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Scenario

Why restorative approaches feel futile with intimate violence

I facilitate healing circles for domestic violence and half the women who participate go back to their abusers within six months

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A practitioner struggles with the limits of healing work in the face of entrenched power dynamics

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Restorative justice — theory and practice?”

Peri

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