On International Women’s Day, we are proud to highlight just some of the work of many of our scholars exploring how to improve the lives of women with focus on issues of justice in gender, from a variety of different approaches.
On International Women’s Day, we are proud to highlight just some of the work of many of our scholars exploring how to improve the lives of women with focus on issues of justice in gender, from a variety of different approaches. These develop new research and have impact on policy beyond the university walls.
Women in Prisons
Dr Emily Glorney, Dr Anastasia Jablonska, Dr Serena Wright, Prof Rosie Meek and Prof Nicholas Hardwick have completed a two-year project funded by The Disabilities Trust. This looked to understand the efficiency and efficacy of a Brain Injury Linkworker service for women in prison. The research identified that up to a third of women in an English prison had a brain injury and explored the benefits of a brain injury linkworker service. Recommendations were made for future service improvement, as well as cultural change within prisons to enhance the effectiveness of interventions. The relevance of provision of a gender-responsive, trauma-informed service was emphasised. The outcome of the evaluation has been presented to a variety of policy makers.
Trafficking, Sexual Violence and Exploitation
Emese Szasz is one of our PhD students. Her Masters’ research examined the myths and public attitudes towards human trafficking in the UK and Hungary. This work has been taken further into her PhD programme which investigates help-seeking behaviour from non-governmental organisations in cases of human trafficking involving sexual exploitation.
Prof Jill Marshall has been working with Dr Josephine Ndagire (Makerere University) on a Global Challenges networking grant “Infusing Law and Policy with the Voices of Displaced Survivors of Sexual Violence in Conflict”. Their work is explained more fully at www.survivorsvoicesuganda.world.
Dr Aislinn O'Connell, together with Dr Ksenia Bakina of Privacy International, recently published their project in the international journal, Legal Studies. Their article highlights mechanisms available to victims of image-based abuse to remove their images from the internet.
Victims of Stalking: Case Studies in Invisible Harms by Dr Jenny Korkodeilou has recently been published. Her monograph provides an in-depth look at the impact of stalking and criminal justice system responses to this form of abuse.
Families and Care
Calls to charities dealing with violence against women have increased dramatically as COVID19 lockdown continues. The uptake in calls is in keeping with surges in domestic abuse incidents and is expected to continue as the UK begins the slow move back to normality. Many of our researchers are continuing their research into how children in care, social and care workers experience these issues while working to improve everyday experiences of their services. See, for example, the research of Professor Professor Anna Gupta, Professor Ravinder Barn and Ms Louise O’Connor.
