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Attitudes of professionals in Serbia on gender equality and gender-based violence: The research results [PDF]

Temida, 2020
In 2019 the Victimology Society of Serbia conducted the survey aimed at assessing the attitudes of professionals who work in state institutions, independent state agencies and civil society organizations in Serbia about gender equality and ...
Ćopić Sanja, Šaćiri Bejan
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Building strength for the long haul toward liberation: What psychology can contribute to the resilience of communities targeted by state‐sanctioned violence

American Journal of Community Psychology, Volume 70, Issue 3-4, Page 475-492, December 2022., 2022
Abstract State‐sanctioned violence (SSV) has resounding effects on entire populations, and marginalized communities have long persisted in the work toward liberation despite continued SSV. This paper aims to bridge the gap between the vast scholarship on resilience and the practical challenge of sustaining and thriving in communities targeted by SSV ...
Kris T. Gebhard, Stephanie Hargrove, Tahani Chaudhry, Syeda Y. Buchwach, Lauren B. Cattaneo   +4 more
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Perspectives of Victims of Gender Violence

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 2020
The purpose of the current study was to explore the experiences of women who have been affected by violence and received mental health care. A qualitative phenomenological design was used with in-depth interviews and personal letters in a sample of 29 women from a public mental health center of Madrid, Spain, who were affected by physical,
Atance Pereira, Deborah, Zamarro Arranz, María Luisa, Velarde García, Juan Francisco, Huertas Hoyas, Elisabeth, Cachón Pérez, José Miguel, Parás Bravo, Paula, Palacios Ceña, Domingo   +6 more
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Engaging men to transform inequitable gender attitudes and prevent intimate partner violence: a cluster randomised controlled trial in North and South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo

BMJ Global Health, 2020
Introduction The study objective was to understand the effectiveness of Engaging Men through Accountable Practice (EMAP), a group-based discussion series which sought to transform gender relations in communities, on intimate partner violence (IPV ...
Julia Vaillant, Estelle Koussoubé, Danielle Roth, Rachael Pierotti, Mazeda Hossain, Kathryn L Falb   +5 more
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Perceived safety in community and service settings among young adults experiencing homelessness: Differences by sexual and gender identity

American Journal of Community Psychology, Volume 70, Issue 3-4, Page 340-351, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Homelessness poses risks to the health and safety of young adults; particularly among sexual and gender minority (SGM) young adults. The current study sought to better understand service use and perceived safety in community and service settings among SGM and cisgender heterosexual (cis‐hetero) young adults experiencing homelessness. Data come
Graham DiGuiseppi, Sara Semborski, Harmony Rhoades, Jeremy Goldbach, Benjamin F. Henwood   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Don't let anybody ever put you down culturally…. it's not good…”: Creating spaces for Blak women's healing

American Journal of Community Psychology, Volume 70, Issue 3-4, Page 352-364, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Research has highlighted the importance of Indigenous knowledge and cultural practice in healing from ongoing histories of trauma, dispossession, and displacement for Indigenous peoples in Australia and elsewhere. Connection with culture, Country, and kinship has been identified as protective factors for Aboriginal social and emotional well ...
Paola Balla, Karen Jackson, Amy F Quayle, Christopher C Sonn, Rowena K Price   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of the Drive Intervention for High-Harm Domestic Abuse Perpetrators in England and Wales Using a Quasi-Experimental Approach

Social Sciences
High-risk and high-harm domestic abuse perpetrators pose the greatest risk of serious harm to (ex-)partners and family members. Robust evidence of perpetrator intervention is lacking for this group.
Marianne Hester, Ana G. Ortega-Avila, Nathan Eisenstadt, Sarah-Jane Walker   +3 more
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Machine learning for risk assessment in gender-based crime [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
Gender-based crime is one of the most concerning scourges of contemporary society. Governments worldwide have invested lots of economic and human resources to radically eliminate this threat. Despite these efforts, providing accurate predictions of the risk that a victim of gender violence has of being attacked again is still a very hard open problem ...
arxiv  

Survey of Cyber Violence Against Women in Malawi [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of cyber violence against women in Karonga district of Malawi. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. About 67 women participated in the survey questionnaire. The study utilised Technology Facilitated Gender-Based Violence Framework as theoretical lens.
arxiv  

Mental health, violence and psychological coercion among female and male trafficking survivors in the greater Mekong sub-region: a cross-sectional study

BMC Psychology, 2018
Background Human trafficking is a pervasive global crime with important public health implications that entail fundamental human rights violations in the form of severe exploitation, violence and coercion.
Lisbeth Iglesias-Rios, Siobán D. Harlow, Sarah A. Burgard, Ligia Kiss, Cathy Zimmerman   +4 more
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