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- How do we heal history’s deepest wounds? In her new Open Access book, “New Perspectives on Healing Collective Trauma,” Prof. Scherto Gill brings together global voices to explore the intersection of structural justice, intergenerational dialogue, and collective healing. Featuring insights from Professors Myriam Cottias, Ana Lucia Araujo, and Lord Alderdice, Drs Joy DeGruy, Ali Moussa… […]
- New Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Article. Read the full paper here: Dehumanisation as spiritual harm: Simone Weil on love justice and collective healing This paper examines the spiritual dimension of dehumanisation and argues that confronting this neglected aspect is essential to healing historical and structural harms. Drawing on the philosophical and theological writings of Simone Weil, it… […]
- In this video, Prof Scherto Gill offers an outline of her presentation at 2025 Inner Development Goals Summit, focusing on exploring the four processes of the UNESCO Collective Healing Initiative, including an intergenerational approach to leadership as healership. On October 16th, at the IDG Summit, Track 6 – Healing the Roots of What Drives Us… […]
- On 19th September, scholars, researchers and practitioners gathered in Mansfield College, Oxford, for a workshop on Intergenerational Dialogue for Well-Being Futures. This event was co-convened in partnership with the Journal of Dialogue Studies, which will publish a special issue (Vol. 14, 2025) on the same theme. My motivation for guest-editing this issue arises from five… […]
- An Academic Workshop 19th September 2025, Mansfield College, Oxford The Journal of Dialogue Studies, in partnership with the GHfP Institute, the Guerrand-Hermès Foundation for Peace, UNESCO Collective Healing Initiative, invited contributions for a special issue exploring the role of intergenerational dialogue in shaping collective well-being futures. In recognising that despite global commitments to the UN Sustainable Development Goals… […]
- By Scherto R. Gill, Director, Global Humanity for Peace Institute Every other month, on the second Tuesday, a constellation of facilitators gathers online — a learning circle stretching across 16 countries, 4 continents, and 4 languages: English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. With the gentle help of AI translation, each voice is received in our own… […]
- In Colombia, Cauca, south of Popayán, at the Estrella Roja Humanitarian Camp, established during the 2021 Social Outbreak, has emerged as an organizational experience sustained by community self-management and the leadership of women, youth, and diverse families who defend life, territory, and dignity. As part of the implementation of the Collective Healing Circles Program, an… […]
- This book emerges from the ongoing intellectual dialogue as part of the UNESCO Collective Healing Initiative. The Initiative focuses on healing the wounds of inhumanity, co-creating just societies and enhancing the flourishing of current and future generations. Brings together under-explored questions and provides succinct answers to them in one volume. Includes multi-disciplinary perspectives. is connected […]
- Professor Scherto Gill of the Global Humanity for Peace Institute joined the UNESCO 2024 Global Forum Against Racism and Discrimination held in Barcelona on 10th and 11th of December. The Forum brought together technical and policy experts to advocate for and advance the international movement for structural justice and social equality. As the Coordinator of… […]
- On 10th October 2024, UNESCO Assistant Director General, Mrs Gabriela Ramos, launched the Collective Healing Handbook for Facilitators in Paris, to mark the 30th Anniversary of UNESCO Routes of Enslaved People’s Programme. The research and development of this Handbook was supported by grants from the Guerrand-Hermès Foundation for Peace. The Handbook is intended to support the… […]
- Throughout April 2024, experienced facilitators from across the world have been brought together by the UNESCO Collective Healing Initiative in a major step towards creating a global healing alliance of community-rooted Collective Healing Facilitators. The UNESCO Collective Healing Capacity Building Programme prepares participants to understand the key theoretical and methodological ideas underpinning the Collective Healing Initiative and builds their capacity to… […]
- The UNESCO Collective Healing Circles (CHCs) Capacity-Building for Facilitators is designed to support and nurture experienced facilitators who have interest in hosting UNESCO CHCs in your local community. Below is a short introduction to the UNESCO CHC Facilitators Capacity Building, including: It is highly recommended that all facilitators who wish to take part in the… […]
- Understanding and healing relational and spiritual harm of dehumanisation Collective Healing, Social Justice and Global Well-Being is a UNESCO initiative aimed at addressing the legacies of dehumanisation, including the harms of transoceanic enslavement of Africans, colonialism, continued racism, and other forms of structural discrimination. An important aspect of this initiative is to investigate the plethora… […]
- without acknowledging relational and spiritual harms, collective efforts to confront the legacies of transoceanic enslavements and continued injustices against people of African and indigenous descent may fall short. Mere materialistic repairs, such as reducing economic disparity, levelling public services, and providing equal access to health, education, housing, finance, and employment, are not enough. … Continue […]