Risk and protective factors for GBV among women and girls living in humanitarian setting: systematic review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While one in three women around the world are estimated to have experienced intimate partner or sexual violence, these rates are often exacerbated during conflict and humanitarian crisis. This systematic review seeks to provide an overview of existing research on risk and protective factors associated with gender-based violence (GBV) in conflict and humanitarian settings.

Methods

Studies will be searched from the following databases: PubMed (Medline); PsycINFO; Scopus; Global Health; and Cochrane Center trials registrar. In addition, targeted searches of the internet repositories for GBV will be conducted. We will include studies that are published between January 1995 and December 2020 and document risk or protective factors for gender-based violence against wome

SUBMITTER: Murphy M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8403411 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature