Gender, Structures and Social Wellbeing: A Socio-Legal Exploration of Conflict-Related Gender-Based Violence in Bosnia Herzegovina and Liberia (360G-Wellcome-201662_Z_16_Z)

The main aim of the research is to investigate the cultural and social contexts of health or social wellbeing for survivors of conflict-related gender-based violence (CRGBV) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Liberia. In particular, the study examines the influence of gender norms and structural forms of inequality on women’s engagement with civil society organisations and legal institutions focused on psycho-social and legal support for women victims in order to identify experiences and barriers to social wellbeing. The study engages key civil society organisations and legal institutions through qualitative fieldwork methods and data collection. The key goals of the project are to: Conduct qualitative fieldwork to generate qualitative data from civil society and legal institutions providing support for victims of CRGBV on experiences and barriers analyse this data in combination with gender and socio-legal theories about CRGBV in a peer-reviewed journal article identifying new and original areas to be further researched and investigated, based on exploratory research findings Engage with experts at a workshop on CRGBV in order to refine a larger grant application, engage with interdisciplinary scholarship and develop a policy-relevant research agenda Design a larger collaborative, and comparative, research grant proposal for Wellcome