Press Red Podcast: In Conversation With Dr Romina Istratii
22.04.2022Press Red has released a podcast episode that features Dr Romina Istratii speaking on the topic of refugee women and girls and the vulnerabilities facing them during and post displacement. Press Red is a Christian organisation educating, equipping, and empowering on the issues of violence and abuse against women and girls. In this episode, Dr […]
Read moreProject dldl/ድልድል Podcast Series Episode 4: The role of religious teaching in counselling youth and married couples and responding to mental health issues in Ethiopia / በኢትዮጵያ ወጣቶችን በመምከር እና ለአእምሮ ጤና ጉዳዮች ምላሽ በመስጠት ረገድ የመንፈሳዊ የምክክር አገልግሎት ሚና
15.04.2022Project dldl/ድልድል is pleased to share the 4th episode of our new podcast series that explores domestic violence in Ethiopia. You can visit our Soundcloud page to Listen now. This episode is entitled ‘The role of religious teaching in counselling married couples and responding to mental health issues in Ethiopia.’ Our guest speaker is Kesis (Priest) Yigzaw Mekonnen. He […]
Read moreProject dldl/ድልድል Podcast Series Episode 3: Domestic violence in Ethiopia and the feminist movement / በኢትዮጵያ የቤት ውሰጥ ጥቃት እና የፌሚኒሰቶች ንቅናቄ
08.04.2022Project dldl/ድልድል is pleased to share the 3rd episode of our new podcast series that explores domestic violence in Ethiopia. You can visit our Soundcloud page to Listen now. This episode is entitled ‘Domestic violence in Ethiopia and the feminist movement.’ Our guest speaker is Ms Hiwet Abebe, acting Communications Manager at Setaweet Movement. Setaweet (meaning ‘of woman’ in […]
Read moreProject dldl/ድልድል Podcast Series Episode 2: The Role of Faith and Religious Actors in Addressing Domestic Violence / የቤት ውስጥ ጥቃትን ለመከላከል የሃይማኖት አባቶችን እና የእምነት ተዋናዮች ሚና
25.03.2022Project dldl/ድልድል is pleased to share the 2nd episode of our new podcast series that explores domestic violence in Ethiopia. You can visit our Soundcloud page to Listen now. This episode is entitled ‘The Role of Faith and Religious Actors in Addressing Domestic Violence.’ Our guest speaker is Mr Bantamalake Gelaw, acting Head of Health […]
Read moreDr Romina Istratii’s talk on ‘Women Scholars of Orthodox Christianity’ series
23.03.2022An episode featuring Dr Romina Istratii has been published on the webinar series “Women Scholars of Orthodox Christianity” organised by the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University. The series aims to highlight the scholarly insights and academic careers of female scholars whose research and writing explore some facet of the history, thought, or culture […]
Read moreProject dldl/ድልድል Podcast Series Episode 1: Understanding domestic violence in Ethiopia and how to respond / በኢትዮጵያ ያለውን የቤት ውስጥ ጥቃት እና እንዴት ምላሽ መስጠት እንዳለበት መረዳት
17.03.2022Project dldl/ድልድል is proud to share the 1st episode of our new podcast series on domestic violence in Ethiopia. You can visit our soundcloud page to Listen now. This episode is entitled ‘Understanding domestic violence in Ethiopia and how best to respond.’ Our guest speaker is Mr Wendmneh Lemma, who serves as Project Coordinator at […]
Read moreProject dldl/ድልድል Annual Conference 2022: Call for Submissions
07.03.2022Domestic Violence-Gender-Faith: Promoting integrated and decolonial approaches to domestic violence cross-culturally Date: 11-12 November 2022 Where: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (subject to security conditions) with virtual contributions Deadline for submissions: 30 June 2022 Project dldl/ድልድል is a UKRI-funded research and innovation project dedicated to the development and strengthening of religio-culturally sensitive domestic violence alleviation systems in […]
Read moreDr Romina Istratii’s presentation at HERA-VAMHSA Early Career Researchers’ Workshop 2022
02.02.2022Between the 31st of January and 3rd of February, the Healthcare Responding to Violence and Abuse (HERA) programme at the University of Bristol and the Violence, Abuse, Mental Health in South Asia (VAMHSA) team at University College London worked together to deliver a career planning and research skills workshop for early career researchers from the […]
Read moreDesigning and evaluating culture-sensitive and faith-based domestic violence interventions: International experiences
06.10.2021Background Within the sector of domestic violence, the question of evaluation and effectiveness is central. Despite the existence of a wide array of interventions and programmes, how effectiveness is to be measured given difference designs, methodologies and approaches in the sector is an on-going debate. Moreover, specialists increasingly recognise the importance of accounting for cultural […]
Read moreEngaging clergy to address domestic violence: International approaches
01.06.2021Background The scholarship that examines clergy engagement in domestic violence interventions is extensive. Despite nuanced evidence, the scholarship generally agrees that clergy are generally influential and well-positioned to respond to domestic violence in religious communities, but often lack understanding of how their own discourses and responses might unwittingly reinforce negative norms, attitudes or situations, and […]
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