Prof. Dr. Merike Blofield

How government policies on gender-based violence (GBV) are implemented in terms of services for victims varies considerably across countries. We examine policy infrastructures, including helplines, support centres, and shelters since the pandemic’s onset. Our project identifies progress and challenges around the provision of services for GBV survivors.

The authors of this paper argue that building programmatic linkages between social protection platforms, particularly cash transfers, and IPV prevention, mitigation, and response services, creates synergies that can promote freedom from both poverty and violence.

With the pandemic, the risk of violence against women and children, especially within the home, increased further as people sheltered at home at the same time that they faced great financial and emotional stress. The authors of this GIGA Focus assess government efforts to address and treat gender-based violence.

Organiser: Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation, University of Amsterdam Prof. Dr. Merike Blofield (Speaker)

In her lecture, Blofield will discuss the main findings and the three interactive variables that explain for this variation: policy legacies, divided government, and fiscal space.

Organiser: United States National Institutes of Health Prof. Dr. Merike Blofield (Speaker)

Invited presentation for "Latin America: Synergizing Health
Research Across the Hemisphere"