Addressing Gender Based Violence
University of Bath: Tina Skinner
University of Bristol: Marianne Hester (PI)
Cardiff University: Amanda Robinson
University of Exeter: Anthony Musson
Background
Gender Based Violence (GBV) is recognised as a global phenomenon with negative impacts on health and well-being, requiring access to justice, and affecting economic prosperity. GBV concerns a range of different forms of violence including: domestic violence and abuse, sexual violence, honour based violence, female genital mutilation, oppressive marriage practices including forced marriage, as well as forms of state sanctioned gender inequality.
Project summary
This project has established a GW4 Gender Based Violence Network involving 30 members cross the disciplines of Social Policy, Social Medicine, Law, Geography, Social Work and Criminology. There is potential to lead to new areas of funded research and South-West Doctoral Training Centre (SWDTC) collaboration. Three key areas of interdisciplinary collaborative research across the GW4 GBV Network were developed. This community later received Accelerator Funding for the project: Investigating GBV Intersectional (Dis)Advantages and Legal Duties – A Scoping Study of UK Universities Community Site
