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The pathways between female garment workers’ experience of violence and development of depressive symptoms
Parvin, K., Al Mamun, M., Gibbs, A., Jewkes, R., & Naved, R. T. (2018). The pathways between female garment workers’ experience of violence and development of depressive symptoms. PLoS one, 13(11), e0207485.
The intersection of school corporal punishment and associated factors: Baseline results from a randomized controlled trial in Pakistan
Khuwaja, H. M. A., Karmaliani, R., McFarlane, J., Somani, R., Gulzar, S., Ali, T. S., ... & Jewkes, R. (2018). The intersection of school corporal punishment and associated factors: Baseline results from a randomized controlled trial in Pakistan. PLoS one, 13(10), e0206032.
'I'm more valued than before': women in Tajikistan get a new lease of life – in pictures
Physical and sexual violence against women is commonplace in Tajikistan, but a project designed to address the issue has produced remarkable results.
“Now I feel safe”: UK funded project reduces domestic violence by 50 per cent in rural Ghana
“Don’t speak to me like that,” a man shouts at his wife, throwing a barrage of accusations before he slaps her across the face and punches her in the stomach. “Have some respect!”
Laughter erupts among the two hundred or so onlookers, for this exaggerated exchange is not real. Village leaders in Asibrim, a rural community in Ghana’s central region, are demonstrating how a small dispute can escalate into violence - and how to avoid it.
EVENT: What Works to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls?
Five years into this global research and implementation collaboration, the UKAID funded What Works programme invites you to a learning event on what works to prevent violence against women and girls (VAWG) across Africa and Asia and in humanitarian contexts.
An interactive panel discussion followed by Q&A will deliberate the implications of new evidence for VAWG prevention research, policy and practice.
When: December 6th 2018
2:00pm – 3:30pm
Hosted by the Global Women’s Institut e
Where: Milken Institute School of Public Health
950 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington, DC 20052, Room B100B
Admission: free to attend.
Featuring talks by: researchers and implementers of prevention programs in Rwanda, Tajikistan, Zambia and Nepal.
EVENT: What Works to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls?
Five years into this global research and implementation collaboration, the UKAID funded What Works programme invites you to a learning event on what works to prevent violence against women and girls (VAWG) across Africa and Asia.
Gibbs, A., Jewkes, R., Willan, S., & Washington, L. (2018). Associations between poverty, mental health and substance use, gender power, and intimate partner violence amongst young (18-30) women and men in urban informal settlements in South Africa: A cross-sectional study and structural equation model. PLoS one, 13(10), e0204956.
Gibbs, A., Dunkle, K., Willan, S., Jama-Shai, N., Washington, L., & Jewkes, R. (2018). Are women’s experiences of emotional and economic intimate partner violence associated with HIV-risk behaviour? A cross-sectional analysis of young women in informal settlements in South Africa. AIDS Care, 1-8.
Magnitude and correlates of intimate partner violence against female garment workers from selected factories in Bangladesh
Naved, R. T., Al Mamun, M., Parvin, K., Willan, S., Gibbs, A., Yu, M., & Jewkes, R. (2018). Magnitude and correlates of intimate partner violence against female garment workers from selected factories in Bangladesh. PloS one, 13(11), e0204725.
Disability status, intimate partner violence and perceived social support among married women in three districts of the Terai region of Nepal
Gupta, J., Cardoso, L. F., Ferguson, G., Shrestha, B., Shrestha, P. N., Harris, C., ... & Clark, C. J. (2018). Disability status, intimate partner violence and perceived social support among married women in three districts of the Terai region of Nepal. BMJ Global Health, 3(5), e000934.