{"id":13157,"date":"2018-07-20T18:22:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T18:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/?post_type=noticia&p=13157"},"modified":"2021-04-06T15:10:02","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T15:10:02","slug":"interview-specialist-upholds-self-care-defenders-political-strategy","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/interview-specialist-upholds-self-care-defenders-political-strategy\/","title":"In interview specialist upholds self-care for defenders as a political strategy","content":"

What is the physical and psychological impact on the lives of women who work to defend rights and fight injustice?<\/p>\n

According to Ana Mar\u00eda Hernand\u00e9z, founder of the\u00a0Consortium for Parliamentary Dialogue and Equity Oaxaca AC<\/a><\/u>, in Mexico, like the women who are direct victims of violence, human rights defenders also need to be taken care of, as they are equally at risk and also experience chronic fatigue.<\/p>\n

According to the specialist, organisations and social movements should be alert to symptoms presented by their staff and should also allocate resources to provide them with support. Hern\u00e1ndez classifies self-care as a strategic policy and believes it should be carried out within a feminist, holistic perspective, taking into account the personal and collective levels, physical, psychological and mental aspects, as well as energetic and spiritual fields.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdopting a self-care approach not only ensures the sustainability of social movements, but also constitutes an ethical-political viewpoint that involves looking at working practices and relationships at the personal and collective level.” She upholds.<\/p>\n

In this interview with Conectas, Hern\u00e1ndez, from Mexico, talks about the importance of self-care for defenders who have daily contact with statements and testimonies on human rights violations.<\/p>\n