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%...

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...

GBV Science Fair: Making a Difference on the Front Lines of Prevention

300 women and 300 children who reach out for abuse services for the first time are being followed for 7 years to determine what predicts outcomes of resiliency, safety, better mental health, and optim...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...