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Deeyah Khan ‘Women Are Part of the Solution to Extremism’

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/deeyah-khan/muslim-extremism-women_b_8251832.html?utm_hp_ref=uk&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067 Interesting, useful article by Deeyah. The writer (who is a woman) takes a reflective approach to posting pieces with a gendered approach. This is because her own sense is that the underlying issues in our cultures are about human … Continue reading →

Posted in 'evil', accountability, anger, blaming, bullying, civil rights, communication, compulsive behaviour, conflict, congruence, criminal justice model, cultural questions, Disconnection, diversity, education, empowerment, encounter, equality, ethics, external locus, family systems, fear, feminine, Gender & culture, generational trauma, healing, human condition, identity, interconnection & belonging, masculine, non-conforming, objectification, paradigm shift, person centred, political, power and powerlessness, scapegoating, sexual violence, shaming, teaching, trauma, violence | Tagged activism, activism by Muslim women, affordable counselling exeter, alternate visions, challenging gender roles, coercion, coercive conformity, collaborative working, community, conflict, conforming, connection, counselling exeter, counsellor Exeter, counsellors Exeter, creative politics, depiction of Muslim women, depiction of women, detection of potential extremism, discrimination, distrust, division, divisive, empowering women within the family, empowerment, external locus, extremism, extremist religion, Family, female preachers, feminism, gender discrimination, gender divisions, gender roles, gender segregation, gender violence, generational trauma, handmaidens, human co-operation, human needs, Human Rights, human rights activists, independent sources of income for women, informing on family, injustice social justice, interconnection, interdependence, intergenerational trauma, International Civil Society Network, IRA, Islamic State, jihad brides, judgement, justice, Krista London Couture, Kurdish peshmerga, locus of power, low cost counselling exeter, male aggression, media bias, media depiction of Muslim women, media depiction of women, media distortion, media focus, men as leaders, men as warriors, militant organisations, Moroccan policy on extremism, Moroccan social strategy, Moroccan strategy on extremism, Moroccan women and economic power, Moroccan women and legal power, Morocco’s interpretation of family law, mourchidates, Muslim women activists, Muslim women preachers, non-conforming, non-violent interventions and extremism, oppression, Palace Gate Counselling Service, Palace Gate Counselling Service Exeter, paradigm shift, passive roles, patriarchal family, patriarchal gender roles, patriarchal politics, peace, person centred counselling exeter, person-centered, person-centred, PKK, pluralist initiatives, pluralist vision, political context for violence, political credibility of women, politics, politics of militarisation, politics of securitisation, preventing extremism, prevention of extremism, prison system in Morocco, protesting, psychological context for violence, rape, reactionary, rise of extremist religion, roles, Sanam Anderlini-Naraghi, sex slaves, sexual violence, social context for violence, social order, social participation, social participation by women, social pressure to inform on others, social pressures, social roots, soft intervention, soft interventions and extremism, softer politics, solution to extremism, state encouragement to inform on family, supporting women, Tamil Tigers, tolerance, totalitarian strategies, transnational initiatives on extremism, transnational initiatives on violence, trust, ultra-conservativism, unifying, victim mindset, violence, violent militants, Western responses to violent extremism, women as passive, women as victims, women as victims of male aggression, women preachers, women's capability, women's empowerment, women's influence, women's rights activists, women’s rights in Morocco, www.palacegatecounselling.org.uk | Leave a comment

Anne Lamott on what we actually need to hear….

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Well said. Often people come to this service who have been offered these pieces of advice or would-be comforting perceptions. They’ve heard them at home, from colleagues, on ‘inspirational’ sites, from a religious perspective, from therapists… this stuff pops up … Continue reading →

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Evening Verse by Robert Aitken

Posted on November 27, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

On a cold November evening, click on the link to visit Dharma Spring on Facebook, for a post comprising this lovely photograph and verse by Robert Aitken:- EVENING VERSE ‘Falling asleep at last I vow with all beings to enjoy … Continue reading →

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Deeyah Khan ‘Women Are Part of the Solution to Extremism’

Anne Lamott on what we actually need to hear….

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