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Urgent care-seeking and injury severity for intimate partner violence during COVID-19: a Canadian retrospective chart review

Early reports raised alarms that intimate partner violence (IPV) increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, but initial studies showed that visits to emergency departments (EDs) decreased. This study assessed the...

Alison N. Ross, Emma Duchesne, Jane Lewis, Patrick A. Norman… in BMC Public Health (2023)

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Correction to: A cross-sectional study of community perceptions of stigmatization amongst women affected by UN-peacekeeper perpetrated sexual exploitation and abuse

Samantha Gray, Susan A. Bartels, Sabine Lee, Heather Stuart in BMC Public Health (2022)

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A cross-sectional study of community perceptions of stigmatization amongst women affected by UN-peacekeeper perpetrated sexual exploitation and abuse

Sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) by UN peacekeepers perpetrated against local women and girls is a concern in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). While stigma associated with sexual and gender-based vio...

Samantha Gray, Susan A. Bartels, Sabine Lee, Heather Stuart in BMC Public Health (2021)

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Correction to: “It was with my consent since he was providing me with money”: a mixed methods study of adolescent perspectives on peacekeeper-perpetrated sexual exploitation and abuse in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Georgia Fraulin, Sabine Lee, Sandrine Lusamba, Susan A. Bartels in Conflict and Health (2021)

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“It was with my consent since he was providing me with money”: a mixed methods study of adolescent perspectives on peacekeeper-perpetrated sexual exploitation and abuse in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) has been marred by widespread allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) of women and girls by UN pea...

Georgia Fraulin, Sabine Lee, Sandrine Lusamba, Susan A. Bartels in Conflict and Health (2021)

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Trends in sexual violence patterns and case management: a sex disaggregated analysis in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo

Both conflict and non-conflict sexual violence have been well described in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). However, there is little empiric data comparing sexual violence patterns for males and females...

Justin Paluku Lussy, Annie Dube, Jonathan Kasereka M. Lusi… in Conflict and Health (2021)

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“If I was with my father such discrimination wouldn’t exist, I could be happy like other people”: a qualitative analysis of stigma among peacekeeper fathered children in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The United Nations (UN) Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) comprises the largest and longest serving peacekee** operation to date. Since the launch of the missio...

Kirstin Wagner, Heide Glaesmer, Susan A. Bartels, Sabine Lee in Conflict and Health (2020)

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A quantitative assessment of termination of sexual violence-related pregnancies in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Sexual violence is prevalent in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and has resulted in sexual violence-related pregnancies (SVRPs). Despite restrictive laws, women may seek to terminate SVRPs; however...

Shada A. Rouhani, Jennifer Scott, Gillian Burkhardt… in Conflict and Health (2016)

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Patterns of sexual violence in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: reports from survivors presenting to Panzi Hospital in 2006

Despite the signing of international peace agreements, a deadly war continues in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and sexual violence is a prominent modus operandi of many military groups operating in th...

Susan A Bartels, Jennifer A Scott, Denis Mukwege, Robert I Lipton… in Conflict and Health (2010)