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Gender-Based Violence

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Gender-Based Violence

Women around the world are disproportionately affected by sexual violence, both during peace and wartime. Learn about interventions to reduce the prevalence of gender-based violence across the world.

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Girl Empower – A gender transformative mentoring and cash transfer intervention to promote adolescent wellbeing: Impact findings from a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Liberia

The Girl Empower intervention in Liberia, with a conditional cash transfer component, led to improvements in the sexual and reproductive health, gender attitudes, and life skills of 13 to 14-year-old adolescent girls, but did not improve sexual violence, schooling, psychosocial wellbeing, and protective factors outcomes.
Berk Özler, Kelly Hallman, Marie-France Guimond, Elizabeth A. Kelvin, Marian Rogers, Esther Karnley (2020)
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Narrow Prototypes and Neglected Victims: Understanding Perceptions of Sexual Harassment

When it comes to sexual harassment, people perceive women who possess less feminine features as less credible victims and view their perpetrators as less deserving of harsh punishment. 
Jin X. Goh, Bryn Bandt-Law, Nathan N. Cheek, Stacey Sinclair, Cheryl R. Kaiser (2021)
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Building Safer Public Spaces: Exploring Gender Difference in the Perception of Safety in Public Space through Urban Design Interventions

In London, perceptions of safety in public spaces increased with the removal of solid walls, especially among women. 
Pablo Navarrete-Hernandez, Arielle Vetro, Paz Concha (2021)
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Good intentions aren't good enough: Moral courage in opposing sexual harassment

Observers of sexual harassment intend to report incidents at much higher rates than they actually do. Women, however, are more likely to report observing sexual harassment than men. 
Rachael Goodwin, Jesse Graham, Kristina A. Diekmann (2020)
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Countering Violence Against Women by Encouraging Disclosure: A Mass Media Experiment in Rural Uganda

In rural Uganda, a media campaign reduced rates of domestic violence by increasing women's willingness to report incidents.
Donald P. Green, Anna M. Wilke, Jasper Cooper (2020)
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(Sex) Crime and Punishment in the #MeToo Era: How the Public Views Rape

Certain legally irrelevant features of rape (such as details relating to the victim's clothing and past criminal history) decrease respondents’ likelihood of reporting an incident and its perceived severity.
Susanne Schwarz, Dara Kay Cohen, Matthew Baum (2020)
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How Does Media Influence Social Norms? A Field Experiment on the Role of Common Knowledge.

A radio program in Mexico decreased personal and perceived social acceptance of violence against women.
Eric Arias (2019)
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International Gender Balancing Reforms in Postconflict Countries: Lab-in-the-Field Evidence from the Liberian National Police Force

Gender balancing among police officer groups improves group cohesion, but may not affect beliefs about gender norms and operational effectiveness with regards to sexual and gender-based violence.
Sabrina Karim, Michael J. Gilligan, Robert Blair, Kyle Beardsley (2018)
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Sexist Humor and Rape Proclivity: The Moderating Role of Joke Teller Gender and Severity of Sexual Assault

Sexist men have a higher proclivity to rape after reading sexist jokes told by a woman.
Mónica Romero Sánchez, Hugo Carretero-Dios, Jesus L. Megias, Miguel Moya, Thomas E. Ford (2017)
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Yoga as an Adjunctive Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial

A 10-week, yoga-based mindfulness program reduced symptoms of PTSD among women with chronic, treatment-resistant PTSD.
Bessel A. van der Kolk, Laura Stone, Jennifer West, Alison Rhodes, David Emerson, Michael Suvak, Joseph Spinazzola (2014)
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Topic Overview

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Gender-Based Violence

Women around the world are disproportionately affected by sexual violence, both during peace and wartime. Learn about interventions to reduce the prevalence of gender-based violence across the world.

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Bias Icon
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Decision Making Icon
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Gender Based Violence Icon

Narrow Prototypes and Neglected Victims: Understanding Perceptions of Sexual Harassment

When it comes to sexual harassment, people perceive women who possess less feminine features as less credible victims and view their perpetrators as less deserving of harsh punishment. 
Jin X. Goh, Bryn Bandt-Law, Nathan N. Cheek, Stacey Sinclair, Cheryl R. Kaiser (2021)
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Good intentions aren't good enough: Moral courage in opposing sexual harassment

Observers of sexual harassment intend to report incidents at much higher rates than they actually do. Women, however, are more likely to report observing sexual harassment than men. 
Rachael Goodwin, Jesse Graham, Kristina A. Diekmann (2020)
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(Sex) Crime and Punishment in the #MeToo Era: How the Public Views Rape

Certain legally irrelevant features of rape (such as details relating to the victim's clothing and past criminal history) decrease respondents’ likelihood of reporting an incident and its perceived severity.
Susanne Schwarz, Dara Kay Cohen, Matthew Baum (2020)
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International Gender Balancing Reforms in Postconflict Countries: Lab-in-the-Field Evidence from the Liberian National Police Force

Gender balancing among police officer groups improves group cohesion, but may not affect beliefs about gender norms and operational effectiveness with regards to sexual and gender-based violence.
Sabrina Karim, Michael J. Gilligan, Robert Blair, Kyle Beardsley (2018)
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Yoga as an Adjunctive Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial

A 10-week, yoga-based mindfulness program reduced symptoms of PTSD among women with chronic, treatment-resistant PTSD.
Bessel A. van der Kolk, Laura Stone, Jennifer West, Alison Rhodes, David Emerson, Michael Suvak, Joseph Spinazzola (2014)
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Girl Empower – A gender transformative mentoring and cash transfer intervention to promote adolescent wellbeing: Impact findings from a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Liberia

The Girl Empower intervention in Liberia, with a conditional cash transfer component, led to improvements in the sexual and reproductive health, gender attitudes, and life skills of 13 to 14-year-old adolescent girls, but did not improve sexual violence, schooling, psychosocial wellbeing, and protective factors outcomes.
Berk Özler, Kelly Hallman, Marie-France Guimond, Elizabeth A. Kelvin, Marian Rogers, Esther Karnley (2020)
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Building Safer Public Spaces: Exploring Gender Difference in the Perception of Safety in Public Space through Urban Design Interventions

In London, perceptions of safety in public spaces increased with the removal of solid walls, especially among women. 
Pablo Navarrete-Hernandez, Arielle Vetro, Paz Concha (2021)
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Countering Violence Against Women by Encouraging Disclosure: A Mass Media Experiment in Rural Uganda

In rural Uganda, a media campaign reduced rates of domestic violence by increasing women's willingness to report incidents.
Donald P. Green, Anna M. Wilke, Jasper Cooper (2020)
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How Does Media Influence Social Norms? A Field Experiment on the Role of Common Knowledge.

A radio program in Mexico decreased personal and perceived social acceptance of violence against women.
Eric Arias (2019)
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Sexist Humor and Rape Proclivity: The Moderating Role of Joke Teller Gender and Severity of Sexual Assault

Sexist men have a higher proclivity to rape after reading sexist jokes told by a woman.
Mónica Romero Sánchez, Hugo Carretero-Dios, Jesus L. Megias, Miguel Moya, Thomas E. Ford (2017)
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