{"id":2979,"date":"2025-09-21T14:14:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T21:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/?post_type=events&#038;p=2979"},"modified":"2026-04-09T05:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:25:15","slug":"from-healing-to-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/events\/from-healing-to-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"From Healing to Opportunity: Integrating Trauma Healing into Development Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Armed conflicts are at a post-1946 high, compounded by unprecedented climate crises. For the nearly two billion people living in fragile regions, the result is mass trauma\u2014an invisible barrier that stalls development, suppresses productivity, and traps generations in poverty. In conflict-affected settings, the toll of trauma on young people is not only a public health crisis but also an economic one.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This session explored the \u201ctrauma tax\u201d\u2014the hidden economic cost of untreated trauma among youth in high-conflict countries\u2014and the urgent need to integrate mental health healing into development strategies. Through an evidence-based discussion, leaders on the front lines shared how trauma-informed approaches can break cycles of economic exclusion and mental health crises. Participants left with insights on how policymakers, donors, and development practitioners can embed trauma recovery into economic development programs\u2014transforming healing from a humanitarian imperative into a driver of sustainable growth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Moderator:\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/apoorva-mandavilli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Apoorva Mandavilli<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Science &amp; Global Health Reporter, New York Times\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Panelists: <\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/our_fellows\/mohamed-ali-dini\/\"><b>Mohamed Ali Diini<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founder, Iftin Global\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crisisgroup.org\/who-we-are\/people\/comfort-ero\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Dr. Comfort Ero<\/b><\/a><b>,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> President &amp; CEO, International Crisis Group\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/saida-abdi-phd-msw-licsw-20336060\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Dr. Saida Abdi<\/b><\/a><b>, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assistant Professor,\u00a0 University of Minnesota School\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Social Work\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2986,"template":"","class_list":["post-2979","events","type-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/2979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/events"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}