About this Research Topic
Society's most important challenges require the best evidence to address the problems they entail. This is the main objective of the Research Topic “Seeking Equal Opportunities and Safe Environments: Research from a Gender Perspective”. Considering that gender violence is a significant public health problem and social scourge affecting millions of individuals around the world, this issue aims to tackle all forms of gender-based violence, discrimination and inequalities in order to foster safe environments for all people. High-level psychosocial, cultural, political, health, and educational research is needed to the pursuit of equal opportunities in the 21st century and, very importantly, to do so with a social impact that is reflected in an improvement of society.
To meet the challenges in society and following The Sustainable Development Goals from the United Nations 2030 Agenda, research is sought, inter alia, on vulnerable populations who are specially affected by gender violence: children, adolescents, women, migrant groups, ethnic minorities, groups with special educational needs, LGBTIQ collective. This is intended to contribute to the objectives of Goal 4 (Quality Education), Goal 5 (Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls), Goal 10 (Reduce inequality) and Goal 16 (Promote justice, peaceful and inclusive societies). With this in mind, to carry out this important task, we are looking for research that provides evidence on the current global situation from a gender perspective and interventions that promote and support equality between men and women in a safe social context where violence and discrimination have no place.
Following this vein, contributions from a wide range of disciplines across science and social science are welcome: psychological, educational, sociological, health fields, among others, whose ultimate aim is to shed light on the prevention, reduction and eradication of gender-based violence (e.g. integrative and inclusive approaches in education, new tools, practices, methods, interventions…). In addition, researches carried out from a gender perspective will be taken into account.
To this end, scholarly articles are expected to be received, such as:
-Original Research: quantitative, qualitative, mixed-method.
-Case studies.
-Community Cases Studies.
-Systematic reviews, Policy and Practice Reviews, Meta-analysis.
Finally, it is worth mentioning that this Research Topic arises from the project CHILDPRO: It is never too early to prevent gender-based violence: identification and overcoming of risk behaviours in childhood (Ref. PID2020-115581RB-I), PI: Rocío García-Carrión.
To meet the challenges in society and following The Sustainable Development Goals from the United Nations 2030 Agenda, research is sought, inter alia, on vulnerable populations who are specially affected by gender violence: children, adolescents, women, migrant groups, ethnic minorities, groups with special educational needs, LGBTIQ collective. This is intended to contribute to the objectives of Goal 4 (Quality Education), Goal 5 (Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls), Goal 10 (Reduce inequality) and Goal 16 (Promote justice, peaceful and inclusive societies). With this in mind, to carry out this important task, we are looking for research that provides evidence on the current global situation from a gender perspective and interventions that promote and support equality between men and women in a safe social context where violence and discrimination have no place.
Following this vein, contributions from a wide range of disciplines across science and social science are welcome: psychological, educational, sociological, health fields, among others, whose ultimate aim is to shed light on the prevention, reduction and eradication of gender-based violence (e.g. integrative and inclusive approaches in education, new tools, practices, methods, interventions…). In addition, researches carried out from a gender perspective will be taken into account.
To this end, scholarly articles are expected to be received, such as:
-Original Research: quantitative, qualitative, mixed-method.
-Case studies.
-Community Cases Studies.
-Systematic reviews, Policy and Practice Reviews, Meta-analysis.
Finally, it is worth mentioning that this Research Topic arises from the project CHILDPRO: It is never too early to prevent gender-based violence: identification and overcoming of risk behaviours in childhood (Ref. PID2020-115581RB-I), PI: Rocío García-Carrión.
Keywords: gender, scientific evidence, gender-based violence, gender-based prevention, gender-based intervention, gender studies, gender equity, gender stereotypes, safe environments
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