Qualitative Study of an Operations Research Project to Engage Abused Women, Health Providers, and Communities in Responding to Gender-Based Violence in Vietnam

• NCJ Number: 238200
• Journal: Violence Against Women Volume: 17 Issue: 11 Dated: November 2011 Pages: 1421-1441
• Author(s): Sidney Ruth Schuler; Quach Thu Trang; Vu Song Ha; Hoang Tu Anh
• Date Published: November 2011
• Length: 21 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article describes an action research project for response to gender-based violence (GBV) in Vietnam.

Abstract

This article describes an action research project designed to engage women, health providers, and communities to respond to gender-based violence (GBV) in Vietnam. Based on results from in-depth interviews and group discussions, it considers the extent to which the project approaches were empowering for abused women. The results underscore the problems entailed in introducing systematic screening for gender-based violence into government health facilities in the low-resource setting of Vietnam, the importance of combining ideational change and rights components with support for abused women, and the difficulty of engaging male perpetrators. (Published Abstract)