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Liliana Abreu presented her insights of the study "Understanding Gender Differences in Adolescent Sexual Violence: A Prevalence Study in Mozambique to Inform Culturally-Sensitive Interventions"  at the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) Forum 2024 in Cape Town from the 19th to 25th of October. The study investigates the prevalence of sexual violance against adolescents in Mozambique which is part of our research on Sexual violence. 

SVRI is currently the largest international network on…

Abena Yalley spoke at the first Convening on Obstetric Violence in Africa hold on the 16th and 17th October 2024 in Banjul, Gambia. Thereby she presented her paper Abuse and Humiliation in the delivery room: Prevalence and Associated factors of Obstetric Violence in Ghana. The paper shows that 65.3 per cent of woman experience Obstetric Violence (OV) in Ashanti and Western Regions of Ghana. Thereby single women and teenage mother were more likely to experience OV or abuse compared to married…

From the 7th till the 15th October 2024 the workshop "The Politics of Reproduction Across Cultures: Obstetric Violence, Mental Health and Narrative Exposure Therapy in Africa, Europe and Latin America" brought together researchers from gender studies, sociology, psychology and midwifery backgrounds to explore obstetric violence in the four countries Ghana, Argentina, Brazil and Germany. Their research focuses on mapping the mental health impact of obstetric violence across the countries.

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Anke Hoeffler was invited to the panel "Peace Building for Securing Sustainable Development" on the Hamburg Sustainability Conference 2024 from the 7th till the 8th of October 2024. Anke Hoeffler commented on the interventions made by Vahagn Khachaturyan, President of the Republic of Armenia; Director Dr. Robin Geiss, UNIDIR; Executive Director Catherine Russell, UNICEF;  Administrator Achim Steiner, UNDP; and  H.E. Lejeune Mbella Mbella, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cameroon. All panel…

During the Fragile Lives 2024 Conference: Evidence for human development, food security, and peace in poly-crises Anke Hoeffler led the panel discussion "The First Twenty Years of Research on Fragile Lives". The international expert conference was a great opportunity to catch up with colleagues working on the use of rigorous, scientific evidence for the development of knowledge-based policy interventions in fragile, conflict-affected and under-developed scenarios. The key note speeches by…

We finished our first round of data collection for our project "Assessing trust in vaccination in conflict areas: Evidence-based data on the link between exposure to violence and health-seeking behaviors in Nigeria" in the North regions of the country. The objective of the ViVac project (ViVac = Violence, trust, and vaccine hesitancy) is to enhance our understanding of the intersection between trust in state institutions, health literacy, experience of violent conflict, and vaccine hesitancy, as…

During the ISPCAN Congress 2024 from the 18th till 21st of August 2024, Anke Hoffler was presenting together with Karen Devries, Susan Elliot and Tobias Hecker their preliminary findings from the CANVAS project (Children, Attitudes, Norms, Violence & Society). The three year long research project which was financed through an ORA grant (Open Research Area for the Social Sciences Seventh Call for Proposals) focuses on the role of norms in the association between violence and outcomes. In six…

The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development has appointed Anke Hoeffler as a scientific advisor to the newly established Economic Advisory Network for Sustainable Development Policy. The aim of the network is to incorporate research results and scientific recommendations in a more targeted manner into development policy processes. The network had its first successfull meeting on Wednesday, 25 October 2023. A core group of ten economists will identify economic issues…

Getting fit for democracy and more: The DAAD Hilde Domin Programme for refugee students started at the department. The programme is aimed at young people who were unable to start or continue their studies in their home country due to the political situation. Througout the programme, the students deal with the opportunities and challenges of modern civil societies. What conditions are required for democracy, the rule of law and a vibrant civil society?
There are also other interdisciplinary…