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Friday, 26 March 2021 / Published in News

A Short Course on Researching Gender-based Violence at LSHTM

Background

Gender-based violence is prevalent globally.

It occurs in many forms, including intimate partner violence, rape and coerced sex, child sexual abuse, and human trafficking. Such forms of gender-based violence are significant risk factors for poor health, impacting on individuals’ physical, sexual and psychological health, as well as their social and economic well-being.

Evidence from rigorously conducted research is essential to ensuring that policies and services to prevent and respond to violence are well-designed and appropriate to the context where women, children, adolescents and men live. Conducting action-oriented research on gender-based violence that is robust and carried out in ethical and safe ways requires specific methodological approaches.

The course

This course aims to strengthen participants’ knowledge and skills to conduct or commission technically rigorous, ethical and policy- and service-relevant research on various forms of violence against women, children and adolescents.

It is intended for individuals who will conduct or commission research on gender-based violence. It will be of particular interest to those who want to add a ‘violence component’ to a study that is quantitative or qualitative or an intervention evaluation.

It is relevant for individuals working on health-related topics such as sexual and reproductive health, maternal health, HIV, mental health and substance use.

The course will be taught through a series of online interactive lectures, practical exercises, group work and assigned reading.

Course content

The course will cover topics including:

  • Conceptualising and researching various forms of gender-based violence
  • Associations between violence and health: current knowledge
  • Ethics and safety
  • Approaches to researching violence: qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods, intervention research
  • Developing conceptual frameworks for violence and health research
  • Survey research on violence and questionnaire design
  • Intervention research: approaches and challenges
  • Violence research in health care settings
  • Violence research in humanitarian settings

Key information

Course Organisers:
Dr Karen Devries, Dr Cathy Zimmerman and Dr Ana Maria Buller
The course will also feature lectures from Prof Charlotte Watts and visiting staff from other universities.

Duration: 17-28 May 2021

Fees for 2021: £850

Contact email: shortcourses@lshtm.ac.uk 

Find out more and apply: www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/short-courses/gender-violence

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