Can family doctors help abused women: Lessons from the WEAVE project

Kelsey Hegarty [email protected] Can family doctors help abused women: Lessons from the WEAVE project WEAVE tests the effect of brief counseling by family doctors for abused women. Around 13%...

Sinawe Mama! Wits RHI

Sinawe Mama! ("We are with you Mother!") Abigail Hatcher [email protected] Although violence in pregnancy effects one-third of South African women, few programs exist to address it. We are...

2012 Three Minute Thesis People's Choice Award - Ludmilla Khodai

Ludmilla Khodai (School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences) won the People's Choice Award at the 2012 UNSW Three Minute Thesis competition with her presentation - "Forced gen...

Sexual Exploitation of young men and transgender in Cambodia

Dr. Glenn Miles [email protected] “A Baseline Study of Sexually-Exploited Young Men in Colombo, Sri Lanka” Sexual violence and exploitation of women and girls in South and Southeast Asia is starting ...

GBV Science Fair: Model Village lead by Women

After the April Earthquake' 2015, disadvantage groups especially single were really vulnerable and faced discrimination in terms of received humanitarian aid and there has been lots of agencies workin...

GBV Science Fair: Family-centred intervention for family violence

The aim of the study is to create a family-centred intervention for family violence in order to reduce violence within the family. The study is a 3 phase study in which phase 1 consists of a quantitat...

GBV Science Fair: Assisting Girls to fight GBV in Schools

It is a program designed to assist girls to fight sexuall violence in schools and in the community around the school. It is supported by the stakeholder Forums which comprises of the police, the nurse...

Bias against Women Alleging Abuse in Family Courts

Bias against Women Alleging Abuse in Family Courts:Clinical Prof. Joan Meier bridges theory and practice in her work on domestic violence, which focuses on courts' responses to mothers who seek to pro...

Methods of Indoctrination and Control in the Lord's Resistance Army

Jocelyn Kelly [email protected] Methods of Indoctrination and Control in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) The LRA is a rebel movement known for its widespread conscription of children; yet little is ...

GBV Science Fair: Kgauhelo Lekalakala

A qualitative study on perpetrator explanations for sexual abuse of young children conducted in South African prisons and communities. Perpetrators, carers and professionals were interviewed mainly in...

Experiences of Trauma Services in Northern Uganda

Dr Helen Liebling [email protected] Experiences of Trauma Services in Northern Uganda: Implications for Mental Health Policy and Legislation British Academy and Leverhulme Trust-funded qualitativ...

A candid discussion on gender research, with Stephen Hall and Patrick Dugan

Stephen Hall and Patrick Dugan sit down to have a candid conversation about the state of gender research, and where they see the future of research for development heading in a gender transformative w...

GBV Science Fair: Reduce violence against women and girls in Nepal

To reduce violence women and girls among migrant labor communities, who are vulnerable and more at risk once the men migrate and leave the women and children. A formative research will be carried out ...

Engineering Professors: Gender Gatekeepers

Engineering Professors: Gender Gatekeepers. This evidence-based study analyzes a sample of 155 engineering and 285 non-engineering tenured and tenure track professors. The study finds that the enginee...

GBV 5-Minute Science Fair

Karen McDonnell, Associate professor in prevention and community health at the George Washington University, School of Public Health. Disusses Proyeto VOCES, Project VOICES. A multiphase approach wit...

GBV Science Fair: Sexual Violence and Women's Health: Educating Future Clinicians

Medical schools are currently failing to adequately teach students about the impacts of GBV and how to care for patients who are survivors of GBV. This research aims to provide recommendation for a GB...

Womens Health Policy Gender Based Research and Postpartum Depression 12 1 2010

Calvin P. Boyd MD is an obstetrician/gynecologist and graduate candidate in the Masters of Public Health Program at the University of New Mexico Medical School. This powerpoint presentation is the cul...

Gender Constancy Theory

Gender Constancy Theory - an introduction...

'Do No Harm': Women's economic empowerment & violence against women in Melanesia

The 'Do No Harm' research will address the relationship between economic inclusion and empowerment programs and violence against women in three countries (Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea...

GENDER BIAS IN ENGINEERING: ROOT CAUSE ~ 16 MIN

This video summarizes research on 5,130 degreed engineers, 4,266 men and 864 women. The research finds systematic differences between men and women engineers that effect how engineering is done. These...