(First published in Conflictconversations.org)

Dr. Athena Staik has imagined what a child might say to warring parents to mitigate the harm done by their conflict. Click …

(First published on conflictconversations.org)…

Sure, it's Valentine's Day, but it's also V-Day, which since 2008 has been a day of action to end violence against women and girls.

Watch this video, and if you're a man, become part of the solution!

Transformative practitioners characterize the nature of conflict as a crisis in human interaction. One of the many features of this crisis is a breakdown in our capacity to recognize or respond to others. We call it 'self-absorption'. Another way of thinking about our capacity for openness to others, which is wounded in conflict, is empathy.…