IB History Topic Social Impact Revision Notes (SL/HL)

IB History Topic Social Impact Revision Notes (SL/HL) | RevisionDojo

Social Impact

Rwanda: Post-Genocide Challenges

Rebuilding society after genocide
• Unlike post-apartheid South Africa or post-war Yugoslavia, Rwanda had to rebuild a society where victims and perpetrators of genocide lived together.
• As The Guardian (2024) stated: “People have no choice but to try living side by side again.”
Coexistence of survivors and perpetrators
• The coexistence between survivors and perpetrators has been an extremely difficult challenge.
• Despite the difficulty, it has been approached with sensitivity and achieved significant success.

Example

Rwanda: Community-Based Healing and Reconciliation

Sociotherapy programs
- After the genocide, Rwanda developed community-based sociotherapy programs to address widespread trauma and rebuild fractured social relations.
Mvura Nkuvure initiative
- One of the most notable programs is Mvura Nkuvure (“You heal me, I heal you”), launched in 2005 and supported by organizations like CBS Rwanda.
- Brings together 12–15 community members, often including both survivors and perpetrators, in weekly sessions over 15 weeks.
- Aims to foster trust, reconciliation, and psychological healing.
Structured sessions
- Progress through phases of safety, trust, care, respect, new rules, and memory, enabling participants to share experiences in a safe space.
- Evaluations show that over 60% of groups continue meeting independently after the program ends.
- Many groups begin income-generating activities like farming or crafts to sustain cohesion.
Promotion of coexistence
- These groups encourage coexistence between survivors and perpetrators.
- One facilitator noted: “People who once feared each other now eat together.”
- Programs are now replicated in neighboring countries dealing with conflict recovery.
- Mvura Nkuvure has become a model for grassroots reconciliation, emphasizing that healing and justice can begin in the community itself.

Tip

Rwanda: Relevance for IB Global Politics

Example for Peace and Conflict studies
- Post-genocide reconstruction in Rwanda is a strong case study for IB Global Politics.
- It connects directly to the thematic focus on Peace and Conflict, particularly peacemaking, peacebuilding, and peacekeeping.
Important limitation
- The genocide itself cannot be used as an example in IB Global Politics because of the lifetime rule.

Rwanda: Gender and Social Change after the Genocide

Nice try, unfortunately this paywall isn't as easy to bypass as you think. Want to help devleop the site? Join the team at https://revisiondojo.com/join-us. exercitation voluptate cillum ullamco excepteur sint officia do tempor Lorem irure minim Lorem elit id voluptate reprehenderit voluptate laboris in nostrud qui non Lorem nostrud laborum culpa sit occaecat reprehenderit

Definition

Paywall

(on a website) an arrangement whereby access is restricted to users who have paid to subscribe to the site.

anim nostrud sit dolore minim proident quis fugiat velit et eiusmod nulla quis nulla mollit dolor sunt culpa aliqua

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.

Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit

Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Note

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam quis nostrud exercitation.

Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident

Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt. Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit.

Tip

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris.
Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum.

Unlock the rest of this chapter with a free account

Social Impact

Rwanda: Post-Genocide Challenges

Rebuilding society after genocide
• Unlike post-apartheid South Africa or post-war Yugoslavia, Rwanda had to rebuild a society where victims and perpetrators of genocide lived together.
• As The Guardian (2024) stated: “People have no choice but to try living side by side again.”
Coexistence of survivors and perpetrators
• The coexistence between survivors and perpetrators has been an extremely difficult challenge.
• Despite the difficulty, it has been approached with sensitivity and achieved significant success.

Example

Rwanda: Community-Based Healing and Reconciliation

Sociotherapy programs
- After the genocide, Rwanda developed community-based sociotherapy programs to address widespread trauma and rebuild fractured social relations.
Mvura Nkuvure initiative
- One of the most notable programs is Mvura Nkuvure (“You heal me, I heal you”), launched in 2005 and supported by organizations like CBS Rwanda.
- Brings together 12–15 community members, often including both survivors and perpetrators, in weekly sessions over 15 weeks.
- Aims to foster trust, reconciliation, and psychological healing.
Structured sessions
- Progress through phases of safety, trust, care, respect, new rules, and memory, enabling participants to share experiences in a safe space.
- Evaluations show that over 60% of groups continue meeting independently after the program ends.
- Many groups begin income-generating activities like farming or crafts to sustain cohesion.
Promotion of coexistence
- These groups encourage coexistence between survivors and perpetrators.
- One facilitator noted: “People who once feared each other now eat together.”
- Programs are now replicated in neighboring countries dealing with conflict recovery.
- Mvura Nkuvure has become a model for grassroots reconciliation, emphasizing that healing and justice can begin in the community itself.

Tip

Rwanda: Relevance for IB Global Politics

Example for Peace and Conflict studies
- Post-genocide reconstruction in Rwanda is a strong case study for IB Global Politics.
- It connects directly to the thematic focus on Peace and Conflict, particularly peacemaking, peacebuilding, and peacekeeping.
Important limitation
- The genocide itself cannot be used as an example in IB Global Politics because of the lifetime rule.

Rwanda: Gender and Social Change after the Genocide

Definition

Paywall

(on a website) an arrangement whereby access is restricted to users who have paid to subscribe to the site.

anim nostrud sit dolore minim proident quis fugiat velit et eiusmod nulla quis nulla mollit dolor sunt culpa aliqua

Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit

Note

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam quis nostrud exercitation.

Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident

Tip

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris.
Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum.

Paper 1 - The Move to Global War6 subtopics

Paper 1 - Rights and Protest6 subtopics

Paper 1 - Conflict and Intervention6 subtopics

Paper 2 - Independence Movements5 subtopics

Paper 2 - Emergence and Development of Democratic States5 subtopics

Paper 2 - Authoritarian States7 subtopics

Paper 2 - Causes and Effects of 20th Century Wars4 subtopics

Paper 2 - The Cold War: Superpower Tensions and Rivalries4 subtopics

Paper 3 - History of Europe18 subtopics

Paper 3 - History of the Americas18 subtopics

Paper 3 - History of Asia and Oceania18 subtopics

IB History Social Impact Notes

Paper 1 - The Move to Global War6 subtopics

Paper 1 - Rights and Protest6 subtopics

Paper 1 - Conflict and Intervention6 subtopics

Paper 2 - Independence Movements5 subtopics

Paper 2 - Emergence and Development of Democratic States5 subtopics

Paper 2 - Authoritarian States7 subtopics

Paper 2 - Causes and Effects of 20th Century Wars4 subtopics

Paper 2 - The Cold War: Superpower Tensions and Rivalries4 subtopics

Paper 3 - History of Europe18 subtopics

Paper 3 - History of the Americas18 subtopics

Paper 3 - History of Asia and Oceania18 subtopics

Social Impact

Rwanda: Post-Genocide Challenges

Rwanda: Gender and Social Change after the Genocide

anim nostrud sit dolore minim proident quis fugiat velit et eiusmod nulla quis nulla mollit dolor sunt culpa aliqua

Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit

Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident

Unlock the rest of this chapter with a free account

Social Impact

Rwanda: Post-Genocide Challenges

Rwanda: Gender and Social Change after the Genocide

anim nostrud sit dolore minim proident quis fugiat velit et eiusmod nulla quis nulla mollit dolor sunt culpa aliqua

Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit

Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident

Unlock the rest of this chapter with a free account