From Research to Policy and Practice
Led applied qualitative research on domestic abuse among migrant Polish women; authored a publicly available report endorsed by senior foundation leadership.
Impact: Findings informed funding priorities and organisational strategy for VAWG interventions.
As part of MRes dissertation, conducted a scoping review of 100 academic and grey literature sources on rape prevalence across African contexts, synthesising evidence for policy and practice relevance.
Impact: Evidence synthesis identified research gaps, methodological limitations in prevalence measurement, and implications for policy, programming, and funding decisions on SGBV.
Reviewed victim advocacy procedures, identified systemic gaps, and produced an evidence brief standardising survivor case reporting and referral pathways.
Impact: Strengthened organisational systems supporting survivor access to justice, referrals, and advocacy-informed SGBV response.
Delivered crisis response and survivor referrals using standardised tools.
Impact: Practice-based insights strengthened survivor-centred advocacy and service referral pathways.
Contributed to national research on VAWG during COVID-19, analysing drivers of violence and barriers to help-seeking.
Impact: Evidence-supported policy dialogue and advocacy on VAWG prevention and response.
Designed and facilitated eight focus group discussions with survivors, NGOs, policymakers, and service providers.
Impact: Qualitative evidence informed advocacy and preventive strategies on VAWG.