Gender-based violence (GBV) is experienced by one in three women worldwide; however, the risk of GBV grows substantially in conflict. The scale and endemic nature of GBV means that understanding vulnerability, drivers and impact is an urgent public health, human rights and policy issue. However, there is less awareness about the relationship between GBV and land, natural resource and climate-related conflict.
Our aims are to address this gap in knowledge and improve understanding of the nature and risk factors of GBV related to natural resource and climate-related conflict, locate community responses to GBV risks, and identify opportunities to strengthen Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP) approaches by learning from community responses.
Our project will consolidate the evidence base and develop illustrative case studies in Colombia, Nigeria and the Philippines, which will provide learning from varied contexts and potential opportunities to adapt and apply UCP. The project will co-design an equitable and inclusive programme of research using visual and participatory action research methods that will establish new networks for UCP scaling and for GBV specialists with land, natural resource and climate conflict specialists. This will provide a basis for engagement, exchange and creation with academics, civil society, UCP advocates and practitioners and policy makers, to foster support for communities experiencing violence.
Team Members:
Dr Lora Forsythe (PI)
l.forsythe@gre.ac.uk
Associate Professor Gender, Inequalities and Food Systems
Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, UK
Colombia
Javier Lautaro Medina Bernal (Co-I)
jmedina@cinep.org.co
Project Manager, member of the Technical Secretariat of the International Verification Component of the Peace Agreement, and coordinator of the National Engagement Strategy in Colombia with the International Land Coalition
Conflict, State and Peace Programme, Centro de Investigación y Educación Popular (CINEP)
Diana Lopez Castaneda (researcher)
Independent Consultant
Nigeria
Dr Aliyu Barau (Co-I)
Associate Professor Urban and Regional Planning
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Bayero University Kano
Philippines
Timothy F. Salomon (Co-I)
Facilitator National Engagement Strategy in the Philippines for the International Land Coalition
Center for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (CARRD)
United Kingdom
Lilian Treasure (Researcher)
PhD Candidate and Vice Chancellor Scholar
Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich
Dr Uche Okpara (Co-I)
Fellow in Climate Change and State Fragility
Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich
Professor Tilman Brück (Co-I)
Visiting Professor of Food Security, State Fragility and Climate Change
Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich
