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Researching Violence Against Women: A Practical Guide for Researchers and Activists

Produced by PATH and the World Health Organization, this guide draws on the experience of researchers from more than 40 countries and presents methods for performing surveys and qualitative research on gender-based violence in low-resource settings. It covers all aspects of the research process, from study design to training field workers. It also describes ways to use findings to influence decision-makers. Most important, it presents clear guidelines for protecting the safety of women participating in the research. The guide is available as one large file or as 16 smaller files for easier downloading.

Publication date: January 2005

Available materials

    1. Researching Violence Against Women (entire manual) - PDF
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    2. Researching Violence Against Women: front matter - PDF
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    3. Researching Violence Against Women: Chapter 1: Violence Against Women as a Health and Development Issue - PDF
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    4. Researching Violence Against Women: Chapter 2: Ethical Considerations for Researching Violence Against Women - PDF
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    5. Researching Violence Against Women: Chapter 3: Developing a Research Strategy - PDF
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    6. Researching Violence Against Women: Chapter 4: Quantitative Approaches to Research - PDF
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    7. Researching Violence Against Women: Chapter 5: Qualitative Approaches to Research - PDF
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    8. Researching Violence Against Women: Chapter 6: The Challenge of Defining and Measuring Violence in Quantitative Research - PDF
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    9. Researching Violence Against Women: Chapter 7: Developing a Sampling Strategy - PDF
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    10. Researching Violence Against Women: Chapter 8: Tools for Collecting Quantitative Data - PDF
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    11. Researching Violence Against Women: Chapter 9: Tools for Collecting Qualitative Data - PDF
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    12. Researching Violence Against Women: Chapter 10: Building Your Research Team - PDF
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    13. Researcing Violence Against Women: Chapter 11: In the Field - PDF
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    14. Researching Violence Against Women: Chapter 12: Analyzing Quantitative Data - PDF
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    15. Researching Violence Against Women: Chapter 13: Analyzing Qualitative Data - PDF
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    16. Researching Violence Against Women: Chapter 14: From Research to Action - PDF
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    17. Researching Violence Against Women: appendices - PDF
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