Salvadorean Civil War

Professor of Political Science at Yale University, Prof. Elisabeth Woods current research focuses on sexual violence during war. She is the author of Insurgent Collective Action and Civil War in El Sa...

Gender and Conflict

Dr Julia Buxton, Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford talks about her current research on gender based violence both during conflicts but also in post conf...

GBV Science Fair: Kgauhelo Lekalakala

A qualitative study on perpetrator explanations for sexual abuse of young children conducted in South African prisons and communities. Perpetrators, carers and professionals were interviewed mainly in...

GBV Science Fair: Reduce violence against women and girls in Nepal

To reduce violence women and girls among migrant labor communities, who are vulnerable and more at risk once the men migrate and leave the women and children. A formative research will be carried out ...

Sexual Exploitation of young men and transgender in Cambodia

Dr. Glenn Miles [email protected] “A Baseline Study of Sexually-Exploited Young Men in Colombo, Sri Lanka” Sexual violence and exploitation of women and girls in South and Southeast Asia is starting ...

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...

Bias against Women Alleging Abuse in Family Courts

Bias against Women Alleging Abuse in Family Courts:Clinical Prof. Joan Meier bridges theory and practice in her work on domestic violence, which focuses on courts' responses to mothers who seek to pro...

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 ...