience to traumatic events, strengthening their ability to recover and sustain their activism.