Gender, structures and social wellbeing: a socio-legal exploration of conflict-related gender-based violence in Bosnia Herzegovina and Liberia

This research seeks to investigate the cultural and social contexts of health and social wellbeing for survivors of conflict-related gender-based violence (CRGBV) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Liberia. In particular, the study examines the influence of gender norms and structural forms of inequality on women’s engagement with civil society organisations and legal institutions focused on psycho-social and legal support for female victims. 

The research will be carried out through interviews with key workers in civil society organisations and legal institutions responsible for post-conflict assistance and rehabilitation, justice, reconciliation and reparations for survivors of CRGBV. 

This pilot study will investigate, with a non-clinical focus, the state of social wellbeing among survivors and map some of the post-conflict challenges.