GenViR Network Workshops
Practice driven discussions on key considerations of work on Gender-Based Violence and Resilience in India.
Session 01 | The Context of Gender Based Violence in India
This workshop introduces the concept of Gender Based violence from interpersonal and wider structural, social, and cultural perspectives. It considers individual and community consequences of GBV within the Indian context (e.g., relationships, agency, mental health).
Speakers:
Dr. Nadia Svirydzenka (Dept of Psychology, De Montfort University)
Shruthi Venkatchalam (Centre for Gender and Violence Research, University of Bristol)
Prof. Raghu Raghavan (School of Nursing and Midwifery, De Montfort University)
Session 02 | Creative Methods and Arts-based interventions
Theatre and digital storytelling experts share and discuss their own research expertise in creative practice for sensitive topics like GBV in different cultural contexts, proposing methodological orientations for working with vulnerable communities in India and the Global South.
Speakers:
Prof. Selina Busby (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama)
Dr. Andy Barrett (Artistic Director, Excavate)
Dr. Antonia Liguori (School of Design and Creative Arts, Loughborough University)
Session 03 | Research in difficult spaces: A focus on sensitivities
This discursive session explores methodological and theoretical considerations for working in sensitive spaces. It presents a range of experiences from the panel of working across a range of sensitive contexts with vulnerable/marginalised/ disenfranchised groups. The session aims to deliver practical solutions for research practice, in addition to considerations around psychological safety for both researcher and communities.
Speakers:
Dr. Anoop Bhogal-Nair (School of Leadership, Management, and Marketing, De Montfort University)
Satkirti Sinha (PhD Researcher, Department of Performing Arts, De Montfort University)
Prof. Brian Brown (School of Applied Social Sciences, De Montfort University)
Session 04 | Impact, change and work in the field of GBV
The session highlights direct accounts of successful practice of working with communities. The speakers discuss effective practices of working in the field and engaging local communities in participatory and creative co-production for research and community collaborations across contexts.
Speakers:
Sohini Chakraborty (Founder Director of Kolkata Sanved)
Hemant Chaturvedi (Community Researcher)
Dr. Swati Kamble (Independent Researcher, PhD University of Geneva, Socioeconomics)
Session 05 | Broad policy landscape: Bridging policy and NGO work
Experts working directly with communities, systems, and public health, discuss issues in negotiating policy spaces at local and national levels. The session explores pathways to impact for communities, the opportunities and difficulties in translating impact across spaces, and proposals for the bridging of grassroots level community work into the broader policy landscape.
Speakers:
Aditi Karandikar
Alli Bhaskar (CESVI India)
Dr. Rajmohan Panda (Public Health Foundation of India)
Session 06 | GenViR Futures
Reflections and learnings from the Network journey
The aim of this workshop is to consolidate collective learning and reflections of the UK and India teams on the GenViR Network journey. The focus of the session will be on the methodological approaches developed for engaging with marginalised communities and groups of internal migrants in India with support from local NGOs to have their voices heard in co-developing research strategy for the future. We will articulate key outcomes from the project with the view of creating future pathways for embedding our learning in impactful research and extending the network throughout the region.
Speakers:
Dr. Nadia Svirydzenka
Dr. Anoop Bhogal Nair
Dr. Rashi Bhargava
