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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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Effects of Mandatory Sexual Misconduct Training on University Campuses

A state university’s sexual misconduct training decreased female students’ intention to report sexual misconduct.

Mala Htun, Francesca R. Jensenius, Melanie Sayuri Dominguez, Justine Tinkler, Carlos Contreras (2022)
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Does tipping facilitate sexual objectification? The effect of tips on sexual harassment of bar and restaurant servers

Sex-based harassment towards a fictionalized female bartender was seen as more acceptable by participants when the worker received tips.  

Olivier Klein, Camila Arnal, Sarah Eagan, Philippe Bernard, Sarah J. Gervais (2021)
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Football, alcohol, and domestic abuse

In the UK, incidents of domestic abuse where perpetrators use alcohol increase after early soccer games. 

Ria Ivandić, Tom Kirchmaier, Yasaman Saeidi, Neus Torres Blas (2024)
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A natural disaster and intimate partner violence: Evidence over time

In India, living in a state affected by the 2004 tsunami was associated with higher rates of IPV immediately after the disaster. 

Smitha Rao (2020)
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Entertainment, Education, and Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence

Exposure to edutainment that depicts domestic violence reduces support for gender-based violence in southwest Nigeria, particularly among male viewers. 

Abhijit Banerjee, Eliana La Ferrara, Victor Orozco (2019)
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The Psychosocial Value of Employment: Evidence from a Refugee Camp

Employment opportunities for refugees significantly boosted their psychological well being. For women refugees, it also increased their perceptions of household power and intolerance for intimate partner violence.

Reshmaan Hussam, Erin M. Kelley, Gregory Lane, Fatima Zahra (2022)
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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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Topic Overview

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Gender Based Violence Icon
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.

Image
Bias Icon
Image
Compensation Icon
Image
Gender Based Violence Icon

Does tipping facilitate sexual objectification? The effect of tips on sexual harassment of bar and restaurant servers

Sex-based harassment towards a fictionalized female bartender was seen as more acceptable by participants when the worker received tips.  

Olivier Klein, Camila Arnal, Sarah Eagan, Philippe Bernard, Sarah J. Gervais (2021)
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Gender Based Violence Icon

A natural disaster and intimate partner violence: Evidence over time

In India, living in a state affected by the 2004 tsunami was associated with higher rates of IPV immediately after the disaster. 

Smitha Rao (2020)
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Gender Based Violence Icon
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Talent Management Icon

The Psychosocial Value of Employment: Evidence from a Refugee Camp

Employment opportunities for refugees significantly boosted their psychological well being. For women refugees, it also increased their perceptions of household power and intolerance for intimate partner violence.

Reshmaan Hussam, Erin M. Kelley, Gregory Lane, Fatima Zahra (2022)
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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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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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Gender Based Violence Icon

Effects of Mandatory Sexual Misconduct Training on University Campuses

A state university’s sexual misconduct training decreased female students’ intention to report sexual misconduct.

Mala Htun, Francesca R. Jensenius, Melanie Sayuri Dominguez, Justine Tinkler, Carlos Contreras (2022)
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Gender Based Violence Icon

Football, alcohol, and domestic abuse

In the UK, incidents of domestic abuse where perpetrators use alcohol increase after early soccer games. 

Ria Ivandić, Tom Kirchmaier, Yasaman Saeidi, Neus Torres Blas (2024)
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Gender Based Violence Icon

Entertainment, Education, and Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence

Exposure to edutainment that depicts domestic violence reduces support for gender-based violence in southwest Nigeria, particularly among male viewers. 

Abhijit Banerjee, Eliana La Ferrara, Victor Orozco (2019)
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Gender Based Violence Icon
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Reproductive Sexual Health Icon
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Academic Achievement Icon

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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Gender Based Violence Icon
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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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