'Hearing the Right Gaps': Enabling and Responding to Disclosures of Sexual Violence within the UK Asylum Process

In Chapter 7, we profile the global pattern of sexual violence. We will consider conflict rape and transitional justice response in Peru and Colombia, along with the plight of women displaced by conflict from Syria and Central America, and limited international policy response. State-sponsored sexual violence and popular resistance to reclaim public space will be chronicled in Egypt as well as Mexico. We will track intensifying public sexual assault amid social crisis in Turkey, South Africa, and India, which has been met by a wide range of public protest, legal reform, and policy change. For a contrasting experience of the privatization of sexual assault in developed democracies, we will trace campus, workplace, and military rape in the United States.

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Perceptions of Peer Support for Victim-Survivors of Sexual Violence and Abuse: An Exploratory Study With Key Stakeholders

Journal of Interpersonal Violence ◽

10.1177/08862605211007931 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 088626052110079

Author(s):

Alison Gregory ◽

Emma Johnson ◽

Gene Feder ◽

John Campbell ◽

Judit Konya ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sexual Violence ◽

Peer Support ◽

Service Provision ◽

Exploratory Study ◽

Good Practice ◽

Medical Model ◽

Service Improvement ◽

Physical And Mental Health ◽

Safety Considerations ◽

The Uk

Experiences of sexual violence, childhood sexual abuse, and sexual assault are common across all societies. These experiences damage physical and mental health, coping ability, and relationships with others. Given the breadth and magnitude of impacts, it is imperative that there are effective, accessible services to support victim-survivors, ease suffering, and empower people to cope, recover and thrive. Service provision for this population in the United Kingdom is complex and has been hit substantially by austerity. Since positive social support can buffer against negative impacts, peer support may be an effective approach. The aim of this exploratory study was to capture the views and perspectives of professional stakeholders concerning service provision for victim-survivors, particularly perceptions of peer support. In-depth semistructured interviews were conducted in the UK during 2018 with six professional stakeholders, highly experienced in the field of service provision for victim-survivors of sexual violence and abuse. An abductive approach to analysis was used, applying principles from thematic analysis. Our sample comprised four females and two males, and their roles included psychiatrist, general practitioner, service improvement facilitator, and senior positions within victim-survivor organizations. Interviews highlighted models of peer support for this population, good practice and safety considerations, and a lack of uniformity regarding quality and governance standards across the sector. Findings indicated that current funding models impact negatively on victim-survivor services, and that provision is fragmented and insufficient across statutory and not-for-profit sectors. The influence of the medical model upon service provision was evident, which resulted in apprehension around support delivered in less-usual forms—including peer support. Further research is needed to explore the potential of peer support for victim-survivors of sexual violence and abuse.

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What do users think of the UK’s three COVID-19 contact-tracing apps? A comparative analysis

BMJ Health & Care Informatics ◽

10.1136/bmjhci-2021-100320 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. e100320

Author(s):

Vahid Garousi ◽

David Cutting

Keyword(s):

Mobile Apps ◽

Analysis Data ◽

End Users ◽

Contact Tracing ◽

User Reviews ◽

The Public ◽

Engineering Teams ◽

Technical Issues ◽

The Uk ◽

The Right

ObjectivesOur goal was to gain insights into the user reviews of the three COVID-19 contact-tracing mobile apps, developed for the different regions of the UK: ‘NHS COVID-19’ for England and Wales, ‘StopCOVID NI’ for Northern Ireland and ‘Protect Scotland’ for Scotland. Our two research questions are (1) what are the users’ experience and satisfaction levels with the three apps? and (2) what are the main issues (problems) that users have reported about the apps?MethodsWe assess the popularity of the apps and end users’ perceptions based on user reviews in app stores. We conduct three types of analysis (data mining, sentiment analysis and topic modelling) to derive insights from the combined set of 25 583 user reviews of the aforementioned three apps (submitted by users until the end of 2020).ResultsResults show that end users have been generally dissatisfied with the apps under study, except the Scottish app. Some of the major issues that users have reported are high battery drainage and doubts on whether apps are really working.DiscussionTowards the end of 2020, the much-awaited COVID-19 vaccines started to be available, but still, analysing the users’ feedback and technical issues of these apps, in retrospective, is valuable to learn the right lessons to be ready for similar circumstances in future.ConclusionOur results show that more work is needed by the stakeholders behind the apps (eg, apps’ software engineering teams, public-health experts and decision makers) to improve the software quality and, as a result, the public adoption of these apps. For example, they should be designed to be as simple as possible to operate (need for usability).

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Religious freedom and the ‘right to discriminate’ in the school admissions context: a neo-republican critique

Legal Studies ◽

10.1111/j.1748-121x.2011.00204.x ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 31 (4) ◽

pp. 615-643 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Eoin Daly ◽

Tom Hickey

Keyword(s):

Public Education ◽

Religious Freedom ◽

Religious Discrimination ◽

Religious Schools ◽

The Public ◽

Definition Of ◽

The Uk ◽

The Right ◽

Republican Theory ◽

Faith Schools

In law and discourse, it has typically been assumed that the religious freedom of state-funded religious schools must trump any competing right to non-discrimination on grounds of belief. For example, the Irish Constitution has been interpreted as requiring the broad exemption of denominational schools from the statutory prohibition on religious discrimination in school admissions. This stance is mirrored in the UK Equality Act 2010. Thus, religious discrimination in the public education context has been rationalised with reference to a ‘liberty-equality dichotomy’, which prioritises the integrity of faith schools' ‘ethos’, as an imperative of religious freedom. We argue that this familiar conceptual dichotomy generates a novel set of absurdities in this peculiar context. We suggest that the construction of religious freedom and non-discrimination as separate and antagonistic values rests on a conceptually flawed definition of religious freedom itself, which overlooks the necessary dependence of religious freedom on non-discrimination. Furthermore, it overstates the necessity, to religious freedom, of religious schools' ‘right to discriminate’. We argue for an alternative ordering of the values of religious freedom and non-discrimination – which we locate within the neo-republican theory of freedom as non-domination.

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Enabling Technologies for Improved Data Management: Hardware

Scientific Programming ◽

10.1155/2001/127609 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 11-25

Author(s):

Kerstin van Dam-Kleese ◽

Michael Hopewell

Keyword(s):

Data Management ◽

Scientific Community ◽

Wide Spectrum ◽

Work Force ◽

Working Environment ◽

Computational Techniques ◽

Enabling Technologies ◽

New Challenges ◽

The Uk ◽

The Right

The most valuable assets in every scientific community are the expert work force and the research results/data produced. The last decade has seen new experimental and computational techniques developing at an ever-faster pace, encouraging the production of ever-larger quantities of data in ever-shorter time spans. Concurrently the traditional scientific working environment has changed beyond recognition. Today scientists can use a wide spectrum of experimental, computational and analytical facilities, often widely distributed over the UK and Europe. In this environment new challenges are posed for the Management of Data every day, but are we ready to tackle them? Do we know exactly what the challenges are? Is the right technology available and is it applied where necessary? This part of enabling technologies investigates current hardware techniques and their functionalities and provides a comparison between various products.

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Aspekty opiniowania lekarskiego w przypadku przemocy seksualnej wobec dzieci

Medycyna Rodzinna ◽

10.25121/mr.2018.21.4.339 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 21 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Jacek Boroch ◽

Grażyna Jarząbek-Bielecka ◽

Zuzanna Jarząbek ◽

Małgorzata Mizgier ◽

Elżbieta Sowińska-Przepiera ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sexual Violence ◽

Sexual Pleasure ◽

Psychosexual Development ◽

Medical Opinion ◽

Physical Trauma ◽

Experienced Clinician ◽

Rights Of The Child ◽

Effects Of Sexual Abuse ◽

The Right ◽

First Time

The rights of a child stem from the dignity and uniqueness of a child as an individual and are entitled to every young human being. For the first time children's rights were included in the Geneva Declaration in 1924, and their full collection was enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child prepared by the United Nations in 1989. A child has the right to live without violence. In addition to physical trauma, the effects of sexual abuse of a child disrupt normal psychosexual development. Bullying of children is also punished. The law allows gentle discipline only by parents. Mental bullying, so-called systematic harassment of the child, humiliation, ridicule or insult. Sexual violence is a particular issue here. Sexual violence is defined by WHO as an abuse of children for sexual pleasure by adults or elder peers. The article discusses some issues of medical opinion in the case of sexual violence against a child. This is especially difficult for a disabled child. The knowledge of an experienced clinician, yet without the knowledge about rules of jurisprudence and with shortcomings of basic legal knowledge, is not always enough for competent opinion-making.

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Sports bra use, preferences and fit issues among exercising females in the US, the UK and China

Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management ◽

10.1108/jfmm-05-2020-0084 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Nicola Brown ◽

Jenny Burbage ◽

Joanna Wakefield-Scurr

Keyword(s):

Design Methodology ◽

Health Benefits ◽

Global Markets ◽

Activity Levels ◽

Positive Health ◽

Physically Active ◽

Content Type ◽

The Us ◽

The Uk ◽

The Right

PurposePrevious research suggests that many active females are not engaging in sports bra use, despite the positive health benefits. The aim of this study was to establish and compare sports bra use, preferences and bra fit issues for exercising females in some of the largest and most diverse global underwear markets (the US, the UK and China).Design/methodology/approachA survey covering activity levels, sports bra use and preferences, bra issues and demographics was administered via Qualtrics and completed by 3,147 physically active females (aged ≥ 18 years) from the US (n = 1,060), UK (n = 1,050) and China (n = 1,037).FindingsIn general, participants were 25–29 years, 121 to 140 pounds, 34B bra size and pre-menopausal. “I cannot find the right sports bra” was the most frequent breast barrier to exercise (25.4%). Three-quarters of women wore a sports bra during exercise, with significantly higher use in China (83.9%), compared to the UK (67.2%). A third of all participants reported sports bra shoulder straps “digging into the skin”. Sports bra preferences were: compression sports bras with a racer back, wide straps and thick straps in the US and the UK; thin straps in China and adjustable straps and underband, no wire and maximum breast coverage in the US and the UK, including nipple concealment and with padded/moulded cups.Originality/valueInformation provided on differences in sports bra use, preferences and bra issues across three major global markets could be utilised by brands and manufacturers to optimise bra marketing and fit education initiatives and inform future sports bra design and distribution strategies.

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The right to say: the development of youth councils/forums within the UK

Area ◽

10.1111/j.1475-4762.1998.tb00049.x ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 30 (1) ◽

pp. 66-78 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

Hugh Matthews ◽

Melanie Limb

Keyword(s):

The Uk ◽

The Right

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Iodine and pregnancy – a UK cross-sectional survey of dietary intake, knowledge and awareness

British Journal Of Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s0007114515001464 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 114 (1) ◽

pp. 108-117 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

E. Combet ◽

M. Bouga ◽

B. Pan ◽

M. E. J. Lean ◽

C. O. Christopher

Keyword(s):

Iodine Intake ◽

Dietary Recommendations ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Nutritional Recommendations ◽

Level Of Confidence ◽

Healthy Growth ◽

The Uk ◽

The Right ◽

In Pregnancy

Iodine is a key component of the thyroid hormones, which are critical for healthy growth, development and metabolism. The UK population is now classified as mildly iodine-insufficient. Adequate levels of iodine during pregnancy are essential for fetal neurodevelopment, and mild iodine deficiency is linked to developmental impairments. In the absence of prophylaxis in the UK, awareness of nutritional recommendations during pregnancy would empower mothers to make the right dietary choices leading to adequate iodine intake. The present study aimed to: estimate mothers' dietary iodine intake in pregnancy (using a FFQ); assess awareness of the importance of iodine in pregnancy with an understanding of existing pregnancy dietary and lifestyle recommendations with relevance for iodine; examine the level of confidence in meeting adequate iodine intake. A cross-sectional survey was conducted and questionnaires were distributed between August 2011 and February 2012 on local (Glasgow) and national levels (online electronic questionnaire); 1026 women, UK-resident and pregnant or mother to a child aged up to 36 months participated in the study. While self-reported awareness about general nutritional recommendations during pregnancy was high (96 %), awareness of iodine-specific recommendations was very low (12 %), as well as the level of confidence of how to achieve adequate iodine intake (28 %). Median pregnancy iodine intake, without supplements, calculated from the FFQ, was 190 μg/d (interquartile range 144–256μg/d), which was lower than that of the WHO's recommended intake for pregnant women (250 μg/d). Current dietary recommendations in pregnancy, and their dissemination, are found not to equip women to meet the requirements for iodine intake.

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