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Human trafficking and violence: Findings from the largest global dataset of trafficking survivors

Journal of Migration and Health, 2021
Background: Human trafficking is a recognized human rights violation, and a public health and global development issue. Violence is often a hallmark of human trafficking. This study aims to describe documented cases of violence amongst persons identified
Heidi Stöckl, Camilla Fabbri, Harry Cook, Claire Galez-Davis, Naomi Grant, Yuki Lo, Ligia Kiss, Cathy Zimmerman   +7 more
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Gender based violence

Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinical Medicine, 2022
[Extract] Gender based violence (GBV) is a preventable and serious human rights violation whereby an individual is harmed based on their gender. The violence can be perpetrated physically, sexually, mentally or financially. This includes domestic violence, rape, feticide/infanticide and female genital mutilation.
Shahid, Usama, Rane, Ajay
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Factor Influencing Gender Based Violence Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic in PHC of Syangja District, Nepal [PDF]

, 2015
Pregnancy and childbirth were a time of unique vulnerability to violence victimization because of changes in women’s physical, social, emotional, and economic needs during pregnancy.
Acharya, J. (Jeevan), Gurung, S. (Samjhana)   +1 more
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Functional and Structural Evidence of Neurofluid Circuit Aberrations in Huntington Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Disrupted neurofluid regulation may contribute to neurodegeneration in Huntington disease (HD). Because neurofluid pathways influence waste clearance, inflammation, and the distribution of central nervous system (CNS)–delivered therapeutics, understanding their dysfunction is increasingly important as targeted treatments emerge.
Kilian Hett, Abigail Dubois, Melanie Leguizamon, Alexander Song, Paula Trujillo, Colin D. McKnight, Ciaran M. Considine, Manus J. Donahue, Daniel O. Claassen   +8 more
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Using Social Media to Recruit Seldom-Heard Groups: Reaching Women and Girls with Experience of Violence in Iran

Social Sciences
Social media recruitment and online surveys are valuable tools in social science research, but their effectiveness in reaching seldom-heard victims of gender violence in low-middle income (LMI) countries is under-explored.
Ladan Hashemi, Fateme Babakhani, Nadia Aghtaie, Sally McManus   +3 more
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Healthcare for migrant workers in destination countries: a comparative qualitative study of China and Malaysia

BMJ Open, 2020
Objectives This paper explores policies addressing migrant worker’s health and barriers to healthcare access in two middle-income, destination countries in Asia with cross-border migration to Yunnan province, China and international migration to Malaysia.
Tharani Loganathan, Deng Rui, Nicola Suyin Pocock   +2 more
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Gender and Gender-Based Violence

University of Toronto Journal of Public Health, 2021
Action Against Hunger is an international non-governmental organization with six headquarters located around the world that focus on ending hunger in low and middle-income countries. The Canadian office uniquely provides evidenced-based technical support and evaluation for headquarters focused on implementing interventions and programming to mitigate ...
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Understanding the impact of a microfinance-based intervention on women's empowerment and the reduction of intimate partner violence in South Africa [PDF]

, 2007
This document presents Understanding the impact of a mocrofinance-based intervention on women;s empowerment and the reduction of intimate partner violence in South Africa.

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Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy due to Biallelic Pathogenic Variants in PIGM

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective PIGM encodes a critical enzyme in the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)‐anchor biosynthesis pathway. While promoter‐region mutations in PIGM have been associated with a relatively mild phenotype characterized by portal vein thrombosis and absence seizures, recent evidence suggests that coding‐region mutations result in a more severe
Júlia Sala‐Coromina, Anna Marcé‐Grau, Barbara Masotto, Marta Codina, Lamia BenJemaa, Yasmina Elaribi, Mónica Martinez‐Gallo, Roger Colobran, Angel Sanchez‐Montañez, Irene Valenzuela, Yoshiko Murakami, Alfons Macaya   +11 more
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PD‐1 Inhibits CD4+ TRM‐Mediated cDC1 Mobilization via Suppressing JAML in Human NSCLC

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
CD4+ tissue‐resident memory T cells (TRMs) in non‐small cell lung cancer recruit conventional type 1 dendritic cells via XCL1‐XCR1 signaling, orchestrating antitumor immunity. The costimulatory molecule JAML is essential for this process. PD‐1 blockade restores JAML expression and cDC1 mobilization, while JAML agonists synergize with anti‐PD‐1 therapy,
Zheyu Shao, Qinyuan Liu, Zhongwei Xin, Zhiyao Zhou, Mingjie Lin, Di Chen, Zhixing Hao, Yongyuan Chen, Wenxuan Wu, Shuyang Zhang, Xiaoke Chen, Xia Xu, Jinfan Li, Wei Lin, Yuhao Lu, Dang Wu, Pin Wu   +16 more
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