News & Events
November 17, 2022
Phronesis Principal Consultant Peta Lowe delivered VERA-2R training to Georgian representatives at the request of GCSD. For more information;
November 8, 2022
Phronesis Principal Consultant Peta Lowe was involved in such an important project. Mental wellness of Police and those at the frontline is imperative in strengthening their wellbeing and the effectiveness of P/CVE and other important challenges.
https://twitter.com/SOWEDKe/status/1589840199097667584?t=zSqDOIfs6qA-ZdFRCALsVA&s=40
November 1-3, 2022
Phronesis Principal Consultant Peta Lowe was invited to represent Phronesis Consulting and Training and Participate in MHPSS in peacebuilding co-creation workshop and stakeholder workshop in Kenya.
Phronesis Principal Consultant Peta Lowe was interview by Cat Woods for the Law Society Journal in relation to repatriated from syria and welcomed home? Read the full article;
https://lsj.com.au/articles/repatriated-from-syria-and-welcomed-home/
October 31, 2022
October 28, 2022
Phronesis Principal Consultant Peta Lowe joins the panel on 'The Drum' ABC to discuss that the government has started repatriating Australian women and children from a Syrian detention camp, with the first group en route to Sydney – what supports do they need when they return? Listen to the full discussion;
https://twitter.com/abcthedrum/status/1585835257848246277?s=56&t=I7NTrPv4Gls7SpH8VvLJ1A
October 26-27, 2022
Phronesis Principal Consultant Peta Lowe travelled to London, to present on intervening with radicalized young people at the IIJ Roundtable to Address Vulnerabilities to REMVE/ERWT Radicalization. An important discussion and time to hear from others around the world on approaches to addressing this issue for young people.
https://twitter.com/iijmalta/status/1585634276644573189?s=56&t=yEZHMLQjcrg5izqwAxdDOw
August 25, 2022
Phronesis Principal Consultant Peta Lowe was interviewed by Lucy Gray from Breaking Politics, about the challenges of online recruitment and children and young people and some of my thoughts of the important responses we need to protect our children and young people from this type of harm.
July, 2022
Phronesis Principal Consultant Peta Lowe travelled to Kenya to work with the Directorate of Childrens Services while this important piece of legislation is enacted. Kenya’s Children’s Act 2022 enshrines the right of children to grow up free from exposure to radicalisation.
Phronesis Principal Consultant Peta Lowe and Stacey Stafford co-authored the Manual for managing rehabilitation of ex-terrorists and it was launched at Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting.
June 22, 2022
Phronesis Principal Consultant Peta Lowe presented a practitioner perspective at the Public Hearing for the Independent National Security Legislation Monitors review into Division 105A of the Criminal Code (cth).
June 22-23, 2022
May, 2022
Phronesis Principal Consultant Peta Lowe discussed with Mariam Tokhadze, Director of Georgian Centre for Strategy and Development about the Repatriation, Rehabilitation and Resocialisation of families of foreign fighters.
Phronesis Principal Consultant Peta Lowe participated in a Expert briefing held by CTRG Working Group by Robert Orell to analyze the involvement of Children in RWE. Participants discussed prevention, the role of families and the importance of gender considerations is PCVE efforts, shared insights and formulated recommendations.
April, 2022
Phronesis Principal Consultant Peta Lowe travelled to Kenya, Africa for three weeks to consult with UNODC and Directorate of Childrens’ Services on designing and implementing a training curriculum and manual for Childrens’ Officers on P/CVE.
February, 2022
Phronesis Principal Consultant Peta Lowe lead, designed and implemented the Youth-Specific Framework for assessing, managing and rehabilitating radicalized youth offenders. From designing and recruiting the team, to all the work with D. Elaine Pressman, PhD to integrate the use of the VERA-2R assessment tool with young offenders, the various legal and policy consultations and precedents, the incredible cross-agency and multidisciplinary collaboration and most importantly the work directly with vulnerable and radicalized young people, it remains the biggest and most rewarding learning experience of my life, and one which remains my passion and now responsibility to share.