February 2021

Aref Abdulrazaq Ahmed kindly shared a new paper – Gender, (COVID-19) and health sector in Yemen; From Gender Mainstreaming into Structural Transformation – This paper presents the main gender issues that have been impacted by the implication of COVID-19 crisis on women and girls in Yemen and is available on the Resources page.

Network member Jane Scoular has shared this amazing job opportunity for a Research Fellow at the University of Strathclyde. This research post is to be the lead researcher on the ESRC project Understanding Sexual Violence in Sex Working Populations: Law, Legal Consciousness and Legal Practice in Four Countries. The deadline for applications is the 4th

The Connect Centre for International Research on Interpersonal Violence and Harm at the University of Central Lancashire is advertising the position of Reader in the Prevention of Interpersonal Violence.  This is an exciting opportunity to join a lively and collegiate team of researchers working on a range of studies in the fields of child protection,

Grace Carter at Coventry University is inviting applications from suitably qualified graduates for a fully-funded PhD studentship to undertake a doctoral study that will develop and test a digital intervention for informal networks of survivors of sexual violence and abuse to improve their resilience and coping skills whilst safely supporting victims. The deadline is 22nd March 2021. Click here

The VAWGRN team have decided to pause webinars until the lockdown is lifted. We are however still planning our post-lockdown 2021 webinar schedule – more info on this will be shared at the end of February. In the meantime, if you missed out on attending any of our 2020 webinars, you can catch up for