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Short Course in Violence Against Women
This course will introduce you to research on multiple forms of violence. It will cover different types of violence against women, as well as its prevalence and consequences. This will include research on intimate partner violence, rape and sexual assault, sexual harassment, sexual exploitation, female genital mutilation (FGM) and crimes
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Courses and training New Study Study
Short Course: Sexual Exploitation of Children and Young People
Due to COVID-19 this short course will be delivered virtually. This course focuses on the sexual exploitation of children and young people in the UK and global contexts. Sessions cover: definitions and framings, methodological and ethical challenges of researching sexual exploitation, evidence and prevalence, abusers and coercers, policy and legislative approaches, and promising
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New Study Report launches Study
A study of use of bail in rape cases
London Metropolitan University’s Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit (CWASU) has today published former MA student Sarah Learmonth’s dissertation, ‘A system to keep me safe: study of bail use in rape cases’, as a resource for criminal justice professionals and sexual violence advocates. Speaking about the report, Sarah Learmonth said,
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New study published: The Role of Self-Defence in the Prevention of Violence against Women
A new study conducted by CWASU, which concludes that there is a growing evidence base that feminist self-defence can be effective in preventing violence has just been published.