Blog Trauma-informed Phone Interviews on Sensitive Topics: Learning from the COVID-19 lockdown in Uganda Healing and Resilience after Trauma (HaRT) is dedicated to holistic healing among women and girls who have experienced human trafficking and gender based violence. Our HaRT Yoga program uses mindfulness… June 18, 2020
Blog Considerations for Doing Intimate Partner Violence Research in the Time of Coronavirus Advocacy and implementing organizations along with leaders around the world have worked tirelessly to shine a spotlight IPV during COVID19. As researchers, we are here to boost efforts and support… May 7, 2020
Blog On the CUSP: Global learning for sustained social norms change On the Cusp between quality and quantity, effectiveness and harm ‘On the Cusp’ means: 1. On the threshold or verge of a development or action. 2. At the dividing line or border… December 5, 2018
Blog Violence against women prevention in rural areas: Challenges and lessons for the field The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is “Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives.” The Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) funds a number of projects in rural… March 8, 2018
Blog Measuring taboo topics: List randomization for gender-based violence Gender-based violence is notoriously under-reported—for understandable reasons. Experience of violence is highly stigmatized and victims are often shamed. Respondents may be fearful of retaliation if perpetrators and others find out… January 11, 2018
Blog Women’s resistance to sexual assault in the time of #MeToo: Why it is important for female university students in Swaziland This year’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign comes in the midst of a necessary global reckoning with sexual harassment and assault. The quiet, protective conversations between women, the sotto… December 7, 2017
Blog Disrupting the intersection of technology and gender-based violence Stories of sexting, sex tapes, online dating gone wrong and cyberbullying are all over social media and the news. However, these stories only begin to scratch the surface of online… December 5, 2017
Blog Data for policy: Building a culture of evidence-based policies to address violence against children (VAC) Good policy starts with good data, which is why the work of Together for Girls (TfG) begins with nationally representative Violence Against Children Surveys (VACS), led by the Center for Disease Control and… November 30, 2017
Blog Let their voices be heard: Qualitative research approaches among Syrian refugees in Greece Since 2011, the civil war and protracted crisis in Syria have led to widespread displacement, with over five million people seeking refuge in neighboring countries and in the Eastern Mediterranean… November 28, 2017
Blog Participatory action research: Making ethics work for violence prevention projects in small, rural communities At the University College London (UCL) Centre for Gender and Global Health, the renowned Argentine feminist anthropologist Dr Rita Segato recently discussed the impact of colonialism on the social fabric of small rural… November 28, 2017