Gender Focus
This is the Gender Focus Podcast from Genderfocus.org.
In this podcast we share research insights from practitioners working to challenge violence against women and girls. We also explore knowledge around mental distress, climate, water and sanitation.
This international community is working together to share tools, communicate knowledge and change women’s lives, globally.
Our website https://genderfocus.org and these podcasts, are facilitated by The University of Portsmouth and their International Development Studies Group.
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- Update frequency
- every 37 days
- Average duration
- 16 minutes
- Episodes
- 7
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2022
South Sudan's Political History and Conditions for Girls and Women
Researchers in South Sudan are making breakthroughs with communities who are challenging violence against women and girls, in spite of a turbulent cultural and political backdrop.
In this episode Dr …
Combining Research Studies for Action Against Violence
Professor Mukdurat Bangpan and Professor Sandy Oliver explain how UCL are collaborating with partners in a systematic review process to layer up different studies and sets of information to challenge…
Protecting Girls and Women in Cultures Under Pressure
In this episode of the Gender Focus podcast, the team from Plan International and Plan UK share their insights working in South Sudan during the Covid-19 crisis.
They explain how existing gender issu…
Addressing Violence to Catalyse Empowerment Ft. FEDINA
Since 1983, the non-profit NGO FEDINA has been working towards empowering marginalised groups by building confidence and co-creating tools against oppression.
In this episode of the Gender Focus Podc…
Gender, Emotional Wellbeing and Water Access with Paul Hutchins and Abinet Kebede
In this episode we hear from two practitioners on how they have come together to develop an entirely new tool. This methodology allows them to measure the link between the emotional and mental wellbe…
Displacement Narration with Sumeera Shrestha
Sumeera Shrestha tells us about the Displacement Narration tool she’s using to explore the experiences of communities in Nepal.
The region has suffered natural disasters in recent years, including an…
Understanding women and violence in Nepal, with Bishnu Upreti
In this episode we hear how the Nepal Centre for Contemporary Research collaborates with international institutions to influence public policy dialogue around gender-based violence and displacement.
B…