The World Bank Group’s Domestic Abuse Prevention Program kicked off Domestic Violence Awareness Month with a screening of RESILIENCE. The film was screened at their Washington DC Corporate Office to an audience of over 100 staff and affiliates. As well, RESILIENCE was screened virtually across approximately 130 World Banks offices with more than 1,400 viewers all over the world.
The World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: Five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries. They work in more than 170 countries, building partnerships in the public and private sectors in their efforts to end poverty and tackle some of the most pressing development challenges of our time.
World Bank Group Managing Director & WBG Chief Administrative Officer, Shaolin Yang, remarked: “Our global mission is to end poverty and invest in people. We work with governments and partners around the globe to ensure that every citizen, male or female may live free of violence. Domestic violence and trauma is far-reaching and can destroy the equal opportunity of people. It transcends borders and threatens the health of women, children , families and communities.“
Shelia Ohlsson Walker of John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health & School of Education further commented: “These neurobiological memories (trauma) can be interrupted by the right protective factors. Always one part of this recipe for protective factors is a trusted, safe, consistent, and caring adult presence. [This] doesn’t have to be a parent, doesn’t have to be the same adult but it has to be a consistent caring presence and an adult is always present in this recipe for success."
“Trauma is a multigenerational issue. ACEs are multigenerational. So, this means that caring for our children also means caring for the caregivers. Our emotions are contagious and as negative emotions are contagious so are positive emotions. “
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