Expressive Life Writing and Telling During Crisis: Addressing Urgent Needs in the Akkar Governorate, Lebanon

黎巴嫩金融危机造成了家庭收入的重大损失，造成了粮食安全危机。黎巴嫩货币贬值了80%。其结果是恶性通货膨胀。黎巴嫩目前的局势给弱势群体带来了几个严峻的挑战：对难民的怨恨增加--特别是叙利亚难民--表现为骚扰和歧视；封锁为性虐待和贩运提供了更多的掩护；在线教育面临障碍，包括家庭之间的数字鸿沟和被隔离家庭中性别角色的巩固，女孩比男孩做更多的家务。该项目的黎巴嫩伙伴组织Akkar Network for Development(和)小组以前曾通过向妇女和青春期女孩提供重点心理社会支持课程来提供EW培训。然而，在2020年，新的和越来越多的问题组合使得调整现有做法和开发新技术的必要性变得迫切。在Akkar应用表达写作(EW)方法的目的是开发支持，帮助创建生活计划，增强应对机制，建立个人韧性，并给接受者一种被支持的感觉。因此，这个项目的研究问题是：我们能否成功地使表现力写作方法适应这些紧急/危机情况？如果是这样的话，如何将这种方法应用于其他背景下的规模和部署。

The Lebanese financial crisis has caused significant loss of incomes for households, creating a food security crisis. The Lebanese currency has been reduced in value by 80%. The result has been hyperinflation. The current situation in Lebanon has created several acute challenges for vulnerable groups: increased resentment of - particularly Syrian - refugees manifesting in harassment and discrimination; Lockdowns provide additional cover for sexual abuse, and trafficking; The online provision of education faces barriers including digital divides between households and a cementing of gender roles in quarantined households whereby girls are doing more domestic work than boys.The team of the Lebanese partner organisation for this project, Akkar Network for Development (AND), have previously delivered EW training through a focused psychosocial support curriculum to women and adolescent girls. In 2020, however, the new and increased combination of issues makes the need for adapting existing practice and developing new techniques urgent. The aim of applying the Expressive Writing (EW) methodology in Akkar is to develop support that helps create a life plan, enhances coping mechanisms, builds personal resilience and gives the recipients a feeling of being supported. The research question of this project, therefore, is: Can we adapt the Expressive Writing methodology to these emergency/crisis situations successfully and if so, how can this methodology then be taken to scale and deployed in other contexts.