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Tuesday, March 20 • 14:30 - 14:35
Difficult Topics in Difficult Places: Using ACASI to Talk about Sexual Violence in Humanitarian Contexts

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Session Summary:
IRC used audio computer assisted self-interviewing technology to survey adolescent girls in humanitarian contexts in Ethiopia and the DRC about their experiences of violence. The technology allowed us to hear on a large scale the voices of the girls who are usually excluded, in populations of low literacy and unwritten languages. Findings revealed stark differences between the public discourses around violence and its perpetrators, and the private truths girls face in and around their homes.  
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Sophie Tanner

Research Manager, Plan International
Sophie currently works as Research Manager for Plan International. Prior to that, she worked for IRC on a three year DFID programme testing the feasibility and effectiveness of a intervention to prevent and respond to violence against adolescent girls in humanitarian settings (Ethiopia... Read More →

Tuesday March 20, 2018 14:30 - 14:35 GMT
Spice 1/2/3
  Lightning Talk, Talk

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